Subject: Re: D.520 ARC Gallery Article Pt.1
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Igor Svetlov" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:44:44 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again 
for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Igor Svetlov" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:07 AM
Subject: D.520 ARC Gallery Article Pt.1

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*MORE PICTURES IN THE FOLLOWING MAILS
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*1/72 ****Hasegawa
****Dewoitine D.520C1, **
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*n° 277, GC III/6 5ème escadrille l'armée de l'Air,
Rayack (Syria), June 1941,*

*flown by Sous-lieutenant Pierre Le Gloan*

by Igor Svetlov (IS)
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*Kit:* */1/72 Hasegawa/* Dewoitine D.520 „French Air Force“

*Afermarket parts : *

*/ Eduard/* #72-254 photo-etched detail set (selected parts only)

*/ Falcon/* vac formed canopy (from the set #26 “France WWII”)

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      Corrections & additions made on the kit:

The nose air intakes were originally wrong shaped being too narrow at
their forward end. This was corrected with plastic inserts and
re-shaping. The louvers were added to the intakes as it can be seen on
the photos.

The under-belly cooler was too narrow and also not curved enough in
outline. It was re-shaped by making two cuts in its rear part,
repositioning the rear ends of the cooler sides outward and filling the
gaps with Mr.Surfacer.

The cooler interior (area covered by the cooler) was completely
re-worked by cutting out the flat plastic fragment of the lower wing
part and making an appropriate niche instead, as it was on the real
thing. Therefore, the etched cooler grills by Eduard (designed to fit
the kit parts) became just useless and the replacement parts were
finally scratch built. The wing area where the cooler is attached was
also modified according to the reference photos.

The main wheel wells (too shallow and totally wrong represented on the
kit) were completely re-worked, in particular, the niches for the
landing gear legs.
For the wheel well “ceilings” the Eduard parts were used, with some
additions though.

The kit parts for the landing gear covers were thinned down and modified
for correct appearance. This way they still look much better than the
flat etched pieces.

The incorrect curved representation of the area under the rear view
windows behind the cockpit (à la P-40) was removed and replaced by the
flat panels at it was the case with the real thing.

Some panel lines were added and some were corrected according to the
reference photos.

The rear view windows (unfortunately, not present with the Falcon set
and too thick as kit parts) were therma-formed using the kit-parts as
templates.

The main wheels were flattened using the surface of the electric cooker.

The etched parts for the gun sight were still too big and this one was
eventually scratch built as well. I decided to add the ring gun sight as
well, since it can be clearly seen on one of the photos showing this
a/c.[3, p.140]

Some further minor improvements made on the model can be clearly seen on
the photos.

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*Camouflage and Markings*
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The model represents the famous “No.277”, or “White 6”, flown by the
top-scoring French WWII ace Pierre Le Gloan during the Syrian campaign
in June 1941.

The model was finished with Model Master II enamel paints from the set
“French Air Force WWII”. However, the only paint I used just out of the
bottle was the light blue grey for the lower surface. For all other
colours I just made my own mixes which looked acceptable to my eyes and
corresponded more or less with some colour photos and artwork of better
quality (oh well…) .

This particular airplane is quite well documented. I was able to found
at least 7 different photos showing it during its service life between
mid-1940 and the 15.06.1941 when it was shot down. As the kit
instruction and the most colour profiles proved to be not very accurate,
the camouflage pattern and the markings were made according to the photos.

Unfortunately, I was not able to find any correct after-market decals
and the kit decals were of limited use because of inaccuracies and
especially of ivory tone where it should actually be white… To fix this
problem, the white areas were replaced with pieces cut out from spare
decals. The tri-colour chevron was made from spare decal pieces too and
for the white “6” on the fuselage and top starboard wing the kit decals
were used. The shape of the wing number was OK, however, the fuselage
markings were rather incorrect. To correct the shape I made carvings on
the decals in several places and then repositioned the pieces to get the
desired shape. After that the decals were sealed with white paint for
the uniform white surface.

Pastel chalks were used for the panel lines highlighting (wet method),
shading and weathering (dry method). Some moderate washing was done as
well. Future was used as clear coat: pure before applying decals and for
sealing them and mixed with Tamiya Flat base for the final coat.

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References

1. DTU D.520 monography

2. Armee de l’Air – A Pictorial History by Paul Camelio & Christopher
Shores – Squadron/Signal Publications

3. L’Aviation de Vichy au Combat – Vol.2 – Ehrengardt/Shores – Ed.
Lavauzelle

4. D.520 Aircraft Profile No. 135

5. French Aces of WW II – Osprey Aitcraft of the Aces No. 28

6. Avions No.1, 83

7. Replic No. 34, 62, 71

8. Scale Aviation Modeller International No. 10-1998, 02-2004

9. Armee de l' Air 39-45 Wing Masters Hors Serie

Photos and text © by Igor Svetlov(IS)