Since
I saw some photos of this Super Etendard, I wanted to build one. This is
the Heller/Airfix kit, it’s nice, but with very few details, in
particular in the canopy, and this is very visible.
- First
thing to do on this kit, detail visible things:
- Arresting
hook, that is often down and is too simple in the kit
- Seat
and canopy: all this is detailed with electrical wire, eraser, etc...
all this things that do not cost a lot
- Rear
stabilizer has to be reviewed and why not positioned with an angle
(wing stabilizer have to be horizontal with no pilot inside, there are
controled electrically)
- Air
intake, desesperately empty, has to be finned and its hole hidden with
a cache that we often see on the ground
- Lights
are recreated thanks to colorized transparent plastic. You have to:
replace the 2 triangular lights at the wing tip, also at the wing tip
there are 2 white lights which shape is water drop like, and not
round, 2 lights have to be added on the parachute cone (which is
circular and not oblong), and a light is to be added on the top of the
vertical
stabilizer.
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Now
comes the most complicated part, the paint sheme. I use mainly the “patafix
technic”, colors are a mix of Japanese grey XF12 and grey XF19 for
the light grey, and Humbrol 125 for the dark grey.
Markings
are hand painted when they did not exist (“hippocampe” (see horse ?)
insigna on the right hand side of vertical stabilizer), painted in grey on
the original decal or simply created with little decal tape as the
FLOTTILE 11F texte.
A
more complete article (in French, sorry) will be issued on master194.com
for those interested.
Laurent
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