Heinkel He-112B – the German fighter

Heinkel's design bureau started to build a new fighter as early in 1935. It was then, that the Luftwaffe issued new requirements, that new monoplane scheme fighters had to meet. The machine had to be very maneuverable, the speed should exceed 400 km/h, the ceiling should reach 10,000 m, the flight duration should not be less, than 1.5 hours. Armament vust consist of at least two large-caliber machine guns and a 20 mm cannon. Such a fighter also needed an appropriate engine - the newly designed Junkers Jumo 210 was chosen: an inverted V-engine. This arrangement of the engine created excellent conditions for a view from the cockpit, and the sleek engine did not spoil the aerodynamics. 4 fighters of the main German companies were presented for the competition: Arado Ar-80, Focke Wulff FW - 153, Bf-109 of the Bavarian Aviation Factory and Heinkel He-112. Ernst Heinkel felt the most confident, who was convinced, that only his firm, which had accumulated enormous experience in the production of combat aircraft, could produce an excellent fighter for the Luftwaffe. However, the He-112 lost to Messerschmitt's creation in almost all parameters. Only the wide and strong main landing gear was recognized as superior to the Bf-109, as it forgave rough landings and made take-off and landing procedures much easier. But Heinkel still managed to produce these fighters - the Bulgarian AF ordered 30 of them, the last of which was delivered in September 1939. There were also small orders from Spain and Japan.

A simple, well-designed and fairly well-detailed fighter model for modelers of all experience. Only advanced beginners and low-experience modelers are recommended to glue this model under the supervision of a more experienced modeler and do without the cockpit interior, with the opaque cockpit cover and the landing gear intake - in the flight phase. The model depicts a Bulgarian AF fighter.