Tintin: Voir et Savoir 39 - Martin B-26 "Marauder"
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CE bombardier moyen qui apparut en 1942, aussi bien dans la R.A.F. que dans l'U.S. AIR ForCE, fut l'un des avions les plus employés durant la dernière guerre. Malgré son pilotage délicat, dû à sa charge alaire élevée, sa capacité de transport de bombes, son rayon d'action et la puissance de feu de ses défenses en firent l'appareil de bombardement tactique le plus efficient jusqu'au moment où le Mitchell B-25, revu et amélioré, le surclassa de nouveau en 1944, Mais jusqu'à la fin de la guerre, le Marauder resta un excellent destructeur d'ors rapprochés, spécialement sur le théâtre d'opérations européen. Convenablement blindé, assez rapide, le B-26 C enregistra relativement peu de pertes (environ 1 % par mission). Il avait été surnommé Baby Fortress par les équipages américains qui l'appréciaient beaucoup.
Mis en service surtout sur le front européen, cet appareil étendit ses activités jusqu'en Allemagne où ses attaques en faible altitude causèrent de nombreux ravages aux ors militaires. Le Marauder cessa d'être construit en série en 1945, la préférence ayant été donnée aux Mitchell-B-25 ; les stocks restant furent livrés aux Forces alliées, à la France entre autres où on le transforma en appareil d'étude et en tracteur de cibles pour l'entraînement au tir. Il devint le bombardier standard des Forces aériennes françaises qui l'employèrent avec efficacité jusqu'à la fin des hostilités, puis après la guerre certains d'entre eux servirent de laboratoires volants pour réacteurs. Le Marauder fut également mis en service comme avion-torpilleur, mais en nombre limité. Il emportait alors une torpille dans sa soute à bombes.
Caractéristiques : Envergure : 22,40 m. – Longueur : 17,14 m. – 2 moteurs Pratt et Whitney R-2800, 18 cylindres de 1.850 C.V. – Puissance : 3.700 C.V. – Armement : 11 mitrailleuses de 12,7 mm. + 1.800 kg. de bombes. – Vitesse maximum : 460 km/h.
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Hey Greg, I am an old Tintin fan since childhood days. Where does all this picture stuff come from and what is your idea about all these projects?
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Hi Ulf. The pictures are from a bunch of illustrations that Herge did for the "History of Aviation 1939-45". It was part of a series of educational books on locomotion (along with cars/ships/balloons) call "Voir et Savoir" (Look and Learn). You can find information on most of the "chromos" he did here - tintinpassion.net/VO..Chromos%20Liste.html
As for my idea... well, it's pretty straightforward. I'm planning to (eventually) build all 60 planes based on Herge's depiction of them. I just barely started, so adding 59 more projects seems a bit ambitious, but I wanted to keep them organized - especially since many of them have several kit options. I just think it might be fun to try to interpret his art in models instead of just attempting (and failing) the millionth time to get the most realistic Messerschmidt/Corsair/Zero. 😄
I'm also building some models from Tintin books (starting with a DHC Chipmunk from The Black Island) as well as a series based on the Area 88 manga.
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Ah, I see!
Great and unusual idea!👍
I have already seen models with the Mosquito and the scout car from "The Red Sea Sharks" and loved it.
What is your goal about these models? Just color scheme according to the pictures or giving them the comic like finish look as well?
The cherry on top would be to have each model coming with the accompanying Tintin figure on the picture. 😉
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I'm not sure if I could give them a comic-like finish look... doing it well might be above my skill level. I'll be lucky if I can get them roughly the same colour~! The Tintin figures would be AMAZING! not sure how I'd accomplish that though. I did have a thought to see if I could print them out like cardboard cutouts and put them in front of the model when I take some pictures. We'll see how well that works though.
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Well...something 3D would me more thrilling, I guess. Just look at the Greandier in the picture above: take a 1:35 figure of a similar pose and replace the head by a wooden ball with a pin nose. 😉
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That one might work... but there's 60 poses... all very different. I'd like something a BIT consistent. I 'd love some suggestions though.
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You set up a huge bunch of projects. My suggestion would be to choose the most simple one as first. Finishing that will give you enough experience and self confidence to try something more difficult. This is the way I follow with my E.B.F.D.N. projects. The first one was a Diorama with more or less simple figures which required only minor modification. Some of the projects I saved up for later require massive modifications or even complete sculpting.
I am very curious about your collection and will follow your projects closely. If I would be able to support, it would be a pleasure to me.
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That's good advice. I plan to just pick and choose my way through the project list more or less randomly. That way I don't think it will be too bad I'm not shy to ask for help (or just plain steal good ideas!), so I'll keep you updated. I'm very glad you find my idea interesting!😉
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I always like unusual approaches to the most beautiful hobby in the world.😉