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Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010 - 09:30 PM UTC
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Hubert Louis brings us his superb build of Eduard's SPAD XIII, complete with a much-modified pilot figure.
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Thanks!
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Alberta, Canada
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Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 03:49 AM UTC
Congrats Louis on an excellent feature !
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Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 05:30 AM UTC
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Great Feature Louis. The final result is excellent.
Cheers
Mark
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Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 08:35 AM UTC
Excellent! Well deserved for a Frontpage Feature!
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Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 12:13 PM UTC
An awesome model!
The baggy flightsuite modification really brings the era to life.
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 12:49 PM UTC
Hubert,
Congratulations on an outstanding project. Thanks for a great article with the ins and outs of Eduard's SPAD XIII. The pilot checking his .38 really brings the diorama to life.
Highest Regards,
Gregory Jouette
Bas-Rhin, France
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Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 07:21 PM UTC
Thank you for your nice words and help during this assemblage.
Best regards.
Malta
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Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 07:00 AM UTC
beautiful build louis .......well done ona very well executed model..
fantastic detail and finish
best regards
louis
malta
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Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 02:43 PM UTC
Louis, What is the next build in your growing stringbag collection?
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Bas-Rhin, France
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Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 07:31 PM UTC
Hi Stephen,
Macchi M5 1/48 Fly
Hi Louis from Malta.
New York, United States
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Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010 - 02:48 PM UTC
Louis,
Excellent job on one of my favorite subjects.
Regards, Dwayne