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Offline Skyhook

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Letord 4
« on: September 30, 2021, 05:29:51 PM »
hi!!!
I decided to start a new topic on this. A little progress with the "power eggs". This Letord 4 had the most streamlined engine pods and I decided to make them of Milliput. It was fairly easy, but they are rather heavy in weight, so I need to move this one about rather delicately until I get the struts and upper wing into place. Next I will furnish the cockpits and the upper details to the fuselage.

BTW, can you suggest me any free photo hosting service, that allows me to link the photos here? Adding photos as attachements seems to be quite tedious...

cheers, Skyhook
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2021, 05:40:51 PM »
Welcome to the club!
Your build looks very promising but the photos are indeed poor quality. They do not do justice to your work, I am sure.
As for hostimg, I am successfully using imgBB: https://imgbb.com/
Will be watching your progress with great interest.
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #2 on: October 01, 2021, 12:28:33 AM »
Hi Skyhook, I would love to see your amazing work more clearly. I have been using Flickr but there is a maximum of 1000 free images, you then have to pay a subscription. I have found that it is very easy to use up the 1000 picture allowance so am looking for a new hosting site too.

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #3 on: October 01, 2021, 01:53:44 AM »
A very nice looking build to date! As for Photo Hosting I use postimages. Pretty user friendly!
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #4 on: October 01, 2021, 03:02:34 AM »
    Take a look at Imgur for photos. Free, easy to use, and unlimited usage. I've been using it since Photo Bucket went "mercenary" a few years back and really like it.
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Offline lone modeller

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #5 on: October 01, 2021, 03:32:35 AM »
That Letord looks very good. Using milliput for the engine acelles sound pretty heavy to me. I would have laminated palstic sheet or carved some from wood - it is lighter and as easy to work.

This type is new to me but no less interesting. Nice to see another of the lesser known types being built here.

Stephen.
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #6 on: October 01, 2021, 04:53:44 AM »
Thank you all! I will look into your suggestions over the weekend and will hopefully follow with better photos after that. Yes, the French had many interesting aeroplanes apart from Nieuports and Spads... easily overlooked, because there’s not that much info on them outside the realm of french language. It is easy to forget that MF 11 and especially Caudron G4 were some of the most important warplanes in the first half of the war. A lots of solid war work done and probably the planes that did most damage to the enemy, just like BE2cs and RE8s on the British sector... the actual workhorses, which should get a bit more attention in the modelling world :)

Cheers, Skyhook
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #7 on: October 01, 2021, 05:39:36 PM »
OK, now they should be bigger and better :)


« Last Edit: October 01, 2021, 06:06:54 PM by Skyhook »
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #8 on: October 01, 2021, 06:52:41 PM »
Now the photos are indeed much better.  :)

But how about clipping them a bit (unless you really wish to show your entire workshop)  ;)

My attempt  8)





BTW - great work on this build!!!!
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #9 on: October 02, 2021, 02:52:51 AM »
Much better...and the work looks Awesome!
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2021, 01:08:53 AM »
That's more like it, beautiful work like yours should be seen clearly.

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #11 on: October 03, 2021, 04:54:15 AM »
Yes better photos allow us to appreciate your skills all the more.

Stephen.
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2021, 05:12:25 AM »
Thanks to everyone for your kind help!  :)  I didn´t have as much time as I had hoped for modelling this weekend, but a couple of things I managed to do anyway...

I added the cockpit details for the pilot, oil and fuel caps, a few hatches and a handle and footholds to the port side. I also scrapped the idea of painting it to the 5-colour camo scheme. There simply was not enough photos to provide reliable information for it on a Letord Le 4. Seems that most of the 4s were painted in the yellowish Ecru-finish, like most of the earlier Letords too. Fortunately there are a few genuine colour photos of the earlier Letords, especially the Le 1-type, that give a good idea of the colour. I have been thinking of modelling Caudron G6 and R4 one day and there´s a good deal of photos of them in the 4- or 5-colour scheme. So Ecru it is for this one :).

Next I will make the exhausts and the radiators for the engine pods, after that I can attach the upper wing.

cheers, Skyhook

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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #13 on: October 04, 2021, 08:02:10 PM »
Wonderful work on this unusual plane and great scratch building skills.
Bye,
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Re: Letord 4
« Reply #14 on: October 04, 2021, 10:44:23 PM »
Quote from: Manni on October 04, 2021, 08:02:10 PM
Wonderful work on this unusual plane and great scratch building skills.
Bye,
Manni

Just what Manni said. I think I never saw a model of a Letord before.
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