Reini78 Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 #7/2022 And my dad´s next addition to the French at war theme. AMG kit which is somewhere between shortrun and mainstream. Dryfitting is important Painted with Tamiya X-32 Titanium Silver. Plastic rods used for the missing nose gun barrels. Also used rods to replace the badly molded gondola barrels. The kit comes only with a spinner that has the external starter adapter stub. Therefore used a spinner from an Eduard P-39 kit, also exhausts are from an Eduard P-39 (molded more nicely). As seen on pics, all French P-63 had the front wheel hub covers removed, kit wheel is covered. Aftermarket P-63 wheels from Reskit and True Details also have only covered front wheels. Bought Eduard Brassin P-39 late wheels. The tire of the front wheel was too narrow, thin and square, but the rim looked perfect. So my dad sanded away the tire, drilled out the hub cover of the kit wheel and inserted the Eduard rim into the AMG tire. Added 20g nose weight. EZ line for the antenna wire. Build thread here https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235105690-guerre-dindochine148-bell-p-63c-kingcobra-armée-de-l’air/ In 1945 France received 114 P-63Cs. Initially stationed in North Africa, they were sent to Indochina in 1948/49. Due to lack of spare parts (the USA didn´t send any because they wanted to end the French imperialism) only about 60 aircraft were servicable. In 1951 the Kingcobras were replaced by Bearcats. Model shows an aircraft of GC II/5 "Ile-de-France" DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0006 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0007 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0008 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0009 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0010 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0011 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0012 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0013 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0014 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0015 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0016 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0017 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0018 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0019 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0020 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0021 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0022 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0023 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr DSC_0024 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Superb finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Very nice result. Finely weathered. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Oh I like that!!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Durbon Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 Every plane looks better with french roundels😍. Nice build! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted April 2, 2022 Share Posted April 2, 2022 (edited) Sehr schön! Gruss Giampiero Edited April 2, 2022 by GiampieroSilvestri 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 On 4/2/2022 at 4:57 PM, RMCS said: Superb finish On 4/2/2022 at 5:27 PM, Maginot said: Very nice result. Finely weathered. On 4/2/2022 at 6:54 PM, Sky Keg said: Oh I like that!!!!! Mike On 4/2/2022 at 7:08 PM, Taylor Durbon said: Every plane looks better with french roundels😍. Nice build! 19 hours ago, GiampieroSilvestri said: Sehr schön! Gruss Giampiero Thanks a lot for the comments! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VG 33 Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 I like very much this one in Indochina. Patrick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 A beautiful build ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 5 hours ago, VG 33 said: I like very much this one in Indochina. Patrick 1 hour ago, Wulfman said: A beautiful build ! Wulfman Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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