Hi,
I always love this little swallow. But can I apply the decal of South Vietnam AF?
K.

I have been playing around with this all week on and off, and I have finally got it too this stage.
Gloss coat is on and decaling will be done from tomorrow.

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I have been playing around with this all week on and off, and I have finally got it too this stage.
Gloss coat is on and decaling will be done from tomorrow.

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Hi Andy,
nice progress on A-7. I'm about to join with the same one kit. How did you manage to get rid of this nasty seam line top of canopy?
I've probabhly already asked this question once ... or twice, but as you are building exactly the same kit it's nice to hear a "report from front line"

Cheers,
Radek

Soon after the close of the Second World War, French forces in Indochina found themselves with out air support. Pending the arrival of aircraft transferred from France, and ex-British Spitfires, attempts were made to press into a service a number of war-weary Japanese aircraft. Although there were numerous Japanese airstrips located throughout Indochina, only a handful of serviceable front-line modern aircraft were located. For the most part, these aircraft performed second-line duties with the French, as transports and liason aircraft. The notable exceptions were the Nakajima Ki-43 Oscars, which formed the backbone of two fighter squadrons until their replacment with Spitfires.

It appears many of the aircraft were in relatively poor condition, and in the unfamiliar hands of French pilots the attrition rate was high, with at least two aircraft being lost during their only flights! Though most aircraft lasted only until 1946, it is likely that a few soldiered on in French hands until 1949.