Fokker D.II "Black & White Tails"
Unassembled plastic model kit with photo-etch and resin parts.
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and is no longer available.List price: $58.99You pay: $41.89(All prices in U.S. Dollars)Manufacturer: Special HobbyStock Number: SPH 48038Scale: 1/48View all products of type "Fokker D.II" This model kit requires assembly. Cement, paint and other construction materials not included unless specifically stated in the description.
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Includes markings for 2 aircraft.
The Fokker D.II was a German fighter biplane of World War I. It was a single-seat fighter aircraft developed before the Fokker D.I. It was based on the M.17 prototype, with single-bay unstaggered wings and a larger fuselage and shorter span than production D.IIs. Using a 75 kW (100 hp) Oberursel U.I, the D.II was underpowered, though the single 7.92 mm (.312 in) lMG 08 machine gun was normal for 1916. The German Army purchased 177.
In service, the D.II proved to be little better than the earlier Fokker Eindecker fighters - in particular, it was outclassed by the Nieuport 11 and 17. A few examples were used by the Kampfeinsitzerkommandos and the early Jagdstaffeln alongside the Halberstadt D.II but the early Fokker biplanes were quickly discarded when the new Albatros fighters came out.