1/32 Azur Dewoitine D-520 C1

Gallery Article by Olivier Barles on Sept 23 2013

 

 

Here are a few photos of my 1/32 scale Azur Dewoitine D-520.  

Like the Spitfire MkIXc that is shown on the ARC Home Page of Aug 22, she is under the colours of the "Groupe de Chasse II/7" (GC II/7 - the "Black Panther") at the time of the Battle of France in May-June 1940.

 

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This model is part of my 1940 1/32 scale French Fighters collection from Azur and Special Hobby, that also comprises the Morane MS-406 and the Curtiss H-75 A3.

I have the boxes of the 2 other French Fighters of that period and at the same scale as well, the Caudron C-714 and the Bloch MB-152, but had no chance to have them built yet...

Contrary to my habit of doing my own scratched-building for improving the original kit, I used this time the extra parts of the "Contact-Résine" set (cockpit, hood, control surfaces, wheels...).

Despite the fact that the D-520 had very little influence on the Air War of the Battle of France ("too few, too late"), it is my favourite WWII French Fighters and I hope I've been able "to pay tribute" to her inimitable and "sexy" look...

Merci,

Olivier Barles

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Photos and text © by Olivier Barles