Dewoitine D.520
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Latest completion is the Tamiya 1/48 Dewoitine D.520. This was one of Tamiya’s two-sprue wonders from the 90’s, and it still holds up today as a nice kit.
I added considerable scratchbuilt details to the cockpit sidewalls, and made [...]
I finished this Dewoitine D.520 in 1/72 scale from Heller in 2023. It's a very old tooled kit, with raised panel lines, thick undercarriage doors, no detail inside the wheel wells and just the seat inside the cockpit. Fortunately the [...]
Following a build i saw on here of a D520, i was inspired to get the tamiya kit for a future build. See my thoughts on the kit here.
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This is the Tamiya kit from 1996. Sadly, mine dwelt in the stash since around 1997. I finally got around to building it as a companion for my Hobbycraft Hawk 75. Not much to say other then it’s an excellent kit that builds really [...]
An ex-Vichy repainted in the French color "Chamois",serving under the rightful owners...hope you like it...
Hello imodelers,
I am happy to present you my fourth achievement to imodeler: the Dewoitine D.520 Tamiya at 1/48 scale. This aircraft occupies an important place in the heart of every French modelers, so I had to make one.
The D.520 is [...]
Tamiya kit. This model represents an aircraft at Mostaganem North Africa, in 1941. I used the Aires cockpit set which Is quite nice but doesn't even come close to fitting the kit is was supposedly designed for. The crash pad in front of [...]
GC 2/3 Dauphiné, 2 Esc.(Adj. Chef Bouton) June 1940. A very nice kit with a few glitches. The instructions miss the color for the cockpit innards. It's actually a dark blue and for this I used Tamiya X-3 Royal Blue. The cockpit floor is [...]
Very nice model,standard Tamiya high quality,colorful scheme. Anyway, enjoyable build.
It's early morning on a cool November day in 1942. The Allies have commenced "Operation Torch" with the invasion of N. Africa. 4 Dewoitine D.520's of Escadrille 2AC lift off from the Axis base of Port-Lyautey, mission to [...]