Bill Kestell
Charter Member
Earlier this year, Alain Breton was kind enough to send me his Amiot 350 series (Am-351, 354, 356). He indicated that they were of a very old creation and while this is true, the model is not at all bad and it's the only game in town ... so I really did appreciate his generosity.
Well, I FINALLY got around to playing with them and here's a little something from the Am-351. I added a bombadier to handle the nose MAC 1934, changed the dorsal MAC 1934 to a HS-7, 20mm by dropping a gun tube over the Lewis gun barrel. Then I re-arranged the hardpoints and used French bombs where I could (Bombe 500Kg, Bombe 200Kg, Bombe 100Kg, Bombe 50Kg) and a British MkXII torpedo just for good measure.
Alain's airfile makes this a dream to fly ... even after moving the "engines" around to get the starting smoke set properly. Then I added some engine exhaust smoke (nasty stuff from well-worn engines running a bit on the rich side and a little bit too hard).
Lastly, the bombsight and away we go. This is another aircraft which makes a nice bombing platform. and yes, Virginia, I am one of those LBN's (Level Bombing Nuts) :faint:
This is from about 5,500feet at about 200 mph with a load of 6--200Kg bombs.
Hope you enjoy this.
PS ... You RCT's (Really Creative Types - you know who you are) ... here's a series of grossly underappreciated French aircraft that need to be modeled ... especially the Am-351 and Am-354. I think they have some very nice lines and hold a unique place in French history.
Hint, Hiint!
Well, I FINALLY got around to playing with them and here's a little something from the Am-351. I added a bombadier to handle the nose MAC 1934, changed the dorsal MAC 1934 to a HS-7, 20mm by dropping a gun tube over the Lewis gun barrel. Then I re-arranged the hardpoints and used French bombs where I could (Bombe 500Kg, Bombe 200Kg, Bombe 100Kg, Bombe 50Kg) and a British MkXII torpedo just for good measure.
Alain's airfile makes this a dream to fly ... even after moving the "engines" around to get the starting smoke set properly. Then I added some engine exhaust smoke (nasty stuff from well-worn engines running a bit on the rich side and a little bit too hard).
Lastly, the bombsight and away we go. This is another aircraft which makes a nice bombing platform. and yes, Virginia, I am one of those LBN's (Level Bombing Nuts) :faint:
This is from about 5,500feet at about 200 mph with a load of 6--200Kg bombs.
Hope you enjoy this.
PS ... You RCT's (Really Creative Types - you know who you are) ... here's a series of grossly underappreciated French aircraft that need to be modeled ... especially the Am-351 and Am-354. I think they have some very nice lines and hold a unique place in French history.
Hint, Hiint!
