**** DONE: 1/72 Amiot 143, 3rd Escadrille - Heavies Group Build

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vikingBerserker

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My 2nd entry

Category: 2
Scale:1/72
Manufacturer: Heller
Model type : Amiot 143
Details : Armee de l'Air, 3rd Escadrille of the 22nd Escadre de Bombardement

Armed with 4 x 7.5mm machine guns and a total of 1,600 kg of bombs and had a top speed of 193 mph. With the invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May the Amiot 143's dropped a total of 153 tonnes of bombs in 197 night operations with a loss of only 4 aircraft. However switching to day light operations they were soon decimated by Luftwaffe fighters.


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Nice one mate! You must spend half your life searching for the most unusual, ugly aircraft to model! It's good though, and makes a pleasant change from the 'run of the mill' stuff normally displayed.
 
Another great one there VB, love to see the unusal. Im suprised no one pulled out a B-29, Fw 200 or a Ju-86 out yet as all three would be unusual also for this group build.
 
I've been doing some research and had a heck of a time finding any interior shots until I was lucky to come across these. It appears that the co-pilot actually sat below the pilot in an odd arrangement.


Drawing shows crew arrangement

1st photo shows the cockpit top down.

2nd photo shows the view the Co-Pilot(?) would have had. Large "tube" in front is actually a camera

3rd Photo shows the detail of the controls that directly connect to the pilots above.


Details have been somewhat difficult to find, but that does make it more fun.
The model came with absolutely no interior detail, not even a seat so all this will have to be added.

Drawing from http://www.umt.fme.vutbr.cz/~ruja/modely/podklady/Amiot/Amiot143M/amiot-143m-guns.jpg
Photos from Amiot 143 gallery
 

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