T-6G Texan Algeria 1957 1/48 Ocidental Réplicas / Italery

[Michael-S 796]

Hi folks.

I want introduce my final work. This is Texan T6G French AF in Algeria 1957.

Model was build very long time. Start was 5 years ago. Model build from box +  Eduard - FLAPS.
Best regards.

[Alpha Juliet 184]

It was worth the wait - that's a great model, well done!

[SAT69 2,376]

Your T-6G perfectly replicates a heavily used workhorse. I never realized a T-6 could carry that much armament!

[Vultures1 1,766]

Wow, excellent work!  Very nice indeed

[ForestFan 2,012]

Very nice build, I like this a lot! Well done

[John Masters 15,290]

She's a beauty!

[Michael-S 796]

14 minutes ago, SAT69 said:

Your T-6G perfectly replicates a heavily used workhorse. I never realized a T-6 could carry that much !

 

[Pete in a shed 959]

A perfect little Texan with masses of care and attention to detail. Beautiful end result. очень красивый

How did you make the aerial wires? specifically the point at which the two wires become one at the canopy.

Pete

[Michael-S 796]

26 minutes ago, Pete in a shed said:

A perfect little Texan with masses of care and attention to detail. Beautiful end result. очень красивый

How did you make the aerial wires? specifically the point at which the two wires become one at the canopy.

Pete

Thanks for the feedback Pete. (Спасибо большое) I made the antenna from a string for beads. I connected the antenna by passing it two times through a thin tube. The tube was made from a tube of Chupa-Chups candy, the tube was stretched to the desired thickness over the flame of a lighter.

[RMCS 5,804]

Outstanding 

[Pete in a shed 959]

7 minutes ago, Michael-S said:

I connected the antenna by passing it two times through a thin tube.

Brilliant, thanks for explaining, though not sure what chupa-chups is. (I'm sure its delicious though!).

[Michael-S 796]

3 minutes ago, Pete in a shed said:

Brilliant, thanks for explaining, though not sure what chupa-chups is. (I'm sure its delicious though!).

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[Wez 5,898]

Michael, cracking job there on a great looking Texan, looks like the photos of the real thing in Alain Crosnier's book Le Armée de l'Air en Afrique du Nord Tome 2 which has a large section on these workhorses, you've done them proud.  Well done sir!

 

With that weapons fit, it's what the French referred to as a T-6G-2 (the difference between a G-1 and a G-2 being the gun fit, G-2's had the pods like your model).

 

This is just the sort of thing I hope to see in the Texan/Harvard STGB that I've proposed.  Admittedly, you only get three months for an STGB, not five years.

 

Thanks for sharing.

[Gary Brantley 2,201]

Great job on an iconic aircraft!   Beautifully built and finished Michael!

[TheyJammedKenny! 1,530]

Wow!  Impressive results on this.  So that's what they looked like!  Do you have a copy of "A Savage War of Peace" in Russian?  In there, you'll find that many of the T-6 pilots were transferred from FAF F-100 squadrons, so they had to really adjust their flying techniques.

[Michael-S 796]

6 hours ago, Wez said:

Michael, cracking job there on a great looking Texan, looks like the photos of the real thing in Alain Crosnier's book Le Armée de l'Air en Afrique du Nord Tome 2 which has a large section on these workhorses, you've done them proud.  Well done sir!

 

With that weapons fit, it's what the French referred to as a T-6G-2 (the difference between a G-1 and a G-2 being the gun fit, G-2's had the pods like your model).

 

This is just the sort of thing I hope to see in the Texan/Harvard STGB that I've proposed.  Admittedly, you only get three months for an STGB, not five years.

 

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the feedback Wez.

I have 2 volumes of this book (Alain Crosnier's book Le Armée de l'Air en Afrique du Nord).

This model was inspired by watching these books.

Best regards.

Edited August 28, 2020 by Michael-S

[dnl42 2,878]

Bravo! Very well built and nicely finished as the hard-working aircraft she was.

[Michael-S 796]

3 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said:

Wow!  Impressive results on this.  So that's what they looked like!  Do you have a copy of "A Savage War of Peace" in Russian?  In there, you'll find that many of the T-6 pilots were transferred from FAF F-100 squadrons, so they had to really adjust their flying techniques.

Thanks for the feedback.
No, i don't have this book in Russian.
I think this book will be very interesting for me.

Thanks for the tip, I was not aware of this book.

Best regards.

Edited August 28, 2020 by Michael-S

[Luiz 1,547]

Amazing build!...the antenna cables look great!

 

Luiz.

[Stephen 2,346]

Great build, it looks good enough to be real.

[Michael-S 796]

Thanks everyone for feedback!!!