1:144 Scale Metal Diecast - Heinkel He 111H-6 ? KG 53 He 111 He-111 "Condor Legion," Luftwaffe, Russia, 1941 ? Length: 4" Wingspan: 5.5? This model has the landing gear in the extended (out) position. A display stand with information about the particular model is included. No assembly or painting needed. The model already looks like in the photos. Propellers need to be put in place but no glue is needed. This is not a toy. Recommended for 15 and up. The Heinkel He 111 is a German airliner and bomber designed by Siegfried and Walter Günter at Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in 1934. Through development, it was described as a "wolf in sheep's clothing". Due to restrictions placed on Germany after the First World War prohibiting bombers, it was presented solely as a civil airliner, although from conception the design was intended to provide the nascent Luftwaffe with a heavy bomber. Perhaps the best-recognised German bomber of World War II due to the distinctive, extensively glazed "greenhouse" nose of the later versions, the Heinkel He 111 was the most numerous Luftwaffe bomber during the early stages of the war. It fared well until it met serious fighter opposition during the Battle of Britain, when its defensive armament was found to be inadequate.[4] As the war progressed, the He 111 was used in a wide variety of roles on every front in the European theatre. It was used as a strategic bomber during the Battle of Britain, a torpedo bomber in the Atlantic and Arctic, and a medium bomber and a transport aircraft on the Western, Eastern, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and North African Front theatres.