Breguet Br.19 A2

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As is possible to see, kit requires a lot of sanding.
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Kit's general arrangement. Note different engines' options.
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First step of primer
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Some "surgery" was required in order to attach new engine (Venezuelan version was powered with Hispano-Suiza engine"
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Improvement the interior with styrene
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Seat an interior, made in scratch
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Some scratch in order to improve the fuselage interior
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As noted, Hispano-Suiza engine option does not match with fuselage; a new "surgery" is required
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Fortunately, styrene sheet "V-groove" match with the fuselage exterior.........
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Here, with adapted engine....
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As you will see at next picture; provided wheels are very difficult to clean-up due to excess of plastic. I decided to make my own wheels, using little pieces of wire and put the together .....
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Here provided wheels; as indicated before, excess of plastic is very difficult to clean.
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cutting wheels' "two faces" and making a "sandwich" with the wire's arrangement ............
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Here the final results; cutting excess of wire, covering the area with putty and sanding
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Now, masking the tires in order to paint the wheels itself with dark green
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Here, final results...
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As no pin or any reference to install the wing, I used these jigs..
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General view with upper wing
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Installing wheels and supports. Prop was painted in oil colors in order to simulate wood.
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Here the armament; double Lewis installation; very nice improvement
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Lower attachements
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the lower surface of upper wing came very "flat"; without any sign of visible structure typical of that age. I decide to simulate the ribs using styrene strips
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Installing decals.......
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Armament kit
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Here, the kit with painted Lewis .....
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those supports provided by the kit are very short; I decided to make them..........
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I added some improvement regarding prop's attachments
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Comments

5 11 August 2020, 11:43

Łukasz Gliński
Brave choice and incredible perseverance. I have the same kit and it's hard to believe it can be built so nicely.
Will use your pics as a reference once I'm going to get courageous enough to start it 😄

11 August 2020, 12:56

Alex K
Oh my! I second Lukasz's comment: I also have this kit in my stash, but by the time I would have the skills to deal with it (in some decades...) I'm sure a new kit would have appeared! You did a wonderful job, congratulations! 👍 👍

11 August 2020, 13:58

Gustavo Bruzual
thanks a lot for you comments; certainly, it is a very difficult kit with no too much references in the web for improvements...

11 August 2020, 14:37

Skyhiker
The photos of the finished piece are too dark to see all your work. I'd love to see this plane in the same light as your construction photos.

9 December 2020, 12:54

Alex K
Congratulations on the well-deserved prize!

9 December 2020, 19:07

Gustavo Bruzual
I will try to upload more pics. thanks for your notes.

19 December 2020, 03:59