July 03, 2026

Preview: MiniArt's 48th-scale Focke-Wulf FW 190D-11 Basic Kit

Details of MiniArt's new 1/48th-scale Focke-Wulf FW 190D-11 (basic kit) are with us today. We look at CADs, art, features & the real kites in our preview...


Preview: MiniArt's 48th-scale Focke-Wulf FW 190D-11 Basic Kit

Focke-Wulf FW 190D-11 Basic Kit
From MiniArt Models
Kit No: 48072
1/48th scale
The kit contains three marking choices in the box.
Clear parts, full engine and weighted wheels are included    
The Subject: The early marques of the Focke-Wulf FW 190D-11
The Focke-Wulf Fw 190 "Dora" series represented the ultimate evolution of Germany’s premier radial-engine fighter into a sleek, liquid-cooled interceptor designed to combat high-altitude Allied bombers. By lengthening the nose to accommodate the powerful Junkers Jumo inline engine and adding a rear fuselage plug to restore aerodynamic stability, designer Kurt Tank transformed the stubby "Butcher Bird" into a graceful, long-nosed thoroughbred. The aircraft maintained the exceptional roll rate and rugged handling of its predecessors while dramatically improving its vertical performance and top-speed retention at altitude. It stood as one of the finest piston-engine fighters of World War II, pushing the absolute limits of mechanical propulsion just as the jet age began to dawn.

The aircraft shown in this preview will be subjects of the three marking choices in the box. This one—
a Fw-19 D-11 variant (White Chevron 61) was destroyed at dispersal at Bad Worishofen (the 61 is shown on the leading edge of the wings just outboard of the guns).
The same aircraft with new owners, seen after its capture...
At the same location, this aircraft, "white double chevron," WNr 220009 - Bad Worishofen, is another choice in this forthcoming kit.

The rare D-11 variant was a highly specialized evolution of the standard D-9, specifically optimized to maximize high-altitude engine performance and destructive firepower. Engineers replaced the standard powerplant with the advanced Junkers Jumo 213F engine, which utilized a two-stage supercharger and methanol-water (MW 50) injection to force massive horsepower out of the airframe at extreme heights. This internal upgrade altered the aircraft's iconic silhouette, forcing a widening of the forward cowling, the installation of a larger, sweeping supercharger intake on the starboard side, and the adoption of broad, paddle-bladed wooden propellers. It was a machine built to breathe thin air and hunt in the freezing upper limits of the European sky.

A rather pristine Fw 190D-11 W.Nr. 170924 is looking very fresh with the Jumo 213F engine reshaping the front of the machine relative to early "Wurgers."
To offset the immense weight of the new supercharged engine, Focke-Wulf designers radically altered the fighter's traditional weapon layout. They completely deleted the twin 13mm machine guns from the upper nose, creating a distinctively smooth, weaponless front cowl, and replaced that lost firepower by mounting devastating 30mm MK 108 autocannons in the outer wings alongside the standard 20mm wing-root cannons. Because only a handful of production models were completed before the collapse of the Third Reich, the D-11 never flew in mass formations. Instead, its most famous legacy belongs to the elite airfield protection squadron of Jagdverband 44, where these heavily armed Doras—sporting bright red underbellies with white stripes—flew low-level combat sorties to shield Germany's vulnerable Me 262 jet fighters from stalking Allied predators.

An abandoned Focke-Wulf Fw 190D (Dora) fighter aircraft, identified as an Fw 190 D-11. This particular plane - WNr. 220011, "White Chevron 57" (notice the 57 on the wing leading edge) - was photographed derelict at the Bad Wörishofen airfield in Germany after World War II.
Another angle from the side of the same bird...

The kit:
We have some CADs showing the features of this new D-11 variant...
Features of this kit:
A highly detailed 1/48th-scale model of the FW 190D-11 variant.
the finely detailed and accurate exterior is furnished with with finely reproduced panel lines and rivets
Detailed cockpit with instrument panel and seat
Optional open or closed canopy
Clear parts included for the canopy & transparent parts of the kit.
From the rear you can see the drop tank under the belly supplied with this kit, but it's seldom used on the fighter interception missions these aircraft flew mostly...
As you can see from the main gear down here and the underbelly of the kite, detail was put into the riveting in all areas of the kit.
Miniart has spared not detail inthe delicate but detailed landing gear well on this kit.
As in the real thing, you can see right into the literal rear of the engine of the kit through the wheel well.

Marking choices & decals
There are three marking versions on one decal sheet included in the instructions with the national markings, nose art & serial numbers. The markings for the propellers & the instrument panel are included along with some serials & stencils that cover the aircraft.

That is all we know about this kit so far. See more about all of MiniArt's kits on their website...