The
aircraft:
Hello
everybody, here’s my Argentine SUE from the Falklands War during 1982. This
version depicts one of the 5 aircraft that France sent to this country in the
early 80’s before the war started from a total of 15 SUE’s. The 03 serial
aircraft participated with the 02 in various missions where they sank one
British warship (HMS Sheffield) and one logistic ship, the Atlantic Conveyor.
The main armament that used the SUEs was the Exocet missile, a powerful
anti-ship missile. The war configuration was one Exocet beneath the right wing,
and one external fuel tank, beneath the left one.
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The
kit:
The
Academy kit comes in a mid-grey plastic trees, with a good canopy. The pieces
fit quiet good, and I did a soft sanding job. In general I can say that this is
a very good model since I haven’t any special problem during the construction.
The
paint:
Attending
to all the information I can gather, I decided to use this Humbrol enamels: 125
+ few drops of blue on the top, and white on the bottom. The tail tip and the
elevators have a light blue trim. In all this process I used airbrush. At the
end I sprayed a layer of Humbrol satin barnish.
The
decals:
The
kit decals comes with many errors, including colors and shapes. So I decided to
use the Aerocalcas decal sheet. Before the application, I used Future to prepare
the surface and prevent the silvering effect. This set is very good and have all
the details of the correct version of the argentine’s SUE. High recommended.
Well,
I hope you like my first contribution to ARC
;)
Regards
from CHILE,
Rodrigo
“BlackLight”
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