Lancfan's Caudron Defender ***Finished***

[lancfan]

The sealed box ready for the start.


The sprues have been washed ready for pre-painting.


David.

[DavidWomby]

No offence but I've always thought that was a funny-looking little plane.

David

[lancfan]

Time to begin, this is a very simple model and I expect this to be an easy and fun build- here is the model as it stands so far.


Pictures of the unrestored survivors (one complete airframe and one fuselage) give me enough information to get this right, also I have my own images of the airworthy unarmed replica 710/714 taken at Cranfield in 1999 to help out if needed.

The airworthy replica.



David.

[TobyC]

That has a very long nose.
Not a plane you see very often

[Old_Tonto]

That's the Cyrano de Bergerac of fighter planes.
Great choice of unusual subject. Will you be tackling the nice French multi coloured camo as per the box cover?

[Dazzled]

Eet 'as a beeg 'ooter.

Sorry, went all Allo Allo there

[lancfan]

This weeks progress- the complete airframe is here ready for painting.


The model was then painted in the base scheme of Humbrol grey 64 and Humbrol blue 65 ready for the disruptive patterns which used Humbrol green 102 and Revell brown 381, this was followed by gloss varnish prior to the application of the decals.



The decals were then applied and the model matt varnished ready for final assembly.


David.

[Dazzled]

Speedy work David. It looks pretty good too. What was the fit like?

[TimJ]

Looking good.

[TobyC]

That's very pretty little build.

[lancfan]

Thanks everyone.

David.

[lancfan]

Finished, built OOB as an aircraft of the French Air force 1/145 Fighter Group, June 1940.






Despite it's age it fits together quite well and has made a small and unusual early WW2 fighter for my collection.


David.

[TobyC]

That's a great build. Unusual and a nice change

[DazDaMan]

Nice.

[iggie]

It's a very unusual subject, and very nicely rendered; like that a lot!