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MARTIN MARYLAND 167 French Heavy fighter, Tunis 1941

Started by marco, June 10, 2012, 12:09:01 AM

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marco

June 10, 2012, 12:09:01 AM
hello!
well here's a another project now in stand by, not varnished yet... i had some small problems, it's an old kit (frog, NOvo?) coming from a sort of "scrapyard", so it was incomplete, the canopy doesn't fit well.. The landing traps door are missing... and i didn't succeed  to apply correctly the Model arts decalcs.. My skills are weaks!! Sorry about that!!

So the story is, 1940 france fight on against the IIIrd Reich and Italy. France metropolitan has been invaded by Germans, but French goverment and army are now in north Africa. Commonwealth troops supported by french troop are invading successfully Italian's Lybia, med sea is dominated by Royal navy and french Navy.
To fight the Italian SM 79 torpedo planes and other's germans and Italian planes, French navy air force needs long range Fighters. Martin Maryland is now widely in French and Navy air force, so they had try to convert some in heavy Fighters.. They already have 4 0.30 browning in the wings+ now 2 x0.50 browning and one 20mm gun.
The example  here, has been taken from an recce squadron, and has been hastly modify without repainting the new codes.




Tophe

#1
June 10, 2012, 03:17:55 AM
Very heavy fighter, nice! :thumbsup:
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

NARSES2

#2
June 10, 2012, 04:57:21 AM
Skills improve with practice and it's a really good idea  :thumbsup:
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RotorheadTX

#3
June 10, 2012, 05:33:48 AM
Agreed! What he said!!

marco

#4
June 10, 2012, 09:19:23 AM
Thank you for your friendly replies! :cheers:
here's a link of a whatif french web site, that gave me the inspiration:
http://1940lafrancecontinue.org/

Joe C-P

#5
June 11, 2012, 06:27:28 PM
Oo la la, ca bien! Merci pour ton model d'avion, monsieur Marco, et merci pour cette URL.

Practice makes perfect, so keep building models and you'll keep getting better.

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Mossie

#6
June 12, 2012, 10:53:10 AM
Agree with NARSES, plus you started with a Frog kit so kudos for tackling an old and difficult kit. :thumbsup:
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Slerski

#7
June 16, 2012, 03:40:06 AM
Nice model :) And don't forget 'We all began with low skills...'
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PR19_Kit

#8
June 16, 2012, 05:07:22 AM
Quote from: Slerski on June 16, 2012, 03:40:06 AM
Nice model :) And don't forget 'We all began with low skills...'

Some of us started with NO skills at all! You would NOT want to see my first Lindberg B-17 kit!!!  :banghead:
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

NARSES2

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June 16, 2012, 08:36:48 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on June 16, 2012, 05:07:22 AM
Quote from: Slerski on June 16, 2012, 03:40:06 AM
Nice model :) And don't forget 'We all began with low skills...'

Some of us started with NO skills at all! You would NOT want to see my first Lindberg B-17 kit!!!  :banghead:

Yup, but it was fun  :thumbsup: :thumbsup: And thats the way it should stay
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.
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