Stew Dapple Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 I finished this yesterday, I have been wanting to build one of these for an age but scarcity means that they don't come up for sale often and when they do they tend to be a bit pricey (especially if you add the expense of the Dutch Decals Neutrality Markings - the orange triangles - which do not come with the kit). The model represents no.328 flown in May 1940 by Sgt. H Soufree with his gunner Sgt. de Man of 3 Ja.V.A in which he claimed an He 111 and a Bf 109 in the fighting over the Netherlands. I added some Airfix pilots as crew and a pitot tube from the spares box, and I replaced the protruding nose gun barrels with resin ones as those provided were a bit chunky, apart from that it is I think oob. As always I could have done it better if I had paid more attention and had more patience but I didn't and I haven't and for a limited-run kit it was pretty forgiving and I have at least, at last, built one. Decals as mentioned were from the Dutch Decals set DDS9072, paints were Humbrol 64 Light Grey for the interior, 168 Beige, 180 Red-brown and 244 Dark Green for the camouflage scheme. Cheers, Stew 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 A real cracker! I love this build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Very, very nice. I wasn't aware of this type of aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Really great job Stew Can I ask what the colours are as I have the Frog Fokker that is likely to need the same paints, I doubt it will turn out as good as yours however. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Thats really nice Stew, A nice rare subject, nice camo and markings and beautifully built and painted,....what more could you ask for, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted July 2, 2014 Author Share Posted July 2, 2014 PC, thank you kindly mate I hope you weren't staying up just to see that AD210, thanks; there weren't very many made and most of those that were got caught on the ground in the early hours of 10 May 1940, so the 'Reaper' never really got much chance to shine Pat, thank you, I can't remember who recommended them but the colours were Humbrol 180 Red-brown, 168 Beige and 244 Dark Green. All I had to judge these against were photographs of the replica G-1 built and on display at the Dutch Air Force Museum in Soesterberg but the colours looked a pretty good match on-screen. If you prefer the IPMS Stockholm recommendations are here though some of the paints may not be available any more: http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2005/06/stuff_eng_dutch_af_colours_01.htm Tony, thank you very much as usual it suffered a bit from me rushing toward the end but I mostly got away with it Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Very nice Stew, good to see something off beat for a change. You've done a great job with the kit, Sean 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 That looks great, unfortunately the early WW2 period is sadly neglected by the kit manufacturers. Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Great build and finish Stew,unusual and rare subject,great job on the transparencies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnylurve Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 Stew, liking that one mate. Great cammo job. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cookenbacher Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Cool build Stew! Hats off for the research, planning and preparation this little known subject must have required. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Thanks Sean, it was a nice kit to build, bit of a struggle to fit the interior into the 'pod' but apart from that it all seemed fairly straightforward Thanks Dennis, sadly I think there is always going to be a shortage of mainstream kits of some of the early war foreign aircraft - Heller do some nice kits of some of the French aircraft though the kits are getting a bit long in the tooth but some of them still build nicely and look good when done, if only Heller could find the French equivalent of Hornby to invest in some new mould kits as Hornby have done with Airfix (who are on a bit of a roll with their early-war RAF kits). Still, the short-run moulding technology is much improved and still improving so the likes of MPM, AZ, Azur etc. should find a profitable gap where the bigger manufacturers won't go producing some of the more 'exotic' types Steve, thanks mate, would you believe I brush-painted the windows because I couldn't be bothered to mask them all talk about making a rod for your own back Thanks Bunny, it's a nice looking aeroplane and the camouflage scheme is attractive, I think it was one of the things that drew me to it in the first place Thanks Cookie, though you give me too much credit, a bit of scrabbling around on the internet and the ancient Profile Publications booklet were what I might laughingly describe as my 'research' and planning and preparation are not concepts with which I have more than a passing acquaintance Thanks for your interest gents Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitok1983 Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Nice! Why did they paint the bottom side in a brown color (the usual color is a blue- the color to be a hidden in a sky)? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winenut Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 (edited) Stew mate. really interesting aircraft ........a subject i had no knowledge of at all......and extremely well built and finished. Congrats. Do you have any connection to the subject or simply it looked interesting and would offer a point of interest in the collection??? Edited July 3, 2014 by Winenut 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted July 3, 2014 Author Share Posted July 3, 2014 Hi Snitok, I don't know really, the undersides may have been painted that colour to advertise the LVA's (Dutch Air Force's) neutrality (like the orange triangle markings) or it could have been for easy recognition - RAF fighters at that time were painted one side black and one side white underneath for easy identification ...but I'm guessing, to be honest, I've never really seen much discussion or books about the LVA's camouflage. Winenut, thank you very much I don't have any connection to the aircraft, but I first saw pictures of them in one of my Dad's books when I was a kid and I found them fascinating, like a big, sort of clumsy-looking forerunner to the P38 I've been after one of the MPM kits for ages and it cost me, but it was a present for my inner child Cheers, Stew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Hand painted transparencies - you have a steady hand! Beatifully done. Cheers, Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordfunker Posted July 3, 2014 Share Posted July 3, 2014 Great to see this machine in model form, a much overlooked type. Very nicely done. Karl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 Thanks Mike, the little rounded corners to all those little windows put me off masking it, in fact it looks better in the pictures than if you were to look at it from six inches away and see all the wobbly bits Thanks Karl, sadly it is not an easily available kit but I am hopeful in time someone will bring out a new model as it is quite an impressive looking aircraft. The MPM kit was very nice but it was produced in the mid-1990s and I am sure that with modern technology an even more impressive kit would be possible Cheers, Stew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbhawkin Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) Stew, What a great looking model you have made of a very interesting plane! Well done on finishing it. Here is a picture or two of my 1/144 scale 'wargamer' model I make out of resin: Hmm. can't post link or image (stupid ctrl V doesn't work and link and pic tags neither) http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x800q90/661/P95Dvz.jpg http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/1024x800q90/538/p68SYh.jpg Edited August 21, 2014 by pbhawkin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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