Dewoitine D.520 – Tamiya 1/48
Lieutenant Gabriel Gauthier, Groupe de chasse II/7, 1ère Escadrille, Sidi-Ahmed, Tunisia, late 1941
Cockpit Area
Fuselage
Wings
Paint and Decals
References
- photo-etched seatbelts installed
- corners of the seat back frame opened
Fuselage
- radiator outlet door thinned to a more scale appearance
- all lift points and vent holes drilled out e
- exhaust pipes drilled out
Wings
- pitot tube drilled out
Paint and Decals
- airframe painted with Xtra-Color X384 WWII Kaki, X387 WWII Terre de Sienne, X388 WWII Gris Bleu Foncé, X390 WWII Gris Foncé, X106 Insignia Yellow FS 13530 and X103 Insignia Red FS11136, X124 Blue FS15109 and X141 White FS17875
- all markings are by Aeromaster from sheet 48-094
- aircraft weathered with chalk pastels
References
- Le Dewoitine D.520. By Raymond Danel and Jean Cuny, Docavia Publishing, France
- Replic No. 62, October 1996. Published by Editions D.T.U. Sarl, Clichy, France
- Armée de L'Air, A Pictorial History of the French Air Force 1937-1945. Squadron Signal Publications, Carrollton, Texas