fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 The Latécoère L.A.T.8 or LATE 8 was a medium size early attempt for a passenger/postal carrier to ply some of the short routes with less demand. A sort of small airliner. In many ways, it resembles the later and much more successful Breguet 14T "cabine", used more or less in the same way. The Late 8 could carry five passengers with the luxury of a restroom -equipped with toilet, and so was proudly announced in contemporary ads. The pilot, like in many other designs of the time, sat quite back in an exposed cockpit on the fuselage, to the right of the spine, and had to access his position from the exterior. There is not much in terms or reference material, but it's clear the plane first had a pointy vertical tail with the legend "LAT8", and then a more rounded one. The exhaust went through three changes, as well as some other external details. Photos also show it with and without the F-ESDF registration. When those were applied, they went on the vertical tail and under the lower wing only. Decals as usual are form Arctic Decals. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stromness Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 (edited) Maravilloso!! Edited May 4, 2019 by Stromness 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincenzo64 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Beautiful: how did you make the wing with the bending?.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, Vincenzo64 said: Beautiful: how did you make the wing with the bending?.... 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Marvelous... Seen this method for the wings before, but the modelers never kept on using this method. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_Sokko Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Really fantastic work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Great work Moa. Good step-by-step build, and good to see the wing process too. Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 The completed model is here: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StephenCJ Posted May 5, 2019 Share Posted May 5, 2019 You are a true Genius Moa, a true work of art. Thanks for sharing. Stephen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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