1:72 SPAD 510 at war is a plastic kit of the French biplane fighter from the Azur brand, this time in markings from the period when the type no longer served in peacetime colors.
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A plastic kit of the French SPAD 510 biplane fighter in 1:72 scale from the Azur brand. The boxing is aimed at the wartime period of the type, that is the time when the aircraft no longer wore the striking peacetime colors of the fighter squadrons. A sister release of the same kit with the peacetime markings of the 7th Fighter Wing is made as well, and the two boxes differ exactly in the set of markings.
The SPAD 510 was the last biplane fighter taken into service with the French Air Force. Its classic layout with fixed landing gear, an open cockpit and a liquid-cooled Hispano-Suiza 12X series V12 gave it good agility, but by the second half of the 1930s the all-metal monoplanes with retractable landing gear were coming in, and it could not keep up with them in speed or in climb. The armament consisted of four 7.5 mm machine guns. Only a few dozen were built, so the type was a marginal one even during its service. At the end of its career it moved to second-line and training duties, which is interesting from a modeling point of view, because such machines tend to have different, more sober markings and more noticeable wear.
A biplane stands or falls by its geometry. Prepare a simple jig that will hold the upper wing at the right height and dihedral until the glue has set. Paint the cockpit interior and the frame before you close the fuselage up. Spray the main surfaces separately while they are reachable and join them only together with the masking. Run the rigging between the wings at the very end, from stretched sprue or an elastic thread drawn between pre-drilled points. Coat the area with a gloss varnish before the decals and even the surface out with a matte one once it has dried. On a second-line machine restrained weathering pays off: worn paint at the wing root, more matte fabric areas, fine exhaust traces. Short-run molds usually call for more dry-fitting and a little sanding of the mating surfaces than mainstream kits.
The model is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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