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This is a representation of the MT 30 painted in this special scheme for the 30th anniversary of the Fouga Magister in the Belgian Air force in september 1989. A large red arrow and white wings, the emblem of 33 sqn where painted on the underside. The emblems of all the squadrons, wings and teams that flew the Magister during this 30 years where painted on both sides of the nose

This kit is the Heller Fouga Magister in 1/72. Decals came from Daco. Not much of a detailed kit but the only one available in that scale.The kit went together without much problems. Painting was done using Humbrol aluminium and Daco PA 06 blue.
The decals gave a bit of a problem as the insignias on the nose had to be constructed out of 4 or 5 different decals. Carefully applying one on top of the other and allow sufficient time to dry was necessary although some silvering was inevitable.
I've build the kit with its wheels down but after an encounter with one of our feline friends the landing gear disappeared.
So I had to rebuild it as a flying model or get myself a new one for the replacement parts. I decided for the first option and closed up the gearbays with puty and sanded it smooth. A pilot figure was added and buckled in with some leadfoil seatbelts.
During the encounter some of the decals where also damaged so I went out to look for replacements but this sheet was sold out unfortunately.
Then I was saved by a friend of mine who had these decals and was kind enough to give them to me, thanks again Bob.

The stand is a simple block of MDF. A hole was drilled and a length of clear sprue was inserted. I also drilled a small hole in the kits fuselage and placed it on the sprue, simple but nice looking.