JWM Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Hi, The kit of Loire 130 was one of the early Azur production released in 1997. Since that time, so 25 years was waiting in my stash to be build. Finally I did it! There are some important scratch work work details added. Starting from changes in inside, several windows omitted in kit were added, the vacu observed canopy was replaced by a scratch one. Th buggy was constructed. The majority of PE parts was replaced by scratch one as well. The thread on build is here: The machine is Loire (No 46) who served on cruiser Dupleix ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_cruiser_Dupleix_(1930) ) . Here she is: And on a buggy: Many thanks to @Ed Russell for supporting materials! Comments welcome Regards Jerzy-Wojtek (#6/2022) 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 It's the Aeronavale's Walrus! I cant decide if it looks better than a Walrus or not. That's a very nice effort on what is not an easy build. Good job on the beaching trolley too. Much easier than a catapult! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Fine job Jerzy !! From such a not so easy kit !! Congratulations !! Sincerely. CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giampiero Piva Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Wow ! Very nice, I love these types of planes with a haunted silhouette. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I added a little to the request for information about the beaching trolley. Looking at the pictures again it may have been just as easy to make a catapult dolly and sit it on a couple of girders to represent the catapult frame! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 15, 2022 Author Share Posted March 15, 2022 On 3/13/2022 at 10:05 PM, Ed Russell said: t's the Aeronavale's Walrus! I cant decide if it looks better than a Walrus or not. That's a very nice effort on what is not an easy build. Good job on the beaching trolley too. Much easier than a catapult! On 3/14/2022 at 5:45 AM, Ed Russell said: I added a little to the request for information about the beaching trolley. Looking at the pictures again it may have been just as easy to make a catapult dolly and sit it on a couple of girders to represent the catapult frame! Many thanks Ed for your kind and valuable help. The kit has many simplifications, and a large field to do some improvements,,,, On 3/13/2022 at 11:45 PM, corsaircorp said: Fine job Jerzy !! From such a not so easy kit !! Congratulations !! Sincerely. CC Thank you! This was waiting 25 years in stash no without a reason... I was not sure if I am ready to start... On 3/13/2022 at 11:48 PM, Giampiero Piva said: Wow ! Very nice, I love these types of planes with a haunted silhouette. Giampiero, many thanks! The flying boats are always with not that obvious silhouette due to compromises requirements of two environments, they have to fit in... Best regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Hi J-W, Great looking Loire 130!!! Congrats. Like you, I bought this kit when it came out, along with the Late 298. Unlike you, I haven't yet mustered the courage to build it! The words complex and scratch building come to mind. But I keep looking at it, so one day... And like yours, it will wear the Vichy's striped pyjamas. Great show! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Nice one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Great looking Loire there, really nice work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Lovely job JW,.... looks like a bus with wings,..... but you`ve made it look great. Cheers Tony 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted March 17, 2022 Author Share Posted March 17, 2022 On 3/16/2022 at 3:25 PM, jean said: Great looking Loire 130!!! Congrats. Like you, I bought this kit when it came out, along with the Late 298. Unlike you, I haven't yet mustered the courage to build it! The words complex and scratch building come to mind. But I keep looking at it, so one day... And like yours, it will wear the Vichy's striped pyjamas. Jean, many thanks! I am doing now Potez 452 and very likely the Late 298 will be next....I would say, that Potez is even more challenging that the Loire was. On 3/16/2022 at 3:42 PM, Bertie Psmith said: Nice one. Bertie, I appreciate... On 3/16/2022 at 5:57 PM, russ c said: Great looking Loire there, really nice work Russ, thank you very much. 21 hours ago, tonyot said: Lovely job JW,.... looks like a bus with wings,..... but you`ve made it look great. Cheers Tony Tony, many thanks! That true, she is a bit like a bus, maybe also like a cartoon pupy (the shape of the nose!) - altogether not a trivial subject ... Gents, many thanks again! Regards J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now