1/48 LTD IAR 81C Rumanian fighter

by Serge Dompierre

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This is LTD 1/48 scale IAR 81C Rumanian fighter.  The model was lightly modified from an IAR 80A to a 81C by adding two mg 151 Mauser 20mm guns and repositioning the 4 FN 7.92 machine guns, lightly lengthened the wings for the 81C version.  Paint was a mix of my own with Model Master paints.

The model represents an IAR 81C no 343 of the Fortelor Aeriene Regal ale Romänia (Royal Rumanian Air Force) Escadrila 62 Grupul 6 Vanatoare flown by Lt av Tache Baciu, his personal emblem was a little Bambi painted of both side of the cowling .
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Photos and text © by Serge Dompierre