JWM Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) Hi, I am continuing reduction of my stash, in particular the French subjects from it. Now the Loire-Nieuport LN 401, the attack-dive bomber. Sometimes called "French Stuka" for her gull wings. Not successful in operational use, though. More on this type one can read here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire-Nieuport_LN.401 . The Azur kit had to be in my stash for 22 years, since the model appeared in 1998 ( https://www.scalemates.com/pl/kits/azur-a007-loire-nieuport-ln-411--131992 ) , and I bought when it just appeared. The kit is for LN 411 variant, which is de-marinised LN 401, ie. they lost the provision for folding wings and lost arrested hook. I added arrested hook and changed description on tail for LN401 No 4 which presents machine from No 3 from AB2 at Berck (near Calais). I have added a bomb and its rack including the arm for dive bombing which were not present in kit. I added also two MGs in wings and Hispano 404 20 mm, which is only visible in top of spinner. Some small wark was done in coolers, but is not well visible from outside. So in general the kit is done without any armament. following photos I have change a bit shapes of u/c, drilled exhaust etc... EDIT {23.12.2020) Two photos with corrected scheme, high light blue-grey in tail area (it was a mistake before...) Here she is (sorry for the noise on photos, it is very dark today in Krakow...): And two more with other light Comments welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek Edited December 23, 2020 by JWM 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Nice one.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Nice work on the ungainly beast, very interesting ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Unusual birdie here! She is so pretty in her ugliness! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 French WW2 aircraft are great kit subjects but the 'odd' ones don't often get shown here, so its really good to see one built 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted December 21, 2020 Share Posted December 21, 2020 Hi, Jerzy. Nice job on a strange looking machine.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 22, 2020 Author Share Posted December 22, 2020 Hi, Many thanks for comments. Still no chance to do better photos... Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 Great finish of an extraordinary airplane... Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 25, 2020 Author Share Posted December 25, 2020 Many thenks for all comments Regards and stil Merry Christmas to all! Jerzt-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Nice build. Looks like it was designed by a comitee though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Very nice indeed J-W,..... it is a funny looking thing on the ground isn`t it? Merry Christmas mate, Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 26, 2020 Author Share Posted December 26, 2020 Tony and Chris - Thank you! The machine has in fact modern look, maybe t is just that we are not so use to her like we are to Ju87, for instance... All the best! Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Hi Jerzy Great work on an unusual yet pleasing looking machine. Not heard of this type before. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Lovely work. Congratulations... Serkan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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