1/72 Heller MARCELL DASSAULT 450 OURAGAN

[adey m]

In October 2015 I fancied a quick straight from the box build and I selected this Heller Ouragan from my unbuilt collection.

 

It had well-moulded parts with raised panel line detailing. As with many Heller kits it did not need anything adding to it really as it contained a well equipped cockpit tub, convincing ejector seat, gunsight.  jet intake splitter fairing, scale jet pipe and well detailed undercarriage. All I added was a pilot, ejector seat handle, nosewheel brake piping and a whip aerial. I also sawed the canopy so I could pose it open. It was a quick and satisfying build with excellent fitting parts.

 

I sprayed the model with Halfords Acrylic Aluminium spray and then brush painted Vallejo Aluminium over the top of it. The red areas are brush painted Humbrol enamel.

 

I used the kit's decals except for the tricolour on the tail which I brush painted. I modelled the French Air Force option, an aircraft of EC 1/12 at Cambrai in 1954.

 

I deliberately restrained the amount of red painted areas to the wing tip tanks only.

 

I love Heller kits.

 

 

This is the box of the one that I built with parts moulded in a yellow brown colour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On a goodwill visit to a Royal Air Force station, final runway checks and clearance from the runway controller.

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed looking at my Heller M.D. 450 Ouragan.

 

adey

 

 

 

 

Edited April 1, 2018 by adey m

[polo1112]

Adey your Ouragan is simply BEAUTIFUL !

[John Masters]

That's a superb build and nice photos too...

[stevej60]

Cracking job Adey,alway's great to see a Heller kit built so well.

[Knight_Flyer]

Nice model. I like the diorama setting.

[RidgeRunner]

Very nice, Adey.

 

Martin

[Unfinished project]

Fantastic rendition of this classic French Aircraft 

[jean]

Hi Adey,

 

being slightly French, I am incredibly partial to anything designed by Marcel Dassault. 

The Ouragan has a charm of its own, and you have really nailed it with this clean and precise build.

I am actually shocked that these are the kit's decals: it is the first time that I see French roundels printed by Heller that look pretty much in register with the blue center nice and centered!

Has the 12 EC ever flown its Ouragans with only the tip tanks painted red, or have you used some artistic license? Just curious.

Great show and congrats for a gorgeous Ouragan!

 

JR

[zhizhou]

Lovely finish, nice work, you got the very best out of that kit.

 

cheers,

Zhizhou 

[adey m]

3 hours ago, jean said:

Hi Adey,

 

being slightly French, I am incredibly partial to anything designed by Marcel Dassault. 

The Ouragan has a charm of its own, and you have really nailed it with this clean and precise build.

I am actually shocked that these are the kit's decals: it is the first time that I see French roundels printed by Heller that look pretty much in register with the blue center nice and centered!

Has the 12 EC ever flown its Ouragans with only the tip tanks painted red, or have you used some artistic license? Just curious.

Great show and congrats for a gorgeous Ouragan!

 

JR

Hi jean, thank you for your kind comments.

 

I believe that the French aircraft in the kit was part of a display team, hence the red areas.

 

I may have used artistic license in that I did not want all those red areas but I liked the look of the red tanks.

 

regards,  adey

[F-32]

Very nice indeed, there have been some great Ouragan's on the site recently, yours is right up there with the best!

[goggsy]

Spot on, very neat clean build of an aircraft we don’t see a lot of.