Subject: Re: Avia S. 199
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "De Sanctis Paolo" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 01:21:52 -0800

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

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

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  From: De Sanctis Paolo 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2013 1:29 AM
  Subject: Avia S. 199

  "1/72 Avia S. 199" 

  by "Paolo De Sanctis"
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  The subject: I've just finished to read the very interesting book "Spitfires Over Israel", by Brian Cull with Shlomo Aloni and David Nicholle. I' didn' t know the Messerschmitt played a so vital and crucial role for the surviving of the Israel newly born state; in fact the thrust of the Summer 1948 War of Indipendence was sustained totally by these Messerschmitts, despite they poor quality flyng  performances, since they were the unique available in those terrible days!

  The model: I' wanted to have fun by doing a simple conversion of the dear old Airfix kit (N. 01072); so I' cut off the nose oil cooler intake, I' sanded smooth the tip of the cowling in front of the spinner, and added two little bumps under the same nose.

  I' saw off the little bulges over the wings, replacing them with bigger ones, made from scrap pieces; then I' shifted the compressor intake from left to right and I' made a new propeller by cutting and sanding an old C.130 one (blades) and P.51 (spinner).

  I' swapped the canopy with an Erla_Haube type one and added the Morane type whip aerial under the port wing. The interiors had a spare dashboard added plus the seat straps made from sellotape and a cloche from stretched sprue.

  The model was painted RLM Grau02 (Pale Grey F.S. 34226, Humbrol 31) overall,  with a red spinner, black tyres and propeller blades; the cannon was gun_metal and the decals were from a very beautiful Propagteam sheet that was presented to me by an Israely friend ;-) !

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  I' enjoied this kit very much and I' hope you' ll like it!

  Many greetings from Italy!

  Paolo. 

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