Azur FRROM Potez 25 A2/B2 'Hispano' and 'Lorraine' Decals (FR0X03) 1:72 Azur Frrom

[Julien]

Potez 25 A2/B2 'Hispano' and 'Lorraine' Decals (FR0X03)

1:72 Azur Frrom

 

 

The Potez 25 was a French single engined, two-seater biplane designed in the interwar period and used widely by air forces around the world. A flexible design, the Potez 25 was used in a variety of roles, including as a fighter, bomber escort, light bomber and reconnaissance platform. The A2 variant was primarily a reconnaissance aircraft, powered by either a 520hp Salmson 18Cmb radial engine, a Lorraine 12Eb inline engine or a Hispano Suiza 12Jb engine. The Potez 25 had a range of 373 miles and a maximum speed of 132 mph. Armed with 7.7mm machine guns, it was also capable of carrying 200kg of bombs. Curiously, the aircraft could quite easily be converted from biplane to parasol-winged monoplane and served with the Romanian Air Force in this configuration. In total, over 4,000 examples were built, including many under licence.  The Potez 25 has not been brilliantly represented by kit manufacturers over the years. until Azur Frrom stepped in with their new kits in 2019 which we reviewed here.  These new decal sheets are for this kit (and the special Hobby boxing of the kit) and come with detailed instructions. 

 

 

FR0X03

This sheet is for the export versions of the Potez 25 which were sold around the world as well as French Aircraft serving overseas. The options on the sheet are;

 

Ethiopia / Abyssina, 

        1. White 1 "Nessre Tafari" - Addis Ababa August 1929 - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0037

        2. White 2 "Nessre Asfawossen" - Addis Ababa September 1929 - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0037

        3. White 3 "nessre Makonnen"  - Addis Ababa September 1929 - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0037

        4. Hispano No.2  - Jan Meda 1930  - Hispano powered aircraft using kit FR0038

 

French West Africa (AOF)

1. White 12 No.822 Dakar 1934 - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0038
2. White 5, No.1303 Seen at Atar (Date not specified) - - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0037
3. White 1, No1299 (no details given) - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0037

 

Manchria

1. White P.2 - Mukden September 1931 - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0037
2. White P.15 - Mukden September 1931 - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0037
3. White P.9 - No details given - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0037 (Aircraft later used by the Japanese as were most Manchurian Aircraft- you can use the decals in FR0037 for a Japanese aircraft)) 

 

Indochina

1. Yellow 3, No.1981 from 1933 - Using kit SH72407
2. Yellow 9, No.201 Bien Hoa 1933  - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0037
3. Yellow 5, No.1451 Bien Hoa 1935 - Using kit SH72407
4. No.201 No details circa 1930   - Lorraine powered aircraft using kit FR0037

 

Levant (French mandate in Syria & Lebanon)

1. White 5, No.737 In service from 1924 - Using kit SH72407

 

Nationalist Spanish 

1. No.2353 Spanish Morocco Aug 1936 (Possibly) This was an aircraft which absconded to Spanish Morocco as the pilot wanted to join Franco's Forces) 

 

 

The decal are Printed in the UK By Fantasy Printshop so there should be no issues with them at all. The printing looks first rate with minimal carrier film. The instructions are 12 pages long with detailed histories (where available) and they quote references for the aircraft. There are also detailed notes about the individual aircraft about how to build them from the kit specified as some had minor differences. 

Conclusion

Three cheers for Azur Frrom for taking the initiative and producing additional decals for their great kits. Highly Recommended. 

 

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