My second completion of 2025 - a straight forward build of the Emil prototypes from the AZ kit as flown by Udet at Dubendorf during 1937. A little disappointing that AZ do not provide a 'new' cowl piece aside from the large intake - the modeller has to do all the work here, filling, sanding and filing those gun troughs into a nice smooth part. Some additional cooling slots need to be drilled too, especially the one aft of the intake on the port side. The only other issue is the poor fit of the canopy which needs some work to achieve a neat fit. On the plus side the decals worked flawlessly. I used BMW red from a can for the finish..who knows if it is the 'right' shade - at least its not blue as is sometimes suggested.
Photo of the V-14 scanned from the Van Ishoven archive. Click to view full screen.
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