Fouga CM.170 Magister
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The French Fouga Magister was licensed for production in Israel and entered the IDF service by 1960 in the name Tzukit. Its main role was in the flying school, but also had an important operational role during the 1967 Six Days War.
As an [...]
1/72 Heller, OOB except for some antennae, finished in MM enamels with Future over kit decals, built previous to 2005.
The elegant trainer in the scheme of the Austrian Airforces. I build this Kinetic-kit out of box, but added many scratch-parts to the cockpit.
It was a lot of fun to build, although I had to use a lot of putty. Paintjob was done with [...]
This was inspired by an episode described by Steven Pressfield in The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War in which newly minted IAF pilots were dispatched on close support missions in Fouga trainers. Compared to newer [...]
Another old Airfix kit build. The Magister is such a unique bird that I had to build it, but didn't like the NMF or other French livery. Finally ran across the IsraDecal offering of decals for Israeli versions and I was good to go!
The [...]