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Thanks Sub!!
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
VanceCrozier et voila!And my traditional pose, with my little buddy Fuji:I see some spots that apparently had too much dust-weathering added. Need to do a couple of touchups today, always seems to be the case now that I'm photographing this stuff.She's not quite square... :(A little propeller blade work..Kinda surprised at how LARGE the main wing is on this beast, had to have been a little awkward to deal with on the ground.
et voila!And my traditional pose, with my little buddy Fuji:I see some spots that apparently had too much dust-weathering added. Need to do a couple of touchups today, always seems to be the case now that I'm photographing this stuff.She's not quite square... :(A little propeller blade work..Kinda surprised at how LARGE the main wing is on this beast, had to have been a little awkward to deal with on the ground.
The previous comments to finished biplane was lost in the emptyness of the net.. then really great work Vance
rtoo speed makes ugly results, too relax don't make results
Thanks Bsyamato!
This seems like a good place to ask this question.
I'm going to build an FW 190A-5 as used by the French AF in 1946. It was painted overall light Blue. Any ideas as to an accurate colour match, or even what the colour actually was ?
Cheers
Tony
I'm just taking it one GB at a time.
Overall light blue? Surely it came from French "stock" paint. If it is "light-light", it must be the colour they used on the underside of the aircraft, as the topside blue was a fairly dark blue-gray. (But, as usual, I defer to anyone with proper evidence!)
It may take a little digging, and possibly some help with translation, but there may be information to be had here: http://fighters.forumactif.com/
Tony!!! How did you make out tracking down colours for that FW190 ???
Haven't really solved it Vance. I'm a bit keen to get back to it though.
Hmmm , on those French FWs....
In the immediate post-war period, the French Armee de l'Air operated FW 190 fighters (French designation NC.900). 65 FW 190s were built in 1945 and 1946 by the Société Nationale de Construction Aéronautiques du Centre (S.N.C.A.C) at Cravant. Between 600 and 900 people worked at Cravant, and the facility was also known as camp 918. Cravant had been a Luftwaffe repair facility, and 127 FW 190 fuselages and 162 wings of FW 190 A-4s, A-5s, and A-8s were captured there by the Allies in October 1944. About 100 BMW 801s were found at Dordogne, and the French planned to assemble 125, under the designation AACr-6, or NC.900. The first NC.900 was flown on 1 March 1945, but there were many problems with the new aircraft. Sabotaged airframe parts and the use of hastily recycled metals meant many aircraft were of poor quality. Armee de l'Air FW 190s only saw service for a few years, before more modern fighters were acquired. The principal operator of the NC.900 was GC 111/5 Normandie Niemen, which received just fourteen NC.900s. They flew with the unit for 18 months. A majority of the remaining 51 NC.900s were used by the CEV (centre d'essais en vol) at Brétigny. The final flight by a French NC.900 was on 22 June 1949.
Parte deux?? Anyone??
I thought you would never ask Vance. I am very keen for a part deux as I want to model a lot of the German aircraft that carried French markings at some time. Hmmm, He 162, Do 335, FW 190, Ju 88, Ju 188, Ju 52, Storch/Criquet, He 111.
Might be worth posting a feeler thread Vance, I don't know how many people are still reading this one.
taxtp I thought you would never ask Vance. I am very keen for a part deux as I want to model a lot of the German aircraft that carried French markings at some time. Hmmm, He 162, Do 335, FW 190, Ju 88, Ju 188, Ju 52, Storch/Criquet, He 111. Cheers Tony
I likely will post up before too much longer Tony, likely holding off until the summer though knowing what I already have lined up.
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