1/72 Airfix Fouga Magister

by Mark Davies

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This is my Airfix Magister.  I remembered building this kit as a kid in the early 70’s, and recalled that it was one of Airfix’s better ones.  I spied the kit amongst a good mate’s collection (Colin Whitehouse) who now builds mainly British subjects of the 50’s and 60’s in 1:48 scale. It took some persuading to get Colin to swap it as he had been carting it around the world for 25 years.  Given this fact, and having pried it from him, I felt I had better build it rather than add to my 750+ unbuilt babies. 

The kit is still nice build, and all I did was add scratch-built seat belts, lights on the tip tanks, and replacement undercarriage doors and nose handles.  I chose the scheme using kit decals as it was the same one applied to a Magister war bird based nearby to my home in Auckland , New Zealand .  Very sadly this plane crashed recently with the loss of two crew during a flight just prior to an air show.

Mark

Photos and text © by Mark Davies