One model per (non-working) day

[chicharrero]

I have found a pretty illustration of Bruno's Hellenic MB 151.
Unfortunately I haven't registered the source of the image.

[scissorsandplanes]

Originally Posted by chicharrero

I have found a pretty illustration of Bruno's Hellenic MB 151.
Unfortunately I haven't registered the source of the image.

I found this as well together with others. depending on the source there are black stripes on the lower side of the wings or not. Some sources even show no roundels on the wings. So my choice may be incorrect ... or not.
B

[scissorsandplanes]

Oh, and before I forget, some more models...
this time also from the MB.152 with revised cowling and radiators

[scissorsandplanes]

And another variation on the same theme (before I call it a day... or weekend)
the MB.155

Now just find the time and energy to convert them into PDF (and hope the test builds turn out ok)

[chicharrero]

I found this image of Bruno's nº364 Bloch 151

BruNo 3188 is MB.151 No. 12, Serial N364, based at the (Center of Fighter Instruction) Centre d'Instruction de la Chasse at Chartres in the summer of 1940. (Thanks Don)

Source: Vincent Bourguignon War Drawings Military artwork. 2017

[Stormeagle]

Originally Posted by chicharrero

I have found a pretty illustration of Bruno's Hellenic MB 151.
Unfortunately I haven't registered the source of the image.

This is from a greek facebook page for the Hellenic Aiforce History.
It is a colored copy of an actual BW picture that was found in Italy.

[Stormeagle]

Originally Posted by scissorsandplanes

I found this as well together with others. depending on the source there are black stripes on the lower side of the wings or not. Some sources even show no roundels on the wings. So my choice may be incorrect ... or not.
B

Hello Bruno.
it was a common practice for Hellenic Fighters during the Ipirus campaign to paint the roundels only at the bottom of the wings, not the top. Same thing is true in mostof our planes: PZL24G, Battles, Hencel 126. Same thing with Blochs. And I also have records for the black lines as in the colored copy.

[chicharrero]

Big thanks Stormeagle for the clarifications

[Pablito]

Could anyone of you make B747-400 in painting Thai in 1: 300, I fell in love with painting, on B747 it looks beautiful

[Don Boose]

While I was working on the latest French models, my computer went unstable and my entire file of MB15-series research was corrupted with no back up. The following sketchy info is from my hand-written notes.

BruNo 3190 appears to be MB.151 No. 57, based with the CEP, which may mean Commission d'Etudes Pratiques d'Aéronautique (Commission for the Practical Study of Aviation) at Frejus/Saint Rafael airfield and operating in defense of the airfield. I am not too sure about this, because the airfield was occupied by the Italians at the time of the Armistice, and I do not know how Vichy aircraft would have been stationed there.

Sources:

RS Model Decal Sheet available at http://rsmodels.cz/en/produkt/default/bloch-mb-151?katnum=92162&do=setLang

“Fréjus Saint-Raphaël,” Abandoned Forgotten & Little Known Airfields in Europe, available at https://forgottenairfields.com/airfield-freejus-1170.html

BruNo 3191 appears to be MB.152 No. 3, Serial 658 (maybe), assigned to the La Patrouille de Défense de Chateauroux-La Martinerie (Chateauroux-La Martinerie Defense Patrol), a training composed of Polish pilots responsible for protecting the Bloch assembly plants installed in Chateauroux in the summer of 1940.</SPAN>

Sources:

“La Patrouille de Défense de Chateauroux-La Martinerie,” France 1940</SPAN> available athttps://www.passionair1940.fr/Armee%20de%20l%27Air/Escadrilles/Patrouille-defense/Chateauroux-la-martinerie/EN-Chateauroux-La-Martinerie.htm

Vincent Bourguignon painting available at http://www.wardrawings.be/WW2/Files/2-Airplanes/Allies/4-France/01-Fighters/Bloch-MB150/Bloch-MB152%28C-1%29.htm

BruNo 3192 appears to be MB.152 No. 18, Serial 632(Maybe), of the 4th Escadrille of GC I/6 based at Marseille – Marignane in 1942.</SPAN>

Sources:

Groupe de Chasse GC I/6, Armeé de L’Aire Française 1939-1940, available at https://www.passionair1940.fr/Armee%20de%20l%27Air/Escadrilles/Esc-Chasse/GC-1-6/GC_I-6.htm

RS Decal Sheet available at http://rsmodels.cz/en/modely-letadel/plastikove-modely/1-72/92163/bloch-mb-152-vichy

BruNo 3193: No info yet.

Don