Beginners attempt at WAK Dewoitine D560 1/33 scale

[gazweller]

Originally Posted by Butelczynski

Those "cannons in wings" were MAC 34 , 7.5mm machine guns. their barrels were accordingly thin, much thinner than they should have been and as an effect they often overcooled and froze at high altitudes. They are sometimes mentioned in memoirs of pilots of Battle of France.

Ok, thanks for the information! Then mine are rather too thick and too short I think, but I'm going to leave them as they are as they were a bit fiddly to get them in, and I think I would damage the wing replacing them.

[gazweller]

Starting to shape up now, and look like a proper aeroplane! Had some "fun'' with the rear canopy section but with the help from Zap Canopy Glue I managed to make it look reasonable. Next stage is to add the fairing and air intakes under the body. U/C is also made a ready to add.

So the questions begins to arise in my mind - what shall I build next? I have the WAK Spitfire MkIIa and an Orlik Me 109 G2. The Spit is a bit easier, but has trickier elipical wings, where as the 109 has a quite complex cockpit etc. Any suggestions as to a good follow up model apart from these two??

[spgifford]

Both the Spit and 109 are fine aircraft but I am kind of partial to the Spitfire, the 109 comes in a very close second though. This is a tough choice you have. Looking forward to your future posts.

[gazweller]

Originally Posted by spgifford

Both the Spit and 109 are fine aircraft but I am kind of partial to the Spitfire, the 109 comes in a very close second though. This is a tough choice you have. Looking forward to your future posts.

I think I might actually go for the WAK Typhoon Mk1b. Not so complex as the 109 or the Spit, but a bit more difficult than the MS 406, so probably good for a second model.

[gazweller]

A bit more progress to show on the MS 406. Added the wing fillets, the underwing fairing and air intake, and have started on the u/c. The wing fillets were difficult to get right as they seemed a bit too small. This combined with the fact that the part of the fuselage where the fairing go is not colored meant that I had a bit of bare card showing. Had to patch this with a small strip of card cut from a scanned copy of the original. Not too neat up close but it looks ok at a distance (I hope)!

[gazweller]

Nearly finished at last! Just need to add the gun sight and a small aerial on the fin. More photos to follow once it is totally complete.

[spgifford]

The MS 406 came out great.

[gazweller]

Originally Posted by spgifford

The MS 406 came out great.

Thanks! I learnt a lot building it. Although it is billed as a beginners model I found it a bit tricky to build in places, particularly the nose, the u/c and the machine guns on the wing.

[Don Boose]

A fine-looking model of a historic airplane. I enjoyed following this thread.

Don

[CharlieC]

Cotton buds these days have shafts made from rolled up paper (used to be plastic). The shaft can be unrolled to give you any diameter rod you wish down to about 0.5mm.

The Dewoitine fighters were one of the few types which gave a good account of itself in the Battle of France - the Morane-Saulnier and Bloch fighters were much inferior to the Messerschmitts.

Charlie