fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Built 4 years ago. The WIP is here: Here is the completed Potez 62.1 in Argentinean livery, with full interior (unfortunately, if you need to go the restroom, you will need to click on the building article link, though). A very long-haul project. Again my thanks to Sönke Schulz (the original Heller kit's donor!), Alain Bourret, Christos Psarras, Matias Hagen, Martin Blanco from Uruguay*, Armando Gil, the Pavlovcic article in LV magazine -that although not totally accurate helped spur my interest-, and the others that helped me with this project. *Amigos de Uruguay, ¿para cuándo un CX-ADH? The step-by-step building article is here: Just to be clear regarding this conversion: 1) You can not use the Heller's kit fuselage unless you completely modify it and make it wider. Better make a new one. 2) You can not use the kit's engine gondolas and props without modifications, not a single one Potez 62.1 had those seen in the kit. 3) Get good references, the Dumollard book to start with. 4) Be prepared to do some serious work. 5) Whenever possible, do not only look at drawings, but also at photos of the machine you wish to replicate. They tend to differ...quite a bit. 6) Cross-check your references, as you may see in the building article some can be misleading. 7) The lighter color of the airliners is NOT white, neither pure aluminum, but a grayish version of it. Many photos show how dark and somewhat dull this tome could be under certain light conditions, and on the other hand under different lighting it could look white. Especially useful is the photo published in the Pavlovcic article mentioned in the building posting, where the white of the Argentinean flag on the rudder clearly contrasts with the fuselage upper color. It is truly a touch of irony that LV-"SEC" (dry in French) ended up soaked as shown on that photo sticking ignominiously its tail out of the water in Brazil. Or may be the plane just wanted to have a splash in the waves of Rio. 😎 In order to achieve a good result it is indispensable that during the construction of this model you listen to György Ligeti -or at the very least Eric Satie- and read "Monty Python's Big Red Book". 55 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smudge Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Beautiful. Fantastic work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 As ever Moa, exemplary photography of some exceptionally evocative work. Bravo! Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 What they said. Loved your build of this beauty. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Moa, that is something what I am thinking to do from some ten years! Great achievement - I like your model very much. Hope that mine will be half that good! Congrats J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feelip90 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 @Moa, I really like your great models. Another great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Superbly built, as always, and unusual. Full marks, Moa! Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greggles.w Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 Stunner. Congratulations Moa! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Yep, another winner! Regards, David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Fabulous! What a beautiful piece of work. By the way, how many aircraft models do you have in your collection? regards Richard C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 A particularly attractive throwback to the golden age of civil aviation. And a particularly attractive scale sculpture of it! Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Another beautiful build Moa 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 46 minutes ago, spruecutter said: By the way, how many aircraft models do you have in your collection? Hi Richard More than 300, but I lost count. There is so much fun to be had! Let me know if you know how to extend life another 200 years. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basket Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Just fantastic . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pheonix Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Another of your truly remarkable collection. Beautifully photographed as usual - it is sometimes difficult to believe that these are of a model. P 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldy Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Stunning! A truly beautiful model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael louey Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Another great model! The Potez is also a quite attractive plane. I thought pre war French airliners were all meant to be as ugly as sin. 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Well they just keep coming out of the Moa model aircraft works, fantastic as always, love the these old airliners 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 34 minutes ago, Michael louey said: I thought pre war French airliners were all meant to be as ugly as sin. 😉 That's the very reason I absolutely love them. Wait until I start my Farman Jabiru... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, Graeme H said: Well they just keep coming out of the Moa model aircraft works, Yes, strange, they may be doing "things" in those boxes where they are, they seem to multiply somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 On 11/3/2018 at 6:46 PM, Moa said: More than 300, but I lost count. There is so much fun to be had! Let me know if you know how to extend life another 200 years. Oh, I thought longevity in retirement was directly proportional to the number of unbuilt kits stashed! 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 26, 2020 Author Share Posted May 26, 2020 On 11/7/2018 at 8:11 PM, kapam said: Oh, I thought longevity in retirement was directly proportional to the number of unbuilt kits stashed! 😁 From your lips top god's ears 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 As I already comment above - very nice. Those days particulary interesting to me since I am constructing Potez 651 right now. Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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