.. surprisingly straight forward for Italeri, not their plastic though.. (Occident) Hardest part of course, canopy masking. Finish is a mix of Tamiya yellow and clear orange. Period images of this machine (see below) appears to show the addition of black wing tips...
My model depicts a French EALA machine (escadrille aviation légère d'appui- light ground support) tasked with suppression of rebel forces (or as the French put it, 'maintien de l'ordre' ) during the Algerian war, 1958-60. The T-6 G could carry four AA 52 7.62 machine-guns (each with 200 rounds) six T-10 rockets, two 50 kg bombs and either two napalm containers or two rocket launchers carrying seven 30 mm rockets. Claude Liedet was one T-6G pilot with EALA 10/72 who flew a fourteen-hour conversion course during December 1958 comprising aerobatics, rocket-launching, bombing and strafing and flying in mountainous regions. Sorties lasted from 45 minutes to 2hrs 50 mins. Risks were mechanical failures, ground fire, bad weather or pilot error especially in mountainous areas. Liedet describes some of his 'near-misses' in the January 2020 issue of "Le Fana de l'Aviation"..
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