1⁄48Loire 130
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The Loire 130 was to the French Navy, what the Walrus was to the F.A.A; an ugly but faithful workhorse. Azur had the good taste to produce a very good, mean basic, model of this plane, and left plenty of free space for a modeller expression: scratch!
E Deluy did an neat job in Replic building both the Azur and the FM models, but Patrick Baudet outdone himself in WingMaster and I followed exactly what he did in his article to get what you now see.
The plane is one of the "Strasbourg" battleship dotation at the time of the fateful scuttle of the French fleet in November 42.
Decals are half painted and half from the decal dungeon, the excellent Lela Presse book on the Loire was used to good advantage.
E Deluy did an neat job in Replic building both the Azur and the FM models, but Patrick Baudet outdone himself in WingMaster and I followed exactly what he did in his article to get what you now see.
The plane is one of the "Strasbourg" battleship dotation at the time of the fateful scuttle of the French fleet in November 42.
Decals are half painted and half from the decal dungeon, the excellent Lela Presse book on the Loire was used to good advantage.
About the Author
FROM: LANDES, FRANCE
I am Jean Barby modeler from France. I did my first model at the age of seven on the table of the dining room, an Airfix Lysander! It was love at first sight and has ever been since then! I do mostly WWII planes with a certain predilection for Italian Regia Aeronautica planes and camouflages. I am a...
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I love it. It's so ugly that it's awesome. It's like a flying house-boat.
DEC 19, 2010 - 02:37 AM
What a lovely ugly duckling, Jean!
Great added detail!
Cheers,
Guido
PS.: It was nice meeting you at Telford!
DEC 21, 2010 - 01:26 AM
So far so good Guido but the last time I went to Telford was in 2007!
DEC 21, 2010 - 03:43 AM
Jean, what a striking build! What an ungainly looking aircraft! What a wonderful feature! Thank you.
DEC 21, 2010 - 11:32 AM
Hi Jean,
Very fine work on the Loire. Not an easy aircraft to build, in every aspect!
Now you know that you are famous. People think they have seen you even when you weren't there!
Joyeux Noël à toi et tes proches. Passe de bonnes fêtes!
Jean-Luc
DEC 21, 2010 - 09:16 PM
Beautiful build, Jean. Great job on her and the choice of markings is great. One has to love those colourful Vichy markings.
Thanks for sharing
DEC 27, 2010 - 10:14 PM
Jean, Thanks for posting this. A great build and I love seeing these examples of non-mainstream, but nevertheless important, subjects and kits.
Formidable! (See, six years of french lessons weren't wasted on me after all)
Simon
DEC 27, 2010 - 10:26 PM
Lol-
Then it must have been some other Jean Barby, indeed! Probably the spelling of his last name was different
What can I say: Hope you can make it to Telford in 2011 then!
Cheers,
Guido
JAN 03, 2011 - 03:24 AM
No sweat Guido, but next time take a picture, I would like to see what my clone looks like!
JAN 03, 2011 - 04:48 AM
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