The Fw200 was designed in 1936 as an airliner for Lufthansa. It was of low-winged, mainly all-metal construction The first flight was in July 1937. Although originally a commercial aircraft converted to military use, it was as a maritime patrol bomber that the Fw200C-3/4 Condor made its mark during the Second World War. In this capacity, acting in cooperation with U-boat packs, it formed one of the most effective Luftwaffe combinations of the war, and many a convoy was to rue the moment it first spied a Condor above the horizon. Meanwhile, the airline Fw 200Bs and the few pre-production C-0s were put into service as transports. Production continued until early I944 through subtypes C-1, -2, -3, -4 and -6, for a total of 263 condors of all versions being built. Towards the end of the war, when the Fw 200 marauding tactics had been largely mitigated, several Condors were diverted to transport duties for the use of Hitler and his staff. A projected development, the Fw 300, with an enlarged wing span and inline engines of greater power, did not progress beyond the design stage.
- Type: Fw 200C-4
- Function: Maritime Reconnaissance
- Engines: Four 1000-hp BMW 323R-2 radials
- Armament: MG 15 7.9mm machine guns ×5 MG FF 20mm cannon ×1
- Span: 32.84m
- Length: 23.85m
- Height: 6.30m
- Empty weight: 17005 kg
- Max. weight: 24520 kg
- Max. speed: 224 mph
- Service ceiling: 28700 ft
- Range: 3950 miles
- Scale: 1/48
- Item Type: Static Aircraft
- Model Brief:
- Length: 487mm
- Wingspan: 684mm
- Total Parts: 308 pieces
- Film Parts: Instrument panel
- Total Sprues: 8 pieces of sprues
- Paint Schemes:
- Fw 200C-4 Condor, F8+CS of 8/KG 40 1943
- Fw 200C-4 Condor, F8+AA of 8/KG 40 1943