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A prototype for David : Bernard 260

Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 5:26 pm
by teddybeer
A few years ago, I bought this resin kit, a little bit confidential, of a pre-war French aircraft prototype.
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Finally, after thinking, big thinking, I convinced myself.... to mold it and cast it in metal.
And then, the result of the casting was a good surprise, even very good...
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As I am distracted, the only difficulty was that I noticed late that the plane had an open cockpit while the kit had realized closed. It was necessary to do surgery....
And here is, at 1/144, the Bernard 260 prototype, unfortunate competitor of Dewoitine D.510.
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Re: A prototype for David : Bernard 260

Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 8:46 pm
by DH106
I have noticed the Bernard aircraft and I really like your model. I suspect that if I started on French 1930s fighter prototypes I would never stop! There was a good series of articles on the 1930s French fighter programmes in Air Enthusiast magazine in the 80s. My current projects are a postwar French aircraft and a prewar Belgian one.

Re: A prototype for David : Bernard 260

Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 8:53 pm
by Tim R-T-C
From the side it looks like a skinny Corsair

Re: A prototype for David : Bernard 260

Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 9:35 am
by Stick & Strings Joe
You have to just love those 1930's aircraft

Re: A prototype for David : Bernard 260

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2022 10:23 am
by Stick & Strings Joe
Very well done