Azur 1/72 Latecoere 298

[Grant]

Following Jen's call for WWII models for the Splash table I hunted around to see what would be interesting to do (as my Splash Stash consists of Schneider stuff!) and came across this French aeroplane. With my new found French modelling friends in Brest it seemed like an ideal model to do.

Inside the box are 2 light grey sprues, a single vac-form canopy and a small PE fret. The external detail is finely indented but the are no locating pins - which gets interesting when you get to the float struts, as the exploded view instruction can be a little vague in some areas.

I went with French cockpit blue, although the instructions do not mention any colour, and used some left over PE belts from an EH101 fret.

The exhaust stubs and rear fuselage window have been left out, as I reckon I can get the exhaust stack in through the torpedo well after all the painting is done and the window will be done with crystal clear. To stop paint getting where I don't want it the holes will be temporarily filled with crystal clear.

All joints are butt joints, so some stubs have been added from sprue to make the joints a bit stronger.

As the 1/72nd kit doesn't come with a beaching trolley, the plan is to have this moored at the dockside, as seen in one photo I found on the web.

cheers

Grant

[CliffB]

Nice one Grant. A really interesting subject.

Cliff

[Doug Rogers]

Looks like an interesting subject Grant, and a great little kit. Love floatplanes!

[Deon]

Nice! Ive got a couple of these, some resin.. some plastic. It'll be intersting to see this one, French Aeronavale's my favourite modelling subject

[Old VG 33]

What a nice subject you chose Grant !

Patrick