Scale aviation modeller international

by adding a black outline (with a steady hand)

around the frames with a thin brush. Finally,

I varnished the model with Humbrol gloss

before adding the minimal decals, followed by

another coat of varnish to seal everything in.

FINAL TOUCHES

This was where my problems started; the

struts were incredibly fiddly to locate into

their location holes and pins, so holding it all

together was a priority. The biggest problem

was that the struts that attach the fuselage to

the top wing are too short, so I replaced them

with some stretched sprue pulled to the same

thickness (plastic rod or Albion tubing would

be a simpler, though higher-cost option).

The engine was next and this has a

good amount of moulded detail. The only

issue I personally had was that the “Carpet

Monster” ate one of my exhausts, so I

had to scratchbuild a replacement.

Finally the landing gear was added

in place before rigging. I used EZ Line

which made this an easy process.

CONCLUSION

Special Hobby have produced a beautiful

kit to create an iconic French aircraft design

of the Great War. It also gives the modeller

an insight as to how vulnerable and exposed

these pilots were in these fragile aircraft.

And I have to thank Special Hobby for supplying

me with this wonderful kit, which I conbsider a

must-have for any World War One collection.

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