dutik Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) Hello! This is Azurs Caudron CR 714 C1 in the French colours in June 1940. Pilot is ppor. Marian Lukaszewicz of 1st Escadrille GC 1/145 at the airfield of Dreux in France. Construction number is 8550, callsign I-208. The aircraft was written off after a forced landing at 8/6/40. This is a pure out of the box build. Only areas of concern were the rear joint between wingroot and fuselage, where a real large gap had to be filled (I think the wing got warped in the box) and the placement of the cockpit front bulkhead. The lower antenna has to be tilted back on the ground or the rear wheel will not touch the ground. I used Lifecolor French paints and Humbrol Maskol for the camouflage pattern, as well as Montex masks for the canopy. The kits decals were trimmed and rearranged into the "white 11". Building the kit was a joy. Highly recommended! Enjoy! - dutik Edited June 19, 2016 by dutik mpk, Girlscanplay2, Red Five and 4 others 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennismcc Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Love that mad camouflage scheme, great job. Cheers Dennis dutik and mpk 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Very nice, Dutik. mpk and dutik 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big bad Wolf Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 Very interstin' plane - never saw her before! mpk and dutik 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 (edited) Come in August to Gatow to see her in her full glory (Not to forget the E-377 and what else might be ready for the show.) Regards - dutik Edited June 19, 2016 by dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petrov27 Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 very cool build and really interesting scheme - well done! Unusual aircraft - I know little to nothing about it but guessing it was based on inter-war racing planes (sure looks like a racer....) dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 19, 2016 Share Posted June 19, 2016 A strange aircraft with a wacky paint job - what's not to like! Well done, dutik. May I publish it on the website? Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted June 19, 2016 Author Share Posted June 19, 2016 Feel free to do so. - dutik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 Very nice ! I love the paint scheme. Caudron racing aircraft of the 30's are so weird..... I cant imagine this one in a dogfight ! Though it did fight. dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CATCplSlade Posted June 20, 2016 Share Posted June 20, 2016 It fought, yes, but apparently not very well. The Poles had limited success before losing most of the 35 they received to German fighters. The Finns disliked them so much they withdrew their's from active service before they even had a chance to see combat. I believe the main problem was an under-powered engine and no room to put in something better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 25, 2016 Share Posted June 25, 2016 Here you go, Dutik! http://www.largescaleplanes.com/articles/article.php?aid=2743 Kev dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssculptor Posted July 9, 2016 Share Posted July 9, 2016 Love that camo scheme. But to call it "wacky"? It does what it is supposed to do, break up the contours of the airplane so it is difficult for another pilot to see it, to focus on it, to aim at it. This is no more wacky than many of the Nazis schemes for their fighters. The Italians had very interesting camo schemes as did the French. Only the Americans had the simple idea that one color on top was camouflage. That to me is wacky. But I was not there when the guys who ran the USAAF in the early 1940's were making their decisions. So I cannot say. But all good camouflage schemes, up to stealth, are "wacky". If you really want "wacky" look at how the USA & Brits camouflaged their ships in WW1. Those are very interesting. StEphEn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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