Hi all, ive been at it again in the RA GB (Still time to come and build something) For this build i wanted to do a french Dewoitine D.520 in Italian markings. I was spurred on by a picture in another mag, this one,
I went to my LHS hoping to find the lovely Tamiya offerring, but they only had a kit by, new to me, a company called LTD. It looked ok. The sprue gates were a bit thick but there was lots of surface detail.
I started as i do all my kits with shed loads of references and net trawls. Doing this turned a simple quick build into a marathon (For me anyhoo) The kit fuz was woefull so i bought the Eduard etch set for it. That helped but it definately needed some help,
I started on the floor pan which was the wrong shape to start with so was the pilots seat.
then the fuz sides,
and with some paint,
the dash was a doddle, the usuall Eduard sandwich affair,
missing from the kit was a gunsight. Its name escapes me now, but the french had this strange fish tank looking item as a sight,
feeling blostered by my efforts on the sidewalls, i had a go at making one out of old PE and scrap plastic,
Well that was the insides. It all buttoned up nicely. There were a few fit issues here and there but nothing a G cramp and some superglue wouldnt sort out.
On with some paint. It was a typical 3 colour french scheme but with out the fancy nose paint and tail colours. After France surrendered to the Germans, the Germans found themselves with loads of these little fighters and offered them around on all fronts. They were a decent fighter in the right hands. The German ace, Werner Molders was shot down by a Dewoitine, anyhoo ive waffled long enough. The decals were a mix and match from my spares box with the exception of the top wing decals. I didnt have any of these so i had to buy a kit just to get them…Honest…i had too LOL, Anyhoo, here she is,
Thx for looking,
…Guy