Dewoitine D.520

[livingroomflight]

Hello,

I started this a bit before I discovered this forum. So the bones are almost done.

Cheers,
LRF

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[ramses]

Very nice bones!
Are you going to paint it or use coloured tissue?

Cheers, Ramses

[livingroomflight]

Thanks!

I am going for the tissue camo.
Yesterday I did start covering the stab. It matches fuselage OK and leaves
some room for trimming.
For covering, was using diluted white wood glue to join tissue pieces.
Once dry, I ironed it and glued to the stab using the same glue.
Then after it dried out again I took care of the edges. Then I wet it and fixed to the piece of wood to stretch overnight. That was quite some work for that and it was just a stab. Fuselage will be funky

Cheers, LRF

[ramses]

...Thanks! I am going for the tissue camo...

Very nicely done!
Beautiful work!

Cheers, Ramses

[Spiros]

Very beautiful! Congratulations

[ZIP.58]

A delicate model with an interesting color scheme. Great work—congratulations!

Peter

[Anyun]

I like your technique joining tissue pieces of different colour. I once tried something similar but failed, perhaps because the tissues I used were of different types with different shrinking characteristics. You seem to have found a working method!

Best of luck with the build of your nice little Dewoitine!  /Andrea

[OZPAF]

That's pretty impressive work.

John

[livingroomflight]

Hello fellow modelers,

I had a bit of time and did some covering work. I was never
doing this type of technique of tissue camo before.
It's OK as for a first try. Yeah overlaps are visible, but it is what it is.
Some pics from the process.

greetings,

LRF

[OZPAF]

Clever and very neat. I guess it was time consuming but it will be very light!

John

[g_kandylakis]

Interesting approach and quite a good result! And very light.

Utrecht... Have you been to IIFI in Nijmegen or am I missing something? Because I do not recall seeing models finished like that there.

Just curious...

George

[livingroomflight]

Thanks guys!
 
Yeah its time consuming indeed.
No, I have never been to IIFI, maybe one day

So for this project, I framed the canopy and attached stab and fin. As for my poor building skills I am happy with the results

[Lastwoodsman]

Thur June 11 2026

Dewoitine D.520 French Fighter

Hi livingroomflight.   The overlapping camo tissue covering looks grrrrreat !!   

Lastwoodsman
Richard

[Spiros]

The outcome is really nice!

[livingroomflight]

Hey guys,

This is the outcome. It weighs 18g
without rubber. I think it is a heavy brick as for its wings area, and will be using 3 strands of 1/8, the only rubber I have. Probably a loop won't be enough.
Its very windy this year here, but once I will be able to test it I will update this thread.

Cheers,
LRF