French a/c group build 2012-13

Helo H-34

 

 

I love your Coast Guard Choctaw and I think Manny should marry it, but that is another story.

Vance!!! yuo're a ********** tempting man!! !! i'm triyng to stay away from too many GBs ..... 

ok ok i'm lurking for now, after i'll see will put the two smer "french kits" in a time opening safe and setting 5 months opening time to not fall in sin!!

I may have more of a personal attachment to this Group Build than i first realised .

My Father traced our family tree about ten years ago and we discovered that our ancestors arrived by ship to Austaralia in 1886 from the german occupied area of France called Alsace-Lorrane . My Great , Great Grandfather's first name was Johann , his Grandson was John , my father is John and I'm John (jnr) . Is Johann of French or German origin ???

John .

OK Vance, after checkin' out the stash, I'm going in with a Roden 1/48 Nieuport 28c1. Thanks man! This GB topic fits smack dab in the middle of my wheelhouse - should be a blast!

Helo H-34

I may have more of a personal attachment to this Group Build than i first realised .

My Father traced our family tree about ten years ago and we discovered that our ancestors arrived by ship to Austaralia in 1886 from the german occupied area of France called Alsace-Lorrane . My Great , Great Grandfather's first name was Johann , his Grandson was John , my father is John and I'm John (jnr) . Is Johann of French or German origin ???

John .

Johann is German. Jean is the French version.

Helo - yes! Bonus points awarded for use of a Heller kit. Anyone attempting a Fonderies Miniature kit will receive.... a free psychiatric evaluation?! I can honestly say I've never seen the Noratlas built.

bsyamato - what can I say, you obviously enjoy building with modelers who share great taste! Looking forward to the Smer kit, whichever you choose. I'd like to get ahold of some of the smaller European company's kits, very interesting stuff.

RuddRatt - marking you down now.

To all - will nail down the start date today, want to try to find something, well, french for the start & ends. (It's looking like a few may want to start building this summer, right??)

LOL ok i'm in

i have also another two options, the nieuport 17c from esci and the 20 years started ms-406 from smer again :)

but for now just following

A-ha!!! Dates!!!!

Thanks to taxtp, noted French Historian that he is, for pointing out that July 14th is Bastille day. Closing date is February 28, anniversary of the MD450 Ouragan's first flight.

Viva Le France!!

where's my white flag ??

Hey now, it's only white in the middle!

VanceCrozier

A-ha!!! Dates!!!!

Thanks to taxtp, noted French Historian that he is, for pointing out that July 14th is Bastille day. Closing date is February 28, anniversary of the MD450 Ouragan's first flight.

mmmh need to corrupt you about the finish date 

bsyamato

 

VanceCrozier:

 

A-ha!!! Dates!!!!

Thanks to taxtp, noted French Historian that he is, for pointing out that July 14th is Bastille day. Closing date is February 28, anniversary of the MD450 Ouragan's first flight.

 

 

mmmh need to corrupt you about the finish date 

entirely possible, but don't tell anyone!

VanceCrozier

bsyamato:

VanceCrozier:

A-ha!!! Dates!!!!

Thanks to taxtp, noted French Historian that he is, for pointing out that July 14th is Bastille day. Closing date is February 28, anniversary of the MD450 Ouragan's first flight.

mmmh need to corrupt you about the finish date 

entirely possible, but don't tell anyone!

Vance,

Pensez vous.......... le 25 Juin (1940) ?

VanceCrozier

Stik - moving from the Italian job to something with a French Connection?!?!?

oui! oui!

Still no joy searching thru my stash for a French aircraft as kits are in my garage and temps around Chicago area have been in the mid to upper 90s for a week.

Too hot for anything more than short searches.

OTOH, I did find a 1/72 Matchbox Tunnan- with decals

and

Heller 1/72 Curtis Cleveland !!!

Sprue-ce Goose

 

VanceCrozier:

 

bsyamato:

VanceCrozier:

A-ha!!! Dates!!!!

Thanks to taxtp, noted French Historian that he is, for pointing out that July 14th is Bastille day. Closing date is February 28, anniversary of the MD450 Ouragan's first flight.

mmmh need to corrupt you about the finish date 

entirely possible, but don't tell anyone!

 

 

Vance,

Pensez vous.......... le 25 Juin (1940) ?

Too late Vance someone read about :) the date sound like liberation? 

The Tunnan Sprue-ce Goose !!!! you find it for this... this GB?

bsyamato

Sprue-ce Goose:

 

VanceCrozier:

 

bsyamato:

VanceCrozier:

A-ha!!! Dates!!!!

Thanks to taxtp, noted French Historian that he is, for pointing out that July 14th is Bastille day. Closing date is February 28, anniversary of the MD450 Ouragan's first flight.

mmmh need to corrupt you about the finish date 

entirely possible, but don't tell anyone!

Vance,

Pensez vous.......... le 25 Juin (1940) ?

Too late Vance someone read about :) the date sound like liberation? 

The Tunnan Sprue-ce Goose !!!! you find it for this... this GB?

Still looking for that Testors SPAD 13 kit; know I have it 'kuzz I saw it inside a non-Testors box during a 1/48 armor kit search a few months ago - before this heat wave hit. 

June 25, 1940 was the date the French armistice (surrender to Manny's armies  )went into effect .

I heard that part of the war reparations the French had to pay included a lifetime supply of cigarette lighters for Manny..... 

Vance:
I'm in.

Found the kit. Not AEF but post war.

Considering the squadron insignia, now I want a Lindberg Curtis P6E Hawk......

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BTW....note the BIG FRENCH GROUPIE related Popular Tags now associated with this thread.

Goose - Curtiss Cleveland?!?! Now that is an odd looking machine! Heller was great for kitting stuff like that.  Are you throwing June 25 as a start because you are so anxious, or as a finish because you are so overloaded?!?! lol

Ahhh - success!!! Adding your SPAD now, you BIG FRENCH GROUPIE, you....

VanceCrozier

Goose - Curtiss Cleveland?!?! Now that is an odd looking machine! Heller was great for kitting stuff like that.  Are you throwing June 25 as a start because you are so anxious, or as a finish because you are so overloaded?!?! lol

Ahhh - success!!! Adding your SPAD now, you BIG FRENCH GROUPIE, you....

Merci beaucoup ..!

Heller did, indeed, produce interesting stuff !

Bastille Day OK as a start.

Whimsically suggesting June 25th next as a finish because I'm overloaded.........lol.........

Dates still up to you, Oh benevolent Group Build Dictator.

You keep tempting me with interesting BIG GROUPIE Builds...........

Well try to shoot for the February date if you can, we'll see where you are when we get that close. Rumour is that the Benevolent Group Build Dictator can sometimes be swayed by certain tributes!

I chose the Testors SPAD because:
1- I have it

2- It is a simple kit.

Tribute?

Maybe a cigarette lighter autographed by Manny?

Will aim for the February completion date 

after eyeballing the stash.. I found 2 more French planes.. , a SPAD, and a Caudron racer..

Seems to be a few SPADs already, would love to see that Caudron - got a pic??

p38jl

after eyeballing the stash.. I found 2 more French planes.. , a SPAD, and a Caudron racer..

Caudron racer?

By any chance, the Williams Brother's kit.

Like to see that one, though I also recall a 1/72 Heller? kit from visits via my Wayback Machine

Sprue-ce Goose

 

p38jl:

 

after eyeballing the stash.. I found 2 more French planes.. , a SPAD, and a Caudron racer..

 

 

Caudron racer?

By any chance, the Williams Brother's kit.

Like to see that one, though I also recall a 1/72 Heller? kit from visits via my Wayback Machine

Hmmm, I only see military versions in my quick-search of the Heller kit. "Caudron Racer" turns up the Williams Brothers kit....

VanceCrozier

Well try to shoot for the February date if you can, we'll see where you are when we get that close. Rumour is that the Benevolent Group Build Dictator can sometimes be swayed by certain tributes!

uh.. mh.. i can't distract euros for now then for febraury i can put the little nieuport :D

heres the baby

if some miracle will come i'll put one between the leo-451 or the breguet 693 from smer :)

scale 72 as ever 

Is everybody looking for a later finish date than February? If you're all in the same boat for timelines I can push it along a little bit. I just didn't want to extend it out too long & have it too drawn out for a small group.

VanceCrozier

Sprue-ce Goose:

 

p38jl:

 

after eyeballing the stash.. I found 2 more French planes.. , a SPAD, and a Caudron racer..

 

 

Caudron racer?

By any chance, the Williams Brother's kit.

Like to see that one, though I also recall a 1/72 Heller? kit from visits via my Wayback Machine

 

Hmmm, I only see military versions in my quick-search of the Heller kit. "Caudron Racer" turns up the Williams Brothers kit....

p38jl

 

VanceCrozier:

 

 

Sprue-ce Goose:

p38jl:

after eyeballing the stash.. I found 2 more French planes.. , a SPAD, and a Caudron racer..

Caudron racer?

By any chance, the Williams Brother's kit.

Like to see that one, though I also recall a 1/72 Heller? kit from visits via my Wayback Machine

 

 

Hmmm, I only see military versions in my quick-search of the Heller kit. "Caudron Racer" turns up the Williams Brothers kit....

 

  yup ! thats the one I got.. !

 

COOL! 

and a review on the LargescalePlanes website:

Williams Brothers Caudron

http://largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=983