Bloch 152 l’Armee de l’Air de Vichy “Potent Pedro”

 Vichy Bloch 152

As a palette cleanser this week I completed a Bloch 152 for the Vichy airforce, I already have two Bloch 152 in the collection so I thought I needed to do something different, and here it is. 

Cheers

Matt

WIP Amoit 143

Amoit 143 Armée de L’air

Currently working on a French 1/72nd Smer/ Heller Amoit 143 that I purchased off Ebay earlier in the 

year. This bomber was mostly used for night bombing as it was outclassed by the german fighters during the daytime. I decided to build it as it was used on an effective daylight raid on the bridgeheads across the sedan on the 14th of May 1940. The model has no interior at all, and as I like to have pilots and gunners in all my models. So following some plans I have found online I have built a simple representation and have included a pilot, co pilot, bombardier/observer, (airfix pilots) rear, forward, mid section gunners (airfix Bren gun carrier drivers modified)

The pilots single seat

Looking back towards the rear of the plane, the observer, co pilot and engineer, not the control column coming down from the flight deck above, and the ladder against the wall, ( which you used to access the upper deck to the pilot), behind the co pilot was a bomb bay.

Looking toward the front at the bombardier and observer co pilot

Interior layout

Cheers
Matt

French Leo 451

The French Lioré et Olivier 451 was medium bomber developed for the French airforce, at the outbreak of the war only 54 were delivered to Groupes de bombardement 6, 1/12 and 11/12. The group lost most of its aircraft before being withdrawn from the frontline due to losses during the invasion of France.
It is yet to see combat on the table it has not yet been named.

Cheers
Matt

French Bloch MB 152

This plane actually has been in my collection for some time, however he has proved to be a poor pilot, and been named cruelly by Geschwaderkommodore Ian, as "Impotant Pierre", he has flown 7 missions and either failed to spot or completely missed with his bombs, non the less has improved the morale of the french troops on the ground!