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1:48 SPAD XIII
Merlin
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Posted: Friday, March 12, 2010 - 09:30 PM UTC


Hubert Louis brings us his superb build of Eduard's SPAD XIII, complete with a much-modified pilot figure.

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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
thegirl
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Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 03:49 AM UTC
Congrats Louis on an excellent feature !
Mgunns
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Posted: Saturday, March 13, 2010 - 05:30 AM UTC
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.
gajouette
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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
Louis
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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.
loucar
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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
JackFlash
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Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 02:43 PM UTC
Louis, What is the next build in your growing stringbag collection?
Louis
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Posted: Sunday, March 14, 2010 - 07:31 PM UTC
Hi Stephen,

Macchi M5 1/48 Fly


Hi Louis from Malta.
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Posted: Monday, March 15, 2010 - 02:48 PM UTC
Louis,

Excellent job on one of my favorite subjects.

Regards, Dwayne
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