"Very nice sandy beach ... but the sea is really far !". French Aeronavale (Navy) Potez 25 TOE. 1934 "Pink Cruise"

[Martinnfb]

All considered, this is highly impressive build, full of mad skills and great research. Bravo!

 

[HubertB]

18 hours ago, CANicoll said:

By the way, I actually think that is a pretty cool effect the accidental spilling of the MRP paint on the cowling.  Hmmm.. Have to remember that!

I mopped (but did not wipe) the excess paint from the spill with a paper handkerchief. Wiping the paint woudl have resulted in the base color being removed as well.

Then, when dry, I rubbed the areas of the spill with a fiberglass pen, before respraying the damaged araes with aluminium. There are some areas which have kept a very slight grain effect under the aluminium paint, but it adds texture and interest to the aluminium IMHO.

Hubert

 

[HubertB]

Thank you all for following along my trans-saharian trip into madness.

I thought I'd add some shots of the last details before closing the build ...

The windmill generator and mudguard have been added on each side ...

The pushrods fro the ailerons were added from 0.2 mm nickel-silver rod. The "park-bench" aileron compensators were a PITA to install, but submitted to persistant swearing and gluing 🤣

@DocRob, yes the French Navy Potez overflying the Sahara were taking a spare wheel. I thought the feature pretty irresistible. But installing the spare wheel as per original, using EZ Line was even more a PITA than the "park-bench" aileron compensators. This bloody thing has a way of snaking around that can be pretty irritating, especially when you are trying to tie it in the middle of the rigging ...

By the way, I had repainted the wheel-centers from dark blue grey to silver, as the pics seemed to indicate this was the color, rather than the DBG shown on some profiles.

I also added the fuel line, connecting the main tank, the supplementary tank and going into the fuselage to the engine.

That's about it ...

So is it finished yet ?

The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind ...

 

See you in RFI

Hubert

[CANicoll]

Beautiful work! Thanks for the journey, great following along. Looking forward to the RFI pics.

[BlrwestSiR]

Lovely build with an amazing attention to detail.