This is another of the Hobbyboss Easy Build kits that I like for these kind
of dioramas. Idea is that the plane has come down low scraping the treetops in an effort to support French troops attacking the dastardly Nazis sometime
in 1940.
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The MS.406 kit is unremarkable in everything but decal choice: it doesn't
include French markings! Sacre bleur! How is this possible? What it does have is a Finnish scheme and a second for an RAF captured Vichy machine -
all quite interesting but it meant I had to find French markings in my spares box and there wasn't much choice. Otherwise, the kit went together
quite easily except for a bit of misalignment at the upper wing roots, and the fact that the canopy framing is almost
non-existant (making masking/painting difficult). Painting was by brushed Tamiya acrylics, washes
and drybrushing with tubed artist acrylics.