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As my own rule dictates, the next topic can be made when the previous one has disappeared from the first page.:)  And soon my arsenal of finished builds will be empty too. But in the meantime, I offer you an elegant bird. Farman F 223 1/72 from Azur box. Mostly straight out of the box, with a few small details added.

 

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It's a superbly bright and attractive model. Really. And the one where you are studying details. Just look at the navigator's framing and undercarriage folding mechanism!

One thing I could never understand - why French aircraft engineering school that produced flying garde-robes in the 30s started to produce very aesthetic models in the jet era? All those Mysteres and Mirages, Falcones, Etendards. Helicopter school is definitely strong with beautiful Puma, Gazelle, Dauphin, Ecureuil. I'm not mentioning Caravelle! The only reminiscent of old school was probably Breguet Deux-Pont.

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Beautiful - a very interesting aircraft, built and painted expertly! I really like your exotic models and your polite and considerate way of posting them. I wished your self-imposed rule would be observed by some mass producers:

 

8 hours ago, kalle said:

As my own rule dictates, the next topic can be made when the previous one has disappeared from the first page.:) 

 

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A great build. I would say “beautiful” but it is 1930s French and so I can’t bring myself to say it :). 

 

Martin

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Very nice one!

 

I do not like the Vichy pyjamas for obvious reasons but I must admit they make for colourful liveries.

 

3 hours ago, Dennis_C said:

One thing I could never understand - why French aircraft engineering school that produced flying garde-robes in the 30s started to produce very aesthetic models in the jet era? All those Mysteres and Mirages, Falcones, Etendards. Helicopter school is definitely strong with beautiful Puma, Gazelle, Dauphin, Ecureuil. I'm not mentioning Caravelle! The only reminiscent of old school was probably Breguet Deux-Pont.

Well, it was mostly bombers that were ugly IMO.

The D.520, the MB.150, the LeO 45, the Breguet 693 series were rather good looking.

The D.510, the Potez 25 series and (to a lesser extent) the MS.406 were not that bad looking either.

 

Actually, most French modeller say tell the same thing about British aircrafts, mostly from the jet area, and I find it equally unfair.

But I guess some things will never change!😀

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Great work!

While not conventionally beautiful, the F.223 is definetly charming and you did it justice.

 

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31 minutes ago, SebTartar said:

Actually, most French modeller say tell the same thing about British aircrafts, mostly from the jet area, and I find it equally unfair.

Oh! British jets design is why I like building them! Twin-boom jets, tailed delta jet, truly working VTOL fighters, stacked twin-engined jet, jet with one engine and two exhausts, centrifugal engine jets with fatty bellies (one of them ultimately received axial flow engine but retained its full shape), a jet with tail wheel... and I'm not mentioning excellent turboprop designs!

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Beautiful work my friend. I love the camo scheme. Excellent all around!!

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I feel like if the whole world was as good to each other as you are here, there wouldn't be any problems in the world :) Thanks for your support!

 

Kk

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Splendid work, a very nicely done model!

 

While many of the French bombers of that period would not be candidates for the term "pretty", they are nevertheless intriguing, and have their own attractiveness.  The complexity of the engine/undercarriage pod on the Farman is quite fascinating.

Of course, the same could be said for all other nations producing aircraft at the time - for example I sincerely doubt the Heyford would be called pretty either, but it is very appealing to my eye because of its peculiar arrangement.

 

It took me a while, and a little research, to figure out how that main gear retracted on the real F 223.  🧐

 

Cheers

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That's amazing work!  Bravo!  With all the struts, lots of things can go wrong, and you managed to overcome those difficulties and deliver something magnificent.  Or at least you hid your mistakes well...

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Brilliantly done and fascinating to look at.

The designers seem to have followed the template for aerodynamic engine fairings and then thrown that thought process aside for the fuselage!

Beautifully realised model though.  👏👏👏👏
 

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Hello

 

This is really a very nice build you made here with this Farman 223.3. I know this is not a piece of cake as I made the Farman 223.4 many years ago.

 

Thank you for sharing.

 

Patrick

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Since it is an Azur kit, I know it gave you some fit problems.  The finished model is built excellently and the paint scheme and weathering are done nicely.  Not a frequently built kit, but yours is the nicest I have ever seen completed.  Thanks for sharing.

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