The unit insignia is from the 83rd Escadrille. Decals are from the Glencoe issue of their Spad VII - XIII book.




Close up of the guns and motor. The engine is the Engines and Things resin 200hp Hispano-Suiza.

While I still have one or two details to finish I hope this has been informative. I wiil try to answer any on topic questions that you have.

Stunning. The shots in this thread really show how awesomely this came out. Great job, Stephen!

Greetings all;
I have added the detailed reviews to my website.

Thanks Matt for the very kind words!

Looks great Stephen.

Hi Stephen!

Fantastic work! I like the way you bring your models to life with details of battle damage etc... very inspiring. How many Spad's do you have in your collection? Enough for a Portfolio I hope!

Jean-Luc

P.S. I've downloaded the pictures of the diorama... all I can say is WOW!

Dave thanks for your encouragement.

Jean - Luc! Merci beau coup! Actually I have seven so far with another DML in the wings...well this is Aeroscale. With the impending release of the Eduard Spad XIII kits in 1/48 scale I am sure I'll add a couple more in the near future. If the Eduard elf is reading this... the DML is good but there are some areas that need attention. Eduard's usual practice is a simplified engine compartment hopefully that means an engine!!!!

On the Diorama we are up to 52 shots. Thats about half. Working on the text as I write this. Some images are not as sharp as I like but when I took them I was but a neophyte with a Nikon. :-)

"Spad XII / XIII Aces of WWI" by Jon Guttman. Excellent book and he briefly discusses Madon's machines. Its #47 in the Aircraft of the Aces series. In my first run through it I only found one faux paux (on page 51.)

Other viable references for me were;

Aeroplane Monthly, IPC Magazines Ltd. Vol. 19, #8, Aug. 1991.
American Aces of WWI by Franks, Osprey Pub. 2001.
‘To Capture the Rainbow...’ by S. Lawson, Cross & Cockade Int. Vol. 29, #1, 1998.
‘...Before the Colors Fade’ by D. Eubanks, Cross & Cockade USA Vol.19, #1, 1978.
Lafayette Foundation Archives, Denver Colorado USA.
‘Project Butterfly’ by Hardesty, Hastings, and Toelle, Cross & Cockade USA Vol. 9, and 13, 1972.-
-(Most excellent articles on the French 5 color camouflage patterns.)
Report on Spad XIII S.4377 by A. Toelle, unpublished to date 2006.
Report on Spad XIII S.6625 by A. Toelle, unpublished to date 2006.
Report on Spad XIII S.7689 by A. Toelle, unpublished to date 2006.
Report on Spad XIII S.8340 by A. Toelle, unpublished to date 2006.
Report on Spad XIII S.15295 by A. Toelle, unpublished to date 2006.
Report on Spad XIII S.16594 by A. Toelle, unpublished to date 2006.
SPAD XIII C.1 by C.F.Andrews, Profile #17, 1965.
SPAD XIII C.1 by J.M.Bruce , Windsock Datafile #32, Albatros Pub. 1992.
‘The Charge of the Yellow Ram ( the138th Aero Sqdn)’by S. Lawson, Cross & Cockade Int. Vol.25, #4, 1994.
Windsock , Albatros Pub. Vol. 6, #4, July/Aug. 1990.
Windsock, Albatros Pub. Vol. 6, #5, Sept/Oct. 1990.
Windsock, Albatros Pub. Vol. 8, #1, Jan./Feb. 1992.
Windsock, Albatros Pub. Vol. 9, #4, July/Aug. 1993.