French a/c group build 2012-13

Vance,

Almost ready for weathering, I have to put a small antenna on the the spine right behind the white rectangular antenna on the spine.  I do finally have a bang seat for it so I'm sure that will take me a while to paint up correctly.

John

Finished!! good sunny day and few wind allow a nice photosession

More pictures here

Hope you enjoy it  at the next!

NICE!!!!  It also looks much warmer there!   Today it is -16C, -30C including the windchill :(

Thanx Vance :D 

Here not under zero but not so warmer.. at least not for here 

Still thinking about adding another kit to this build if I have time...

Still plenty of time Vance .

Although , I'm struggling with my scratch-built engine on the H-34 . I think I might abandon the engine idea and grab a couple of spare nose sections , cut out the vents for the PE grills and go with that . The trouble is I want to build a lot of other aircraft for the French Algerian war and I get really frustrated when things start going slow . Yesterday I started four French H-21 Flying Banana's ....

Obvisiously not french built helicopters but part of my French Wings over Algeria builds .

Hopfully more progress on the H-34's in the next couple of days

VanceCrozier

Still thinking about adding another kit to this build if I have time...

A breguet 693?

lol, it will depend on how much time I have left!! Would like to tackle the Breguet or one of the Potez 63 series that I have.

Just after Christmas I bought an Eduard Bf-110 in 1/72 - it would be interesting to see this side-by-side with one of the French "twins".

mmh..

Then could be i put the breguet instead the LeO,  It's smaller and simpler respect the LeO and actually i'm really busy on the workbench and at work :(

Waiting for the 110 sprues :)

bsyamato

mmh..

Then could be i put the breguet instead the LeO,  It's smaller and simpler respect the LeO and actually i'm really busy on the workbench and at work :(

Waiting for the 110 sprues :)

The 110 sprues - I haven't taken any photos yet but I've looked them all over. Beautiful work by Eduard but I have to get my bench cleared of current projects before starting anything new.

There are already some reviews out there though that include sprue photos on Aeroscale and Hyperscale.

Wow excellent spurues'n'details :)

My choice in future for a 110 in 1/72 

Well.. I finally crack sprue on this build..

pics soon...

heres mine (old pictures)

Edit

just to show it, the Leo 451 but i'll go to build the above Breguet 693 from smer too (and ex heller too!!)

p38jl!!! I was just about to release the agents on you!

bsyamato - yes, the Eduard Bf-110 kit looks to be the new king in that scale. Of course they sell upgrades for it as well, but I really don't think those are needed at all.

That Breguet is actually an attractive shape, very similar to the Beaufighter. May need to move mine closer to the top of the "build soon" pile.

its the Heller. 1/48 F4U-7 Corsair, in the markings from the Suez conflict..

the Corsair is the blue plastic..

the sprue shot..

Nice the corsair sprues..aaargh!! the BV-138!!! i miss it recently ..sold out 

Vance when i get the eduard 110 i'll try with the weekend edition withouth these PE parts .. 

It is a beautiful bunch of plastic, even without the PE - you'll be impressed. I find that the kit plastic parts are often good enough to start with - but I will certainly appreciate the canopy mask!

I picked up this kit a couple of weeks ago off ebay and it arrived yesterday . Am I correct in thinking that France were manufacturing these after WWII .

I found a build review over at modelling Madness

http://modelingmadness.com/scott/axis/luft/storch.htm

Looks like a fun but slightly fiddly build

John .

ok,, I'll be adding some updated pics from the F4u-7 in a bit..

did some scratch work on the engine... wiring.. fiddley bits..

I like copper wires in engines 

Nice kit you get John, i will try the academy one (with kubelwagen) when i'll put a storch on my collection 

Excellent detail work on the engine p38jl , I'm looking forward to seeing your 1/48 F4U-7 Corsair come together .

Bsyamato , somehow I missed your finished pic's of the Nieuport 17 . I just looked now and congrats' on a great build

As for me , I've been all over the place with my Italeri H-34 builds and a mini disaster happened this morning when I knocked over the box with both builds and PE onto the floor , scattering everything everywhere ....

I crawlled around on the floor for a while trying to find most of the PE , some of it's still missing along with a nose clamshell door half . I don't know why I can't find the door , it's quite a big piece ???

Anyway , I need to make a fresh start , so I'm going back to my original idea and use two Hobby Boss H-34A kits

I'll still cut out the engine screens and use the PE  along with the PE cabin roof piece  and just a few PE pieces for the cockpit

I'll just add window and door guns like in this next pic

I have these to use

The other H-34A I'll build as in next pic from Squadrons H-34 book

There's a colour pic of the same medevac H-34 in Len Lundh's Sikorsky H-34 book ...

Hannants in the UK have some French letters and numbers decal sheets and I ordered a set this morning to match whats on the medevac bird .

I found some stretches to use

So I'll go with all this . Oh I forgot to mention I'll also use some spare main rotors from the Italeri H-34 kit .

I'll aim for some WIP pic's tomorrow on these two builds .

John

Helo - re:  the Storch… (stolen from Wikipedia)

… In 1942, production started in the Morane-Saulnier factory at Puteaux in France….

Immediately after the liberation of France in 1944, the production of Storch at the Morane-Saulnier factory was continued at the request of the Armée de l'Air and designated MS 500 for the batch of aircraft produced with the remaining stock of Argus engines. Further modification and use of different engines (inline and radial) are known under different type. The use of the aircraft in Indochina highlighted the weakness of the wood in the construction of the airframe; it was then decided to build the wings in metal. Among the modifications, the defensive weapon aiming through the back window was dropped, although some aircraft have then been modified on the field to take a machine gun MAC 34T firing through one of the side windows. 141 aircraft were built before the end of World War II and a total of 925 aircraft were built before the end of the production of all type of Criquet by Morane-Saulnier in 1965.

P38 - the plastic is trés french-bleu!! Looking good!

Hi all my Mirage has been fighting me all the way, but hopefully it will be done soon.

Here it is with kit decals except for the castles and a few stencling.

Last toutchups still to be mada and a few bits added.

Alclad 2 pollished alluminium over gloss tamiya black enamel .I did not put any gloss clear over the alclad for decals, they seem to have gone on well with no silvering sofar.

Theuns

Theuns, it may have been a tad uncooperative, but she's looking great now. Beautiful job with the Alclad!!

 Vance, let's just say I beat it into submition!

Here it is completed in SAAF 1963 2 sqn tail # 800

I think this concludes my French birds build for now, thanx

Theuns

She's a beauty Theuns!!!

Thanx mate. I am working on this side to see if I can track down the SAAF pilot who took delivery of thes particular plane, I already have a guy who has a few hours on # 800.

Theuns

Awesome build on your SAAF Mirage , Theuns   

As for me , if there were prizes for the number of times a modeller can change their minds about the same build repeatedly , I think I would win hands down .

I've finally have sorted out my Sud Est H-34 builds ; this next pic may appear to show not that much progress but I have been busy with a lot of preliminary painting and things are ready to glue into place

There is three H-34A builds using the Italeri kit , one will be a weathered overall blue helo using the kit decals , the other two are as I mentioned earlier as a Medevac and armed H-34A .

I made some cabin roof pieces from plastic card and cut some resin block and strip for rotor drive shaft cover pieces

I'll start glueing the interior pieces in place tonight and then the fuselage halves the next morning . Hopfully I will start to make good progress from here on .

As a nice surprise I was given this kit today as a gift

I kept looking at this kit everytime I was on Hannants web site and even had it in the shopping cart a few times only to delete it at the check out . So it was quite excited when I unwrapped the parcel to see what was inside ...

Hopfully more WIP pic's on the H-34's shortly

Progress on the choppers!! ;) That Trident, looks like it could claim the "missile with a man in it" title from the F-104. Very cool machine.