Aftermarket Goodies for Hobbycraft 1/32 SPAD XIII

Greg, Pawel,

Thanks for the tips. Glad I've got a year to build this thing.

Larry

Tom's Modelworks does an etch set of SPAD wingtip 'pockets' in 1/32---which apply to the NASM XIII I'm working on, though I can't recall offhand whether Rickenbacker's a/c had them or not. Other than that, it's pretty much 'scratchbuild city' for cockpit details, and there's a fair amount to do.

The good news is that there's a fair amount of info available online. If you haven't already seen it, check out France's Memorial Flight Association website---lots of luscious photos of their restored original XIIIC1. CLICK

Hello!

I'd suggest custom printing the decals. You could scan the kit decals, redraw them in CorelDraw! and send them to a custom decals shop to be printed for you. This gives you many interesting options - like printing some spares or the whole sheet two times in case something goes wrong, or modifying the kit decals to be more accurate, adding or changing some markings.

Good luck with your build and have a nice day

Paweł