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The MB 174 was ai recon and light bomber aircraft developped in 1939, 50 of them were ordered by the french army to replace older planes. During the battle of France it appeared to be a fast and reliable aircraft. Since it could outspeed german fighters only 4 of them were lost during the campaign, the rest evacuated to Algeria in june 1940 and were modified at the end of the war to fulfill anti ship missions. Even if it was a good recon aircraft it wasn't a very effective ground bomber since it had a very limited bombload (initially 40kg) so it had to be improved to carry two 200kg bombs later in the war, on the other hand it had a decebt defensive armement with 5mg's to defend uts back (2 on the back and 3 «remoted» on the belly) it also had 2 offensive mg's under its wings. It was also operated by only 3 men, a pilot, a gunner and a man in the front canopy to do the recon and bombing job. This plane was made famous because it was the plane flown by the famous writter of «the Little Prince» Antoine de Saint-Exupéry during the battle of France.
Enough history, now let's talk about the model, first I would like to thank Lego Pilot on flickr for helping me for the engine technic on which I struggled. I also took inspiration from Einon mb174 for the wing dimensions and for the use of the front canopy piece.
So my model is obviously fitted with the battle of France camo (dark grey, brown and green), I also have the Vichy engine and tail camoflage but they don't match with the rest of my army. I applied some french light blur WW2 roundels.
There is enough space in the model to fit all the 3 crew members but also a nice bomb load of 2 200kg bombs in a compartment kust under the pilot. I also put all the mg's that the plane had and 2 of them are manually used by the rear gunner. The long bar under the left wing isn't a canon but the anenometer :)
A little thing that took me a while to make are the angled wings just after the engine section, it's actually hard to see it but it's there along with the angled tail ^^.
Of course it features rectractable landing gears
This is my first plane ever so I'm sure some things can be improved but I think it's not that bad, agin thanks to Lego Pilot, without him the engines would have been ugly :).
I really hope you guys like it as well and I'm looking forward for your thoughts in the comments. Next week I'll publish a little laffly V15T that I made a few weeks ago.
Have a great weekend
Thank you all for your visit & kind comments
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Bridgestone MB-1 with wheels from Rich at "Hands on Wheels", and most parts from Rivendell Bicycle Works (Sugino cranks, Nitto Technomic Deluxe stem and Albatross bars, Paul Thumbies)
Ein C 111-II mit einem Fünfzylinder-Turbodieselmotor (Mercedes-Benz OM 617), einer Leistung von 140 kW (190 PS) und einem Hubraum von 3 Litern brach am 12. Juni 1976 alle Geschwindigkeits- und Beschleunigungsrekorde für Dieselmotoren. Der so umgerüstete Wagen hatte die Seriennummer 31.
A C 111-II with a five-cylinder turbo diesel engine (Mercedes-Benz OM 617), a power of 140 kW (190 hp) and a displacement of 3 liters broke on June 12, 1976 all speed and acceleration records for diesel engines. The thus converted car had the serial number 31.
ENGLISH:
Scratch built roll-off flat bed and truck with cargo underneath canvas. Payload 15t.
The canvas is made from a painted chocolate kiss aluminium paper.
More dioramas and models in scale 1/87 (H0) in:
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ESPAÑOL:
Camión con cama plana rodante con carga debajo de la lona. Construido con diferente partes. Carga útil 15t.
La lona está hecho de un papel de aluminio (de beso de chocolate) pintado.
Más dioramas y maquetas en escala 1/87 (H0):
www.flickr.com/photos/cosmosminimus/albums
DEUTSCH:
Zusammengebastelter Abrollbehälterlastwagen (Hackengerät) mit Ladung unter Blache (Plane). Nutzlast 15t.
Die Blache ist aus einem bemalten Aluminiumpapier eines Mohrenkopfs gemacht.
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