1/48 Heller Dassault Super Etendard |
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Gallery Article by Darius Aibara |
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This model was made straight out
of the box using the 1:48 Heller Super Etendard kit. The kit is well
detailed including some very nice parts for the lowered flaps. The only
addition I made was an Airwaves resin ejection seat to replace the kit-supplied
item. I assembled the parts as per the instructions and primed the
model with grey acrylic auto primer from a spray can, followed by a couple of
coats of white primer for the underside colour. Humbrol extra dark sea
grey was brush applied to the upper fuselage and the whole coated with Johnson's
Kleer acrylic varnish.
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The Heller kit
provides decals for an Aeronavale aircraft in two tone grey camouflage and an
Argentine Navy "Falklands War" Exocet carrier. The decals are
well printed and include extensive stencils for both aircraft. I added
extra details using photo references from an article about the Super Etendard in
one of the "Wings of Fame" publications.