Caudron C.600 Aiglon "civilian"- SBS, resin, 1/72nd scale

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

A build from 2 years ago:

 

Every time I have in my hands an SBS kit, I feel I am in modeling paradise.

The exquisite casting, precision of detail, noble nature of the resin employed, subject appeal, treatment of the assembly sequence, instructions, accessories, the superb decals, even the sturdy box and careful packaging, ...everything is just wonderful.

I said it before and will say it again: you all know I build all sorts of kits, from Frankenkits to good ones, from vacuform to resin, old to new, small to large, etc., plus my own scratchbuilding. There are incredibly awful kits and excellent ones out there, and everything in the middle, I have built all types, more than 300 of them only in the last 10 years.

But this is beyond everything I have seen, touched and built before.

Those who frequent these pages may be familiar with the several DH88 racers and the Farman F.190 I have built from their kits, always a treat, a pleasure, a joy.

This Caudron is no different, and boy what a great kit this is.

SBS incorporated some features normally present on injected kits, like holes and pegs, keys and recesses. All contributing to the alignment, sturdiness, and ease of building.

It took me less than 20 minutes to separate all but the minutest parts from their casting blocks (there is no need to rush, though, and please use the right tools if you want good results and clean parts, and be careful not to mangle or lose them).

Congrats, SBS, on another impeccable, beautiful, civil, well-engineered, superbly-detailed, fairly priced kit.

A lot of care has been put into this one.

The livery I chose -from the three available from the kit- is the plane used by Madame Finat (wife of Maurice) and pilot Reynaud to fly to Madagascar in January 1936, quite a feat.
There was an article on the C.600 type on Luchtvaartkennis 2010-01, now you only have to move to the Netherlands for several years to learn Dutch in order to be able to read the magazine.
Madame Denise Finat was  a remarkable character, and she even run a political campaign (feminist).
(You may look here:)
http://www.gettyimages.com/photos/denise-finat?excludenudity=true&sort=mostpopular&mediatype=photography&phrase=denise%20finat&family=editorial
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here together with the specially modified Caudron C.610 that is posted too today:

 

 

 

 

 

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

The Caudron C.610 is here:

 

[Baldy]

Stunning Moa. 

 

Cheers

 

Malcolm

[pinky coffeeboat]

Lovely model Moa, Caudron produced attractive aircraft - have you built the Heller Simoun? 

 

Jeff

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

15 minutes ago, pinky coffeeboat said:

have you built the Heller Simoun? 

 

Jeff

Hi Jeff

Several times! I love that little kit, and every time, after a few years in between, it comes a bit better. I even have a box now in the stash.

The last one was built 9 years ago, perhaps today I could do a bit better (but you never know, you learn more tricks, but the eyesight goes south)

I will post it now, for your amusement.

Cheers

 

[pinky coffeeboat]

It is a lovely kit, very fine. Looking forward to your Simoun.

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

5 minutes ago, pinky coffeeboat said:

It is a lovely kit, very fine. Looking forward to your Simoun.

 

Thanks,

 

Jeff

Here it is:

a much simple build, though, of course, from 9 years ago:

[TonyW]

My early days of flight education continues...

 

Another beauty from your production line.

There's something about the simplicity of planes like these that really appeals to me. The thought that you only need to wander off to your garage or workshop and actually  build your idea, and then see if it works, is something that's been lost along the way.

[06/24]

Beautiful Moa, beautiful.

 

[replicant]

Hello Moa,

Always great topics!!! Yes, SBS is great, they are at Mosonshow every year (Hungary).

May i ask: where is the girlie from? Excuse moi, la Madame? Homegrown?

Cheers,

Tom

[John Aero]

Simply stunning and truly my era. Drawings of French interwar's types are so thin on the ground.

 

Cheers

 

John

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

8 hours ago, replicant said:

Hello Moa,

Always great topics!!! Yes, SBS is great, they are at Mosonshow every year (Hungary).

May i ask: where is the girlie from? Excuse moi, la Madame? Homegrown?

Cheers,

Tom

If I recall correctly it is a figure from one of those sets they sell at model trains stores, do not recall the brand, perhaps Preiser.

[06/24]

1 hour ago, Moa said:

If I recall correctly it is a figure from one of those sets they sell at model trains stores, do not recall the brand, perhaps Preiser.

That sounds about right:

 

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=793

[fjaweijfopi4j48]

3 minutes ago, 06/24 said:

That sounds about right:

 

http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=793

There she is, good catch!

thanks for the find and the link.

[Roger Holden]

9 hours ago, John Aero said:

Drawings of French interwar's types are so thin on the ground.

 

 

There are good drawings by our own (late) Harry Robinson in his Docavia opus Les Avions Caudron-Renault. 

[pheonix]

A lovely model (or rather, pair of models). I cannot comment on the kit because I have not seen or built one, but it stiall needs a modeller with real skill and patience to turn out models of the consistent quality that you are currently showing us.

 

P