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Elias Korompilis (EliasK)
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Breguet 14A2 Hellenic Army Air service c. 1922

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51 25 August 2023, 19:32
Alex K
Taking my usual seat for the show...
26 August 2023, 15:05
Robert Podkoński
Awesome work so far. Watching with pleasure!
26 August 2023, 17:29
Villiers de Vos
Beautiful internal details.
26 August 2023, 17:40
bughunter
Looks good so far! How is the fit?
2 September 2023, 12:40
Elias Korompilis
This is a short run kit Frank, fit is as good as is your planning, checking and parts preparation 😉
2 September 2023, 12:58
bughunter
Thanks and one remark:
I know, the manual call wood for it, but if I look at an existing picture of the engine area the firewall between engine and cockpit looks like metal. Technically it would make sense and was also implemented on other types at this time. As the outer panels are also metal the would be able to build it that way.
3 September 2023, 12:28
Ethan Flory
Looking forward to this one!
3 September 2023, 12:42
Pierre Pierre
following
3 September 2023, 12:54
Elias Korompilis
@bughunter: You are right, there is a photo (p.13 windsock datafile special) which clearly shows the sheet metal firewall. And a firewall cannot be made from wood! I don't know why they suggest wood color in the instructions maybe evidence exists for a wooden bulkhead aft of the firewall? Any way, too late for me now, fortunately it is not visible in the finished model 🙂
3 September 2023, 13:23
Michael Kohl
Oh, if Elias is showing stuff here, only something good can come out of it. I grab a seat.
3 September 2023, 13:31
David R. Meizoso
Count me in, it's looking great already.
3 September 2023, 13:44
Srikanth Kadambi
Such intricate details 👌
Will be following this build
9 September 2023, 11:23
Elias Korompilis
New wip photos uploaded 🙂
9 September 2023, 11:32
Pierre Pierre
👍
9 September 2023, 11:44
Elias Papadimitriou
Πολύ ωραία δουλειά Ηλία, όπως πάντα.
Δύο ερωτήσεις:
-Θα φτιάξεις το ΣΟ 18 ? Γιατί είχες αμφιβολία για τον κινητήρα.
- Πως θα κάνεις το rigging?
Με έτοιμα turnbuckles?Βλέπω δεν έχεις ανοίξει τρύπες στα φτερά.
9 September 2023, 13:00
Elias Korompilis
-Δεν έχω αποφασίσει ακόμη ποιο θα φτιάξω. Δουλεύω 9 προφίλ, μάλλον όμως καταλήγω στο "Πελοπόννησος" (6442).
-Για το rigging θα ανοιξω τρυπες (η επάνω πτερυγα δεν είναι ακόμη κολλημένη στην άτρακτο) και θα δοκιμάσω ένα καινούργιο υλικό για τα συρματόσχοινα, δεν θα χρησιμοποιήσω ετοιμα turnbucles. Ακομα δεν ξέρω πως ακριβώς θα το χειριστώ.
9 September 2023, 13:13
Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.
9 September 2023, 14:16
Elias Korompilis
Completed! 😉
20 October 2023, 16:34
Guy Rump
Very impressive. 👍
20 October 2023, 17:24
acewwi
Ηλία είναι αστέρι. πολλά μπράβο
20 October 2023, 17:37
Michael .
Fantastic work
20 October 2023, 17:43
Elias Papadimitriou
👌👌👌
20 October 2023, 18:10
Michael Kohl
Another very special and beautiful build. The only issue I have is the exhaust stack. This looks too uniform in my opinion. Maybe just a dark wash will break that appearance.
20 October 2023, 18:28
Alex K
Iconic... Respects! 👍 👍
20 October 2023, 19:33
Pierre Pierre
beautifull
21 October 2023, 15:56
Robert Podkoński
Great job!
21 October 2023, 18:47
Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work.
22 October 2023, 05:20
Neuling
As usual. Beautiful!
22 October 2023, 06:56

Album info

Breguet 14A2 s/n 6442 "Peloponese" Hellenic Army Air Service, Asia Minor, August 1922, pilot: Second lieutenant Morfonios Fragiskos, observer: lieutenant Zografos Nikolaos

The new FLY kit of the Breguet 14 covered a long awaited gap in 1/48 scale for this very important French wwi aircraft, offering many options to built almost any airframe and engine variant of the Breguet 14A2/B2.
The fit is good, so is accuracy compared to the windsock datafile plans and info. This is actually a short run kit so careful planing and test fitting is required to have a trouble free assembly
I suggest to replace all struts with metal ones. The kit parts have a real scale thickness but plastic can not support very well the weight of the model. Guns are from the eduard sopwith camel kit. (much better detail), as well as the p.e propeller boss.
Decals are my design, custom printed by LM fecals.

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