Breda 33 series 1, Dujin 1/72 resin

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A build from 2 years ago.

 

Where to begin...

I am not easily scared by a kit. Any kit. That's not the same as to say that I like a bad kit. I don't.

I never had a tête-à-tête encounter with a Dujin kit before. I knew about them, I knew that Monsieur Dujin passed away some time ago, and I have seen some built models of the kits on the Net. Nothing that I saw enticed me, in the least, to go and get one. And now I know, by own experience, why.

A dear friend and fellow modeler and artist from Yorkshire, Fogland, Andrew Nickeas, had a very kind gesture and bestowed upon me a number of kits, that happened to arrive for my birthday. Very nice kits, mind you, but (hidden) among them was a Dujin Breda 33.

Oh, the horror 😉, even if you are French...there are limits! 🙂

This is one kit that would definitely not be a pleasure to build. And most emphatically one of the least good looking castings I had the (dis)pleasure of seeing first hand.

Now, is it just this kit? a failed copy that somehow made it to the market?

 

But I got ahead of myself...what is this plane? Prima facie an elegant Italian design from the 30s, that belonged to an interesting line of planes like the Breda 39 and 42. Look them up: machines with graceful lines that participated in a great number of sports events and had attractive color schemes. This specific design, the 33, had numerous changes throughout its life, so beware when you look at photos because they had different engines, wings, canopies and other features.

There is 1/72 Choroszy Breda 39 in a couple versions, a different model of course (although similar), so -heavens be praised- if you like to build a machine of the sports Breda family you won't have to deal with a Dujin kit.

 

And so we arrive to the completion of the Dujin Breda 33, not after having to follow some meandering paths due the not particularly gracious nature of this kit.
My thanks to Andrew Nickeas for the birthday gift of the kit, to Arctic Decals for the extensive decal sheet, and to Fabrizio D'Isanto for his helpful comments.

None of them is to blame for any faults in this model 🙂

As it is the case with a number of Dujin kits, the provided decals are of low quality and incorrect. If you have this kit, Arctic Decals set will save the day.

The results you may obtain with these Dujin kits (with some effort) are failry good.

Monsieur Dujin released a great number of kits of a variety of subjects. Whilst the quality of the masters seems very fair, the kit production aspect (resin casting) is not that good. But if you are tenacious and want that baby, it is doable.

We owe a lot to M. Dujin in any case, since many of these subjects may have been never kitted (and probably will never be again). His enthusiasm and love for the hobby were surely great, but the kits are perhaps not for the average modeler.

I am glad I built this one, and now we can look at a nice lines of a fine Italian sports machine, thanks to Monsieur Dujin (and lots of work and persistence!).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Spitfire31]

It seems that you managed to polish that turd to gleaming satisfaction! 😉 Per ardua ad astra…

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

 

 

[JWM]

Very nice result what is not a surprise having in mind all other your works presented here

 

Regards

J-W

[Bill.B]

Beautiful!  👍

[pheonix]

16 hours ago, Spitfire31 said:

It seems that you managed to polish that turd to gleaming satisfaction! 😉 Per ardua ad astra…

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

 

 

I completely agree with Joachim. But then anything in your hands could be turned into a wonderful gem because you are a master modeller.

 

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[cngaero]

That's fine looking aeroplane with very pleasing lines. Your finishing is superb as usual. 

[Holzhamer]

It’s a very elegant plane, and that livery makes it very eye catching, I’d say it’s a 9 in a 10 scale, just beautifuly made 

[TonyTiger66]

I just found this via your Caudron 366 thread Moa. I think that I have this kit.

Is this the one that has the Gypsy engine?

 

You have done a lovely job. I was never sure of the colours if these. I wanted to make one that was sometimes used, I think by journalists, in Spain.

 

If you have any tips on making this one; or any WIP photographs, they would be very appreciated 👍.

 

 

TonyT

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40 minutes ago, TonyTiger66 said:

I just found this via your Caudron 366 thread Moa. I think that I have this kit.

Is this the one that has the Gypsy engine?

 

You have done a lovely job. I was never sure of the colours if these. I wanted to make one that was sometimes used, I think by journalists, in Spain.

 

If you have any tips on making this one; or any WIP photographs, they would be very appreciated 👍.

 

 

TonyT

Hi Tony

Here are some images and notes regarding the building process:

 

[Baldy]

Moa I obviously didn't see this one first time around. Stunning springs to mind - with regard to the impossibly good build out of some pretty poor mouldings - and with regard to the beautiful aircraft itself.

 

Wish they did this in 1/48 (🤣)

 

Cheers

 

Malcolm

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6 minutes ago, Baldy said:

Wish they did this in 1/48 (🤣)

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

1 hour ago, TonyTiger66 said:

Is this the one that has the Gypsy engine? 

Yes it is.

 

1 hour ago, TonyTiger66 said:

I wanted to make one that was sometimes used, I think by journalists, in Spain.

Not Spain, but Japan: J-BANC, of the Osaka Mainichi Shimbun newspaper.