Paging fans of weird French aircraft...

[Mike999]

The kit shown below came in the mail today. This is the V-156F, a version of the U.S. Vought Vindicator used (briefly) by the French Navy in 1940.

The kit is by AZUR, a short-run plastic kit maker.  "Short-run" often fills me with fear, because those kits can be really hard to build.  But in this case, most of the kit is made from the excellent Accurate Miniatures 1/48 scale Vindicator model.

The V-156F wings were different, so AZUR provides their own plastic wings, plus photo-etched parts for the complex wing fences.  Resin parts include the specific French machine gun for the rear gunner, bombs and other parts.

It looks like a nice package, and FreeTime recently had it on sale. (Usual retail is about $65).  Here's a review of the kit:

http://www.hyperscale.com/2010/reviews/kits/azur084reviewrk_1.htm

 

Edited December 2, 2017 by Mike999
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