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Great work on that seat! It looks far more in scale. And the cockpit walls will look convincingly busy and authentic when it's all painted. Excellent progress! Richard

Well that worked out extremely well! Looks great and your experiment achieved exactly the right effect. Richard

Welcome to the build! I'll add a "Go for it!" too. Bishop's aircraft is a great choice, and I think with a little work the Hobbycraft kit will look amazing. Looking forward to see what you do. Richard

Thank you! I'm not in a hurry, I am happy to wait. In the meantime I'm looking forward to see what you do with this one!

Wow!!!! Is this something that is available for sale? I would love to have one as well. Wonder if we'll ever see a 1/32 P.W.S. 10? Richard

I had hoped to, but my sailboat gets lifted out of the water for the winter on that day. CAPCON is a great show, and less than two hours away. The War Museum will be an amazing venue for the show! A bit jealous and bummed I can't go. Richard

Thanks Loic, but I don't think I'll go that far. I may add a few more rows of rivets and panel lines, but I won't do the whole thing. I want to actually finish this one in time, for a change. As for the weathering, I will be keeping that to a minimum too. According to the history of the unit, the pilots accepted delivery of the aircraft at the factory, so they would be brand new. Maybe a few chips and a few oil stains, not much more.

Excellent work Loic!! That rebuilt cockpit is a huge improvement, very convincing details. Keep up the momentum! Richard

Thank you again Alain. Placed an order for the seat (ordered two...just in case I damage one getting it cleaned up ) and the pilot figure. Not sure how fast they can deliver but I can work on the rest of the cockpit and there is plenty of detail work to do on the rest of the kit in the meantime. I'm still kind of amazed, and happy, that someone would produce a 3D printed seat for this kit.

Haha! I saw that and immediately got a headache thinking about it! His seat is a work of art, there is no way I could do that, I can't solder and my eyes are not what they used to be. I think buying the 3D one is the safer way to go.

8 Euros is not bad at all! And that Caudron is gorgeous!

Wow! Thank you, I had no idea that existed. That would save a lot of time and frustration. I also like the 1/32 French pilot figure they have. Thank you Alain!

Yes, abstract art. They tried I think, but it's too "solid" compared to the real thing.

I've been in a bit of a holding pattern as the summer winds down...and I spent the last couple of weeks gathering info but mostly attempting to figure out 1938-1940 French Air Force camouflage. That is a bucket of worms! I've seen so many charts of equivalencies and comparisons, none of which agree with each other...not sure I know much more than I did at the start lol. Anyway, I think I have an idea of what colours I'm going to use based on the research of others here and on other sites. The paint collection so far as I try to sort out a choice, likely it will be a combination of Tamiya, Gunze, and PollyScale : And getting a start on cleaning up and assembling the cockpit parts. Not too badly detailed, it'll be a good basis for me to fit it out. There is a bit of PE in the kit for the cockpit, and I'll have to do something about the seat...it's not quite right. I love detailing cockpits, to me it's the heart of the model. Since there's no 3D printed cockpit available, and not likely to be, I've stolen the instrument decals from a FW-190D. ( I bought a 3D printed cockpit for the FW) I'll separate the instruments out and use them to dress up the instrument panel. Hopefully this French lady wont mind German parts...and that wasn't meant to sound that way. Found this drawing online in another build and it should prove useful: Sorry, not very exciting but it's an actual start! Richard

Just a guess, but could there be two clips on each of the two rockets, on either sides of the tube? Richard

Good choice, looking forward to this build. Richard

Great progress on this one, and so fast! I think you'll have no problem finishing this one on time. Richard

Thanks you Alain, I agree. I've always liked the French aircraft of 1940, and have the Azur kits of each of them. The MB 152 was not the best, but as you said it was a sturdy aircraft and fairly well-armed, definitely better than the Caudron. Richard

Wow! That is just incrediblel! The efforts you made to engineer and craft all that detail is inspiring. So much to look at! The time you took in research to get it right is pretty impressive too. I think it's easier for those of us who do mostly military subjects. The information is usually readily available in documents, photos, books and online. Civilian subjects probably aren't as well covered. That was very kind of the company to provide so much information. Amazing stuff, thanks for sharing this. Richard

A great addition to the Group, and definitely something different. Very interesting story from a forgotten theatre of that war. Looking forward to this one. Richard

I have a feeling we know where this is going. I had two of the Tempest kit but don't remember anything about replacement parts being available from PCM. Sold them at a show and now have the Special Hobby version. I do miss PCM kits though. Richard

Yes it was, and I found a build online ( in a different scale )where the unfortunate modeller spent a bit of time straightening it out! Definitely an odd looking aircraft in a French kind of way, but still appealing somehow.

Thank you Alain! That is a magnificent project! So much valuable detailed information there. I won't try everything, but there are lots of ideas I will use to improve the model. Thank you! Richard

Thank you Stefan! I love to have a back story when I build a model, it just adds so much interest for me. Thank you! I had a good look at your build before I decided to go ahead. Yours is beautiful, and some good information there. Great recovery by the way, after the little accident.