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Special Hobby 1/72 CAC CA-9 Wirraway

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Wirraway is an Australian variant of the NA-16. Over 700 were built and it was used mainly as a trainer but also as a fighter.

 

Kit: Special Hobby CAC CA-9 Wirraway (SH72194)

Scale: 1/72

Paints: Vallejo Model Air, Vallejo Metal Colour, Hataka Red Line

Weathering: Flory Models Wash, Tamiya & Ammo Mig weathering products

 

Quite the trouble free build, done in a week. Camo colours were based on info on Special Hobby's instructions that this specific airframe could have been painted in sea camouglage - but apparently that is outdated info. So should have been your normal RAAF green and brown camo.

 

Done for Texan/Hardvard STGB

 

WIP:

 

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Nice! You don't see too many Wirraway models out there.

 

A small question: wouldn't the prop tips be painted yellow? I admit that I don't know a lot about Wirraeays.

 

 

 

 

Chris

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14 minutes ago, dogsbody said:

 

A small question: wouldn't the prop tips be painted yellow? I admit that I don't know a lot about Wirraeays.

 

 

 

 

Chris

 

Could be! Didn't find anything on the instructions but I have to check it out. 

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On 4/25/2021 at 12:36 PM, reini said:

Didn't find anything on the instructions but I have to check it out. 

Reini,

 

I looked at as many period Wirraway photos as I could find- not museum or restored examples, and they all had yellow prop tips. easy enough to fix, but your model also could depict an aircraft that had its prop serviced/re-balanced and was awaiting its yellow tips. That being said, I agree with what the others have said- it's a very nice model! Hyvaa tyota! :like:

Mike 

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