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Setting up a blog for this build. Just ordered the Azur kit - hope to get it before Christmas - and initial tought is to build it out of the box in the Finnish colours. Some history can be found here on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caudron_C.714 If there is an aftermarket kit for the Renault 12R-03 I might have some panels open - would appreciate if anybody knows if and where this can be found. Slainte L.H.

a really bad kit, a lot of work to try to make a plane looking like :

my last buit, a kit that requires a little patience for assembly enjoy : voila voila

hello , my last job, a very nice kit :

I recently acquired this little gem of a kit from a fellow modeler here on LSP. The wings have been and the fuselage was glued together. I've since got things started on the interior and am adding some home-brewed PE and scrap parts to the cockpit. It was missing the small PE fret so I'm coming up with my own gunsight and belts along with some other details. So far it's a dandy little kit. Later, Lee And starting the cockpit mods.

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

Howdy! After some serious trouble with Italeries Mirage III (short shots of the intakes...) I am in need to build something quick and easy to overcome the "All your projects are doomed!" feeling. A Wiggum weekender, or something close to. Special Hobbys Fiat G.50, Dragons Bf-109 E-4/7 and Azurs Caudron were the favourites. Nice kits alltogether. The Freccia has some problems with the cockpit. Lot of small parts with insufficient instructions, lacking details inside an open cockpit and featuring a nice, but multi-part radial engine. DMLs Emil is a winner, right ootb. The best Emil in 1/32 scale, modellingwise at least. But if I got stalled with a french design, why not call in another french design to the rescue? OK, lets start the Caudron. If you don't know about this one: French WW2 wonderweapon, a racing plane converted to a lightweight fighter. Sounds promising on paper, but was an utter failure in the harsh reality of air forces and airwar. It was to slow, insufficient armed and lacked any climb rate for a fighter. So the Caudrons went straight to the French sqadron of Polish exile pilots. The had the urgent need to payback to the Germans and the Luftwaffe, so it worked somehow... The kit: Short run, clean surfaces, no flash. Very nice clear parts. Resin and PE included where appropriate. Good instructions. Looks promising. The online builds mention only two areas of concern: Cockpit bulkheads and wingroot fit. OK, lets give it a try Regards - dutik

Due to moving to a new house I haven't been able to post a WIP from my latest project, the Azur MS406 C1. But that didn't stopped me from building it, and having completed this build today I present you the finished aircraft. To be honest, the model has been fighting me. Having read other WIP's I was well aware of the problems this kit has. Inspired by Waroff's build I tackled the incorrect shape of the nose (which is to wide and rectangular). This correction, if proper executed will save you some problems with the canopy later (which is to narrow for the fuselage if you build OOB). I'm reasonably satisfied with the nose job, although my scribing leaves a lot to be desired. Leason 1: take your time and start over if not satisfied. After fitting the cockpit, to the now narrower fuselage, I started to tackle the wings. The transition from wing to fuselage is another point to attend to. There are major gaps and steps which you have to fill and sand. Next I sprayed the entire plane with Mr. Surfacer 1200 and started sanding, scribing, more spraying, sanding, etc, etc. Leason 2: protect the (build and painted) cockpit. I didn't and ended up with numerous small pieces of sanding dust, which are almost impossible to remove. Painting was pretty straight forward and done freehand. I'm not really sure if the real one did have the red nose, but I liked it. It breaks the otherwise dull camouflage and balances with the colored tail. Polishing the canopy brought me some more headaches and I was almost at the point to put the entire project to the shelve of doom… Luckily, I acquired a proper polishing compound which saved the day. With the finish in sight I managed to knock over a bottle of Alclad gunmetal, and offcourse a big drop hit the model. Being Alclad, it immediately started melting the paintjob and plastic !X#$!@). Count to ten, take a deep breath, and back to cleaning, sanding, scribing and painting. Lesson 3: keep your workspace clear. I will not bore you with details of all the breaking parts after that... actually I will, here's a list: - tail skid twice - visor - undercarriage actuator - antenna top - antenna bottom - seatbelt the guns and pitot tube are made of brass rod ;-). Well, all in all, it was another build from which I have learned and in the end I'm happy with it. Next time, i'll try not to be in a hurry! Speaking about next time, those who have paid attention to the forums know what my next project will be. I'll make a WIP thread for this one. It's going to be a wild ride and will stretch my building skills even further, so hang on! Cheers, Wouter