1/48 Hi-Tech Breguet 14-A2  

by Fuat Ertuzun

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  Turkey Republic Day  2005

 

This excellent kit is from Hi-TechIt was built for the competition at the Istanbul Air Museum on the 15th of October, but was not completed in time.  It will have to wait for next year's competition. The model is from the year 1921 probably a plane captured from the Greeks and converted to Turkish markings. You  will see the hand written Arabic numbers used by that time which stands for the serial number "253". The crescent and star was used starting from the end of the first world war. The rudder flag was painted in red by masking and the decal used for the rudder from Turquoise Decals - Excellent decals for building Turkish aircraft.....you can see details on their website www.turquoisedecals.com

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The kit contains resin wheels, pilot seat and exhaust a metal propeller, machine guns which really put realism. The engine cowlings and many photo etch parts for the cockpit detail were included. I only added the generator on the right hand side of the fuselage. I used Humbrol number 74 for the overall yellow and did heavy weathering using oil paints after painting the red-white square markings.  A big effort was needed to build the top wing and give the dihedral angle. I had to scratch build the center part of the wings using Evergreen plastic sheet.

The most challenging part is the rigging where 0,08' guitar wire is used. I had to take the curvature of the wire by heating the steel wire and then cut to exact length. For thicker wires Waldron strut tubes were used. For thinner aileron controls stretch latex was used. Its now one of my biggest biplanes after the 1/72 Handley Page 0/400 since I mostly build 1/72 biplanes.

Fuat

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Photos and text © by Fuat Ertuzun