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Cenepa War...1/48 Cessna A-37B Dragonfly, Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana


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#14/2023

After the Peruvian Tucano, here´s an Ecuadorian counterpart for the Cenepa War between the two countries in 1995.
My dad used the nice Trumpeter kit with Aztec decals. Painted with a lightened  Gunze H331 BSC Dark Sea Grey,  Gunze H303 FS34102 and AK Real Color Forrest Green FS34079.
Tail antennas with 0,3mm plastic rods and the fuselage antenna with a 0,4mm one.

Build thread here

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235123931-cenepa-war148-cessna-a-37b-dragonfly-fuerza-aérea-ecuatoriana/

 

Ecuador received their first A-37 in 1976. They came in SEA camo and stayed that way during the Paquisha War between Ecuador and Peru in 1981. Later on most of them were repainted in an EURO like scheme, some kept the SEA camo. Peru also used A-37s in both wars. Aztec stated in the decal instructions, that the FAE A-37s had large yellow triangles with black outlines painted on wings and tail to distinguish them better from the FAP ones during the 1995 war, but found no foto proof of that. The 1981 Paquisha was the one and only time when A-37 engaged against each other in an aerial combat/dogfight.
In 2009 the FAE started to phase out their A-37s and replacing them with Super Tucanos.

 

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Well done Super Tweet by your father along with the Tucano he previously did.  Both aircraft look great and a bit menacing.  He does great models, you provide the photos and I also really enjoy the background information given with your builds.  Thanks for sharing.

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On 6/18/2023 at 8:32 PM, Tiger331 said:

Very nice........

 

Well Done, Sir !

 

On 6/18/2023 at 9:42 PM, ForestFan said:

Nicely done, lovely colour scheme, must get one of these

 

On 6/19/2023 at 6:36 PM, Cris Garcia said:

¡Maravilloso! Felicitaciones.

 

On 6/19/2023 at 9:03 PM, georgeusa said:

Well done Super Tweet by your father along with the Tucano he previously did.  Both aircraft look great and a bit menacing.  He does great models, you provide the photos and I also really enjoy the background information given with your builds.  Thanks for sharing.

 

16 hours ago, Andy Dyck said:

Wonderful! One of my favorite planes that I never built. So shame on me. And good to see this beauty! First class modeling.

 

Cheers 

Andy 

 

 

Thanks a lot for your comments!

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