TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Good morning For my first build for this Gb I will build the T-28 Fennec already presented by Wez .. I don't think that I will be able to start soon as I would like to finish my Academy F 5B for thr MTO III GB and maybe add something else before I begin the T-28 .. Best Regards Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Wow!!! That’s three Trojans / Fennec’s already and this WIP GB section is not even 24 hours old! You’ll be pleased to know I managed to acquire one of these just yesterday Patrice, so might even add to this growing Trojan total once I get a few others finished. Welcome aboard and all the best. Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 25, 2020 Author Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Rabbit Leader said: Wow!!! That’s three Trojans / Fennec’s already and this WIP GB section is not even 24 hours old! You’ll be pleased to know I managed to acquire one of these just yesterday Patrice, so might even add to this growing Trojan total once I get a few others finished. Welcome aboard and all the best. Cheers.. Dave Hi Dave I am very pleased to read that you managed to get one yesterday and I hope that you will decide to join us on this T-28 mini Gb .. Best Regards Patrice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Pleased to see this here Patrice, let's see what we can do with this beauty of a kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 25, 2020 Author Share Posted October 25, 2020 Good evening Today I started the T28 Fennec that I will represent in the makings of an aircraft of the EALA 9/72 (Escadrille d'Aviation Légére d"Appui) ''Petits Princes'' of Escadron d'Aviation Légére d"Appui 3/5 basé à Mecheria en 1961 .. The box art The sprues On this new box we find new parts for the gun pods The decals sheet I am using the Pavla resin set for the and Quickboost resin engine My reference I started by filling the ventral air brake I opened the exhaust pipes I started to paint the cockpit bath tube Patrice 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: The cover photo of the book, the lead Fennec whats the story on the two tone colors ? Im interested in the markings ? Edited October 25, 2020 by Corsairfoxfouruncle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 1 hour ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: The cover photo of the book, the lead Fennec whats the story on the two tone colors ? Im interested in the markings ? Actually I am too Patrice, that looks most interesting. I'm quite impressed by some of these excellent looking French Aviation publications. I've never seen these before so there must be a good website / bookshop somewhere which has all these listed. Anyone have any good website links? Now that's a great start Patrice and I'm very impressed by these new Heller boxes and their great decal sheets. This one comes complete with new gun packs so I'd better get myself one before too long. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Patrice, Good start. Regarding the cockpit, my research tells me that as these aircraft were all converted from T-28A's they all started out with a black cockpit interior, this seems to be borne out by the photos in the Crosnier book and on Frenchwings.net. That said. the conventional wisdom is that all of these aircraft had the high canopy but the photographs don't bear that out. I'm wondering whether the ones with the low canopy had grey cockpits. Certainly, the Pavla cockpit gives the low cockpit turn over structure, not the large inverted v of the high canopied versions. I'd like to get hold of that book, where can I get one from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 Good morning my friends Thank you for your interest This is what I found about this 2 tone T 28 "A first plane was aquired in 1959 and delivered to Sud-Aviation who is in charged of the transformation. That plane is NA 174-131 (sérial 51-3593) and is registered N79Z for her transfer to France. That registration will never be changed. That plane becomes the "FENNEC3 n°1 which is delivereed to the French air forces in August 1959 and immediately turned to the CEV (flight test center) for the official tests. The aircraft will crash on April 16'' http://all-aero.com/index.php/53-planes-l-m-n-o/7385-north-american-t-28-trojan https://fennec.pfiquet.be/ganivet.htm#First_test_flights This book can be bought from APPA https://www.facebook.com/APPA-Association-pour-la-Préservation-du-Patrimoine-Aéronautique-1814285485525039/ I don't know if they ship their book abroad but don't hesitate to ask them I am sure that they will be happy to know that their works interest people abroad .. Patrice 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 10 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: I'm quite impressed by some of these excellent looking French Aviation publications. Hi Dave, There are some excellent French aviation books. If you can read French they are even more useful. I have the superb "Les Skyraiders Francais" (EM 37), the equally good "Super Mystere B2" also from EM 37, the "The F-100D/F Super Sabre dans le Armee de l'air" - another from EM 37, the two North African books from Grossnire and the more recent Leo 45 Tome 2 reference from Meunier. I'd recommend them all. Unlike others the French seem to giveyou a wealth of images, an extraordinary level of detail and a comprehensive picture of the subject. Try one! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 2 hours ago, Wez said: Patrice, Good start. Regarding the cockpit, my research tells me that as these aircraft were all converted from T-28A's they all started out with a black cockpit interior, this seems to be borne out by the photos in the Crosnier book and on Frenchwings.net. That said. the conventional wisdom is that all of these aircraft had the high canopy but the photographs don't bear that out. I'm wondering whether the ones with the low canopy had grey cockpits. Certainly, the Pavla cockpit gives the low cockpit turn over structure, not the large inverted v of the high canopied versions. I'd like to get hold of that book, where can I get one from? Absolutely, Wez. As you know, when building a Fennec you need to get photos of the specific airframe in order to know the canopy type. The lower type, again as you know, can be sourced from Rob Taurus. I'm interested in that book too!!! Like always, I feel an urge to sray from my build plan, eager to build a Fennec now! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 8 minutes ago, RidgeRunner said: If you can read French they are even more useful. Unfortunately Martin, my French is restricted to one rather rude word involving three people, however we do have google translate, so I could eventually work the text out this way. Also one of our best friends is as a French as Joan of Arc, so perhaps she could come to my aid as well. Those North African books look to be good inspiration for many modelling subjects, so that’s were I might start. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I dont speak French either! ;( 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 Good afternoon Maybe it is time to try to learn french 😉 Best regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 34 minutes ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: Maybe it is time to try to learn french 😉 You’ve got a point there Patrice, but that’s just too obvious for a silly Australian to understand! Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: You’ve got a point there Patrice, but that’s just too obvious for a silly Australian to understand! Cheers.. Dave Dave it is never too late to learn ... Best Regards Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Avions-Bateaux have some interesting titles, I'm eyeing their books on the Vampire/Mistral although the one I'm really looking forward to is their promised book on the Fouga Magister. Reverso is a good translator, it gives context which is useful. I've found Duolingo a great help while trying to learn French and other languages. Patrice, I can see now I'm looking on a monitor rather than on my phone that your cockpit is black 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Patrice, Does your big boys book of Fennec stuff give any details on the seats? Did they have back and seat pads, if so, what colour, also, what colour were the seatbelts? Thanks for any information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 On 10/26/2020 at 10:57 AM, Rabbit Leader said: my French is restricted to one rather rude word involving three people If it’s the one I’m thinking of, strictly speaking it’s three words 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 28, 2020 Author Share Posted October 28, 2020 13 hours ago, Wez said: Patrice, Does your big boys book of Fennec stuff give any details on the seats? Did they have back and seat pads, if so, what colour, also, what colour were the seatbelts? Thanks for any information. Good morning Wez Alas no this book deals more with the operational use of the T 28, there are some pictures of the guns pods anr rockets but I think they are already available there http://avions-de-la-guerre-d-algerie.over-blog.com/article-24140042.html Best regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Thanks for the link Patrice, always great to see good quality photos and there’s a few nice shots in that lot. I’m getting quite tempted to start mine after seeing these great builds, need to source some new decals though as mine from an older kit box and not that great. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted October 30, 2020 Author Share Posted October 30, 2020 Good evening Yesterday I managed to prepare the Pavla resin seats and Instrument panels Patrice 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Good evening This week end I rescribed the fuselage and wings I also placed the seats and stickc in the "bathtube" And I prepared the propeller Patrice 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Nice work Patrice, that's all looking very smart and the re-scribing will help lift this kit to a higher standard. Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 Good evening Yesterday I placed the "bathtube" on the right half fuselage and then I closed the 2 fuselage halves Sorry for the pics .. Patrice 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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