History
:
Spad
XIII’s participation in the Turkish
Airforce was during the hardest days of the independence war. Prior to the final
attack on invading Greek forces,
twenty war weary Spad XIII procured
from Italy with a back room operation.
Though unarmed, these were
equipped with available
German Spandau guns at the maintenance depot in Central Anatolia.
Four
Spads with this array
used in armed patrol missions over Western
Front. One of the pilots (Captain) Yüzbaşı Fazıl shot down a
Greek Breguet XIV on August 29 1922 during one of the patrols.
Delegated
to training purposes later years, Spad XIII’s completely decommissioned in
1930.
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Model
:
The
Hobbycraft
kit was almost built out of the box
no painstaking corrections or detailing. Fit is almost perfect. With a very
small amount of putty. Various
mixes of Humbrol enamels used for
painting as well as all national
insignias. Rigging simulated
with Model Suplies’ 0.015 mm wire and fishing line. Finally,
laminated wooden propeller finished with burnt amber oils over tan enamel.
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