Erik De Smet
One old Airfix kit refurbished

Olivier
Which airforce did you depict here ?

Erik De Smet
This one is Morocco, see the comment at each picture

Olivier
Picture 4 states ordinary French. That is just not possible. French is never ordinary. As a neighbour you must know that... 😉

Erik De Smet
That is why I decided to refurbish it, just like the ordinary Belgian in picture 3. I hope you like the new outfit.

Łukasz Gliński
Ha! Famous randomisation of the content - Mistercraft's trademark😉 Interesting idea for paint removal, need to note it somewhere.

Erik De Smet
Nr. 2 Airfix refurbished as Lebanese : decals from Special Hobby kit, wingpanels rescribed

Erik De Smet
Fouga Magister nr 6 - Algeria - finished : Heller kit, canopy modified with spare parts from Special Hobby, decals Special Hobby kit

Stephan Ryll
Very nice collection Erik 👍

Erik De Smet
Thank you Stephan, I have 8 more in the pipeline, including two German

Erik De Smet
after weeks working on home made decals, back to plastic : this will be a "flying" Fouga

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Bravo Erik , nice job!

Erik De Smet
Some progress on refurbishing the old Airfix and starting a SH simple set. The purpose is to build an early armed Belgian Fouga, which had most probably the larger tiptanks supplied in the Heller kit.

Erik De Smet
making progress on the paintwork

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Very beautiful job, Erik

Erik De Smet
Thank you, Nikolaos, I used AK Xtreme metal paint in my airbrush, and it went very smootly. I have now 7 Fougas under construction, so still a lot of work to go, especially with some tiny parts and the decals.

Erik De Smet
One more finished : Heller kit with Special Hobby spare decals

Nils Steyaert
great looking fouga's 👍

Erik De Smet
One more finished : Special Hobby, kit and decals

Erik De Smet
One more finished : Belgian special colours, Heller kit, smd leds ans selfmade decals

Olivier
Il crève l'écran !

Nikolaos Kouzinis
BRAVO Erik.

Alex K
Watching, for some time now, this entire collection series unfold with great interest... A work of love for the cute little Fouga... More, please!

Erik De Smet
Merci Olivier & Niko. Thanks for the interest, Alex, keep watching I have some 10 more in the pipeline ...

playtime 222
Nice!

Gary Kitchen
Hi- I'm a newbie on here but I love this display concept, it's really imaginative! Also loving the Fouga, I've plans down the road to add one to my Jan Zumbach collection, if I can verify that he actually flew one for the Katangese.

Alex K
I'll check it out again, Gary, just to be certain, but my impression is that he didn't - his involvement in Katanga had mainly to do with T-6s plus other propeller types (Dove, C-47, Tri-pacer...). Of course the Katangan Fouga is always an interesting subject, for various reasons, and Erik's Fouga collection is an inspiration to us all 🙂 I might be tempted for a Katangan one myself, one day, along with one of the ex-Austrian ones that never made it to Biafra...

Erik De Smet
According to what I have found , the Katangan Fouga(s) were flown only by Belgian pilots.

Gary Kitchen
Thanks both. This seems to be my finding too. I'm really reliant And thankful to Alex and his translation from the French Zumbach book.

Erik De Smet
Two naval versions finally completed : The German Marine Fouga (für Stephan) and the French Marine Zéphyr (pour Olivier)

Gary Kitchen
Hi Erik. Your lovely collection continues to grow. I have a real soft spot for this little plane, which I didn't even know existed until I started reading up on Katanga. Looking good 👍 All the best.

Ben M
I have enjoyed the journey so far.

Olivier
Ah ha Erik, a nice Marine Fouga dedicated to me... You make me blush. Thanks a lot for the kind intention.

Erik De Smet
One more finished: Gabonese Presidential Guard: Valom kit modified with spares from Special Hobby, Max Decals, brown wash for tropical look.

Gary Kitchen
Hi Erik. Great stuff. You're still working your way down the African continent I see. Cant wait for that Katanganese Fouga to appear one day.

Alex K
Me too (re the Katangese - BTW, definitely no Zumbach connection there, he arrived in Katanga later). For the time being, thumbs up 👍 👍 to Eric for the Gabonese example, nice one!

Erik De Smet
To be honest Gary & Alek, the Katangese is not on my priority list, first because I do not have the decals for it (yet), and secondly there are more interesting African paint schemes like Togo and Uganda. But thanks for following. It goes slowly , as there are several tiny bits and decals to be added before the model is reasonably complete. Still 6 kits in my stash.

Alex K
Fair enough - and the more less-known Fouga operators covered the better!

Gary Kitchen
Hi Erik, it's all good- I'm just loving the journey 👍

Erik De Smet
One more finished: the Bangla Desh version, I actually refurbished the previuously built Airfix kit.

Łukasz Gliński
That Bangla 'camo' is so cool 😄

Erik De Smet
Three more acrobats under construction

Alex K
👍 Keep the Fouga production line rolling! 👍

Erik De Smet
Yes, the production line is still rolling

Mark
Another great collection. 👍

Laurent VILLANUEVA "HELLER-forever"
great

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Nice collection Erik

Erik De Smet
The production can resume, as my extra decal sheets have arrived.
@ Nikolaos : I hope you don't have too much trouble with the heat and forest fires in Greece

Erik De Smet
Problem with AK real color lacquer based acrylic. It attacks the previous layer of paint

Ben M
I have had issues like this. It seems to depend on how cured the bottom layer is and how "wet" the top layer is. Airbrushing a thin layer is a lot different than using a brush.