1:32 Dewoitine D.510

Dewoitine D.510 1:32 — Dora Wings

An injection-molded plastic kit of the French prewar Dewoitine D.510 fighter in the large 1:32 scale from the Ukrainian brand Dora Wings. It is a short-run tooling supplemented with photo-etched parts and painting masks. The large scale shows the elegant slim lines of this all-metal monoplane beautifully.

The real subject

The Dewoitine D.510 was the top and most powerful development stage of the D.500 family — French all-metal monoplane fighters of the 1930s with an open cockpit and fixed (non-retractable) landing gear with spatted wheels. Compared with the basic Dewoitine D.500 version, the D.510 received a more powerful Hispano-Suiza 12Ycrs engine and a main weapon in the form of a 20 mm cannon firing through the propeller hub. Dora Wings offers the basic D.500 version (with Cartograf decals) as a separate kit.

Building and painting tips

With short-run kits, always dry-fit the parts before gluing and align them carefully. Assemble and paint the cockpit before you close the fuselage — it will be clearly visible through the open canopy. Mask the glazing with the masks enclosed. Separate the parts with a sharp knife, glue the plastic with thin liquid cement and the fine photo-etched parts with cyanoacrylate glue. Apply a primer and spray the camouflage with an airbrush in thin coats; emphasize the panel lines with a fine wash.

Who the model is for

• For moderately advanced modelers with experience of short-run kits
• For enthusiasts of French prewar aviation of the 1930s
• For collectors of unconventional subjects in the large 1:32 scale
• For anyone interested in the pair of the Dewoitine D.500 and D.510

The model is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.