Breguet Br.695. Algeria 1946.

[Wurgerman]

Beautiful Breguet, great build !

Wurgerman

[zenrat]

Cheers Wurgie.

[zenrat]

Breguet took an uncontrolled and unintended 1.5m dive from a display case to a concrete floor.  The tail first impact snapped the fuselage clean off just in front of the tail, chipped chunks out of the fins, dislodged a nacelle, knocked off an exhaust, and loosened an undercarriage leg.  One prop (they were not glued on) flew off never to be seen again (at least until I sell the stack of mag wheels i suspect they went under).

Here it is following a wreckscue.  I glued the tail and nacelle back on and replaced the chipped fins with horizontal stabs from a P40 glue bomb.  I made a new exhaust from styrene rod, reglued the loose leg, and cut down a pair of B17 props to fit.
I then touched up the camo paint using the same ones I used in the first place and painted the fins blue white and red using paint mixed to match the transfers.

Breguet 695 - repaired - 9 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Breguet 695 - repaired - 4 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

Breguet 695 - repaired - 2 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

[PR19_Kit]

Cor, that's a BRILL job Fred, you'd never know it was a wreck at one stage. 

[Old Wombat]

Excellent recovery, Fred!  

[zenrat]

Thanks guys.  The Special Hobby kit isn't bad (I think, the original build was a while ago) but the plastic is obviously brittle.

I have a SMER (ex Heller) 693 in the stash.  It's much cruder than this one - no interior at all and basic engine discs - and so is prime for whiffing.

[Wardukw]

It's a twin and it's very cool ,,am really liking this mate ,,great paint work and the repairs are invisible 

[chrisonord]

Very nice Fred 

[rickshaw]

Very interesting and very nice.

[zenrat]

Thanks folks.