Hello. Back
with my favorite subject : Non French aircraft in French Markings,
with a special interest for the Free French forces. With such a subject,
it was mandatory to realize the Eduard Yak 3 that is a wonder. The subject
is one of the most classic ones, so let’s talk about Roger Sauvage,
which
aircraft is today’s subject.
Roger
Sauvage was born in 1917 in Paris. His father was from the Martinique
island and died during the First World War on the battlefield. In
April 1939 he was assigned to the fighter group (GC= Groupe de Chasse) GC
115 “Champagne” based in Reims. During the Battle of France he did
shot down 2 German bombers. Loosing his time in North Africa, he did join
the “Normandie” group at Toula, January 7th 1944. At the
end of the war he was credited with 21 victories, ranking him as the 3rd
French ace. After the war he remained in the army and wrote two books:
“La soif de l’air (“seeking for air” I guess)” and “one of the
Normandie Niemen” that I do advise you to read.
Let’s
start with the cockpit. As I had the standard Eduard version (not the
profipack), I had to scratch built some details. Nothing complicate, it
just takes time. So the instrument panel was finned and drilled to glue on
it’s back decals, various details where added with wire and aluminium
scotch.
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Armoured
plates have been added with alumimium scotch. Landing gear is too simple
and has to be detailed.
Unfortunately
the decals where so fragile that I had to paint the white arrow and
the 5 number. To be noted that this number is too small on the decal
sheet. Regarding the arrow there are several possibilities. Watch the
photo further down.
Regarding
the paint scheme, I used the following colors:
Exhaust
traces is usually not represented like this, but if you watch the photo
below, it’s possible.
Hope
you enjoy
Laurent
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