I came across Roelant while posting to Facebook I hope he will join us.
Lou
Couple of my favourites here.
Hope he joins us.
Cheers
Gordon
I also hope he does. His Westland Pterodactyl stumped me for a while. I am still researching his float biplane.
Lou
thanks, I just joined! ;D
Hello and welcome Roland! You certainly have a great assortment of unusual models. I don't think I could name one of them :) and I look forward to seeing more of your models. There is certainly no shortage of information on solid models on this website. I hope that you enjoy visiting here and please share your craft for all to see!
Regards
Fraser
Here are some ships made by Roeland.
Lou
That is SOME collection of ships!
I think Roelant's first aeroplane is a Loening OA-1A.
Great looking fleet for sure! Would like to see some highlights of the collection a bit closer.
Fraser
Another French design from Roeland. It is a Dewoitine 371 in 1/72.
Lou
Well done model at 1:72. Small open cockpit aircraft at that scale are a real challenge
Thanks,
Fraser
Roeland's 1/72 Loire 46. The Bell Airacuda is on his bench.
Lou
Excellent work so far. I often look at the early French designs.
Cheers
Gordon
The Airacuda is finished. Great build Roeland.
Lou
Certainly was an innovative design. Provide each crewmen their own fuselage! I think the spinning props behind the gunners would have given added incentive to be accurate with their aim ;). thanks for the colourful model of this aircraft. Well done.
Fraser
Here is a nice 1/48 scale Renard 36 from Roeland.
The Renard R.36 was a Belgian all-metal fighter aircraft designed by Alfred Renard to replace the Fairey Firefly IIM within the Belgian Air Force. Designed to improve on the Renard Epervier, which was never adopted by the Belgian government, the prototype R.36 first flew on 5 November 1937. Following testing the R.36 was selected by the Belgian Air Force in late 1938, with 40 aircraft provisionally ordered, to be delivered in two years.
However, on 17 January 1939 the prototype, OO-ARW, crashed near Nivelles, killing pilot Lt. Viscount Eric de Spoelberch. The official investigation was inconclusive, no evidence of material failure being discovered, with the most probable causes being radio equipment coming loose during a high-G maneuvers, jamming the controls, or the pilot becoming incapacitated. The airframe had accumulated 75:30 hours' flight time. The order was then dropped in flavor of license production of the Hawker Hurricane by SABCA
Interesting to see the Renard and its successor the Hurricane . Of note for me, Renard (i think it is the same Belgian) designed the engine for the Orta I just finished.
Fraser
Good looking models Roelant.
I've tried for a long time to get good drawings of the Fairey IIM and various Renards from the R31 up.
Keep up the good work.
Cheers
Gordon
Roeland has made what he and I consider to be his best effort to date. Although unknown to me, the French Breguet 19 was widely used in the 1920s and is reported to have served in some capacity until 1945. The following countries flew the Breguet 19:
Argentina - 25
Belgium - 152
Bolivia - 10
Brazil - 5
Republic of China - 70 were ordered but not delivered Mongolia acquired 1
Independent State of Croatia - 46
France - In total, more than 2,000 Breguet 19s were manufactured in France
Greece - 30
Japan - 2. Nakajima acquired a production license and offered a float-equipped version
Iran 2
Poland - 250
Romania - 163
Soviet Union- 1
Spain Kingdom of Spain & Spain Spanish Republic - 19 imported, 203 produced by CASA, 20 purchased from Poland
Turkey - 70
United Kingdom - 1
Uruguay - ?
Venezuela - 12
Kingdom of Yugoslavia - 100, further 300 built under license
Yugoslavia - 3
Well done Roeland.
Gordon
Roeland has produced what he feels is his best to date and I agree. The Fairey Long Range Monoplane is his latest contribution.
Lou
Excellent result Roeland.
Gordon
The Brequet has a nice look to it with the big v engine and laminated prop. The long winged Fairy shows that the U2 spy plane shared some of the same ideas for high flight. Great looking model.
Thanks
Fraser