A very nice seaplane of which I know very little, Rob. It gives lots of opportunities in your Malta Universe, doesn't it?
It is interesting how different theatres grow on different individuals ("We are all individuals!"). I am now rather turning east with my collection, to feel the refreshening cold of winter winds...Well, the winter is coming.
"We do not stop playing when we get old, but we get old when we stop playing."
Is that Bob in the water by any chance?
See you on the Dark Side......
All,
I dropped the card project for this plane. Do we have stats for this? I could try to wedge this back into my list.
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Excelent job on this Rob! Just noticed the guy on the water. Great!
As far as I know it is the only picture of it in colour which I used for my source material.I have only one other picture of it on Malta and that is black and white Andy. Until about a month ago i did not even know which type of seaplane it was that absconded from french North Africa.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Relined for better detail, and recolored to better match Rob's plane:
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Is this OK for WoG standard cards? Do we have a "Medium" size to put this on?
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
That is a great card Mike.
It is close to the size of the ME 110 but as it will only appear in my solo games and with no one to gainsay me, as the fire arcs resemble so closely the Stuka, I am going to fly it on one of Keith's Stuka bases.
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
here is a colour profile I have in my book on the plane (le Latecoere 298 by Lucien Morareau).
On page 110 he states it was repainted in standard RAF colours (I assume similar to other coastal command planes of Extra Dark Sea Grey and Dark slate Grey).
The fuselage roundel did have a Yellow outer ring as well.
Nice model Rob, learn something new every day!
Excellent job! It's a true pleasure see Dave & Rob working together.
Yes a single plane flew there (see the side profile with some details in French). I have a picture of it already in RAF markings in the harbor next to a Sunderland.
Very beautiful models too Peter.
If I may ask you.Where did you obtain these models, and what scale are they?
Rob.
"Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death."
Thanks Rob.
Need you ask! I make them and they are 1/144 scale.
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Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Mike,
I agree it is not common BUT the Latecoere seems to have had numerous iterations of insignia from no anchor to ones only covering the centre Blue circle to ones covering the White circle and then to the more common ones covering the outer red circle.
here are some pictures I googled that show a number of aircraft with these insignia.
clarity is not great in some but you can see the anchor.
Peter,
I thought as much. Decal sheets usually have some basis in reality. I go to a web site that has decent resolution of roundels to translate into graphic layers for plane cards. It is usually very accurate, but it shows the "most official" versions, not every version.
Thanks.
Did you want cards? Top down photos or reference drawings?
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
Mike, I don't need cards, thank you for asking though.
What site do you use?
Peter,
Roundels of the World
Mike
"Flying is learning to throw yourself at the ground and miss" Douglas Adams
"Wings of Glory won't skin your elbows and knees while practicing." OldGuy59
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