There are some pictures on the internet of the Bengali Fouga's, but several are pictures of the "museum" version which has not been restaured 100% as a in operation. This is definitely an operational picture.
The kit has been repainted based on the previous picture. The yellow is Lifecolor UA 140 , aka RLM04, and the orange is Lifecolor LC23 Matt fluo orange
Problem : I used Tamiya X-4 for the blue, and some white decals for the wing triangles. But, when I used with a brush the AK real color acrylic white to complete the figure, the AK paint attacked the decal AND the blue paint underneath.
Should I varnish between two layers of (lacquer based) acrylic
I have some old models of Fouga Magister. They are all Airfix ones, but I also bought a bunch of newer kits : Heller, Valom and Special Hobby and I have a Max Decal sheet. I intend to "refurbish" the Airfix models, stripping of the paint and using extra parts (canopies) of the Valom and Special Hobby .
The Airfix kit is outdated, but still available with decals for an Irish and Belgian MT35 Fouga. It is the only kit with pilots.
The Heller kit is an easy one, the main improvement is to rescribe the wing panel lines, which are raised on the kit. The kit has both the large and small tip tanks. It is still available with Patrouille de France decals. The sprues have also be kitted by Mistercraft, no copy this time, with decals for 6 versions, but these are rubbish.
The Valom is the most expensive and seems to be more difficult to build: the instructions are not very clear, I do not like very much the small PE parts , and there a no location pins on the parts. There are also some resin parts and 4 canopies : one closed, one open and two vacforms. These can be used to improve the Heller and Airfix kits. The kit has been issued in 6 boxes with different decals for Belgium, Israel, Austria and Brazil (very basic) , Germany, France, Finland and Eire.
The sprues have been re-issued by KP with a small sprue replacing some of the PE and resin parts, and boxed in 3 versions: one with decals for Israel, one with decals for Cambodia, Algeria and El salvador, and one with decals for France, Finland and Bundesmarine.
The SH kit is the most detailed, but as the sprues are designed for several versions, including the Zephyr, the construction is complicated. Lots of spare parts though to improve other kits. The kit has been boxed with different decals and some extra resin parts in 5 versions : one with decals for 5 Israelis, one Finland, Austria and Bundesmarine (again) , one for France , Belgium or Ireland, one for Marocco, Libanon, Algeria or Uganda , and finally one for the Zephyr.
And if you are lucky to have the Max Decals (as I am) , there are extra decals for Eire, Senegal, Bangla Desh, Togo, El salvador, Marocco, Libanon, Katanga, Finland, Algeria, Germany , Gabon.
