Popular Post albertrand71 Posted July 6, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 6, 2015 Another golden oldie that some of you may be familiar with... Heller's classic 1/72 Lioré et Olivier 451 French WW2 bomber.A good level of detail for a 50 year old kit, but suffering from badly aligned parts, particularly wing and fuselage halves. She needed quite a bit of teasing into her original shape, and I think she deserved a rescribe and rivet. There's a fairly accurate scratchbuilt cockpit and wheel wells in there, but no photo etch additions, simply because not much exists for this old kit when it comes to aftermarket detailing! Anyway - as always, any feedback and your positive constructive criticism is much appreciated.Cheers, Andy 74 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolphin38 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Excellent work, you would never guess that's a fifty year old kit, great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I second that! You have done a great job on a very venerable old kit. Good to see something out of the ordinary. Regards Richard C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 A beautifull model of a beautifull plane! Cheers Hans J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcanicity Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Tres bien! You'd never know it wasn't a modern kit. Love the absurd mid-upper armament. Looks like a 40mm cannon or something! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 i really like these colour gradients - something that I'm not capable of 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertrand71 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 i really like these colour gradients - something that I'm not capable of It's really not too tricky, just airbrushing freehand. Take it slow and let patience be your best friend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Cracking model, good to see the older Heller kits built and finished so well, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 It's really not too tricky, just airbrushing freehand. Take it slow and let patience be your best friend! I tried - looks like ***t http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234978705-azur-farman-sncac-nc-2233/?p=2016647 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Beautiful build and finish,not an aircraft we see posted very often,many thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 What a lovely job you`ve done, brilliant,......and that mid upper cannon belongs on a sci fi space ship! Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertrand71 Posted July 6, 2015 Author Share Posted July 6, 2015 I tried - looks like ***t http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234978705-azur-farman-sncac-nc-2233/?p=2016647 You're being a bit harsh on yourself! Weathering and washes do wonders covering up mistakes and imperfections. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Wow.....That really is a great finish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristol boy Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Not seen one of those before, really interesting and a great finish. The gun is insane! Going to find a photo of the real thing now, just out of curiosity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pascal JMW Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Wow Wow beautiful work !! Excellent well done !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiton Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 I like this plane. And many times I was thinking about building a model of the. Powerful gun, interesting undercarriage, original tail, modern-smooth shape, attractive paint scheme. Ther is a lot of reason to build this model. Your model looks really great !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 (edited) Excellent. And the gun size!.... It was Hispano 20 mm canon. Perhaps it is a bit oversized, but not much - you may see it on this photo: http://www.historycy.org/index.php?s=969c68e0581e40ed05c193d37126e82f&act=Attach&type=post&id=3375 Congratulations J-W EDIT: Or here: http://aviarmor.net/aww2/_photo_aircraft/f_fra/leo451/leo451_2.jpg http://aviarmor.net/aww2/_photo_aircraft/f_fra/leo451/leo451_canon20mm_1.jpg Edited July 6, 2015 by JWM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Loving that cannon - superb paint job too! Top work on such an old kit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoZG Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 This is great build, congratulations. Is there any link where we could see the build in progress? I am asking because it seems you gave lot of attention to surface detailining and improvement and I would really like to know step by step what you did to upgrade this kit to this level. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puro_habano Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Thanks for sharing!Such a rare beast! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Love it, absolutely love it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 Astounding result with such a kit! You could have gone really bonker with paint chipping, as these planes had massive areas of paint missing in places... Obviously not the best quality paints!!! Great job! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albertrand71 Posted July 7, 2015 Author Share Posted July 7, 2015 This is great build, congratulations. Is there any link where we could see the build in progress? I am asking because it seems you gave lot of attention to surface detailining and improvement and I would really like to know step by step what you did to upgrade this kit to this level. Thanks. I didn't document the build, but perhaps I can explain what I do for older raised kits like this one. I sand off all raised panel lines, then mark with a pencil where I'll be scribing. I use the excellent Tamiya scriber and a small 6inch metal rule to create new panel lines, and the Rivet-R (fine riveter) for rivets. I do the wings first (before joining to the fuselage), but scribe the main body after building, filling and sanding. For more difficult areas like curve of the fuselage I scribe with the help of plenty of Dymo tape. Just go slow and don't rush, and get a very good lamp! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stesca Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Lovely job of an old kit, such a big gun in that turret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Posted July 7, 2015 Share Posted July 7, 2015 Lovely job! Did you use artistic licence for the camouflage, as it seemed that each aircraft was unique in its pattern at that time. Cheers Van 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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