Bloch MB-210 in 1/100 Gerry1966 & Péricles Papermodel Studio

[Gerry1966]

No, unfortunately, that's not it. Bulgaria got an older licensed Avia MB-200 from Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovak Air Force never had MB-210s in its armament (only a small number of Czechoslovak pilots flew MB-210s in the Battle of France with GB I/23 and GB II/23).
The MB-210s given to Bulgaria were given to them by the Germans - they were spoils from occupied France.

[Siwi]

That alpha of the top turret really looks like R2-D2...

[Butelczynski]

Originally Posted by Gerry1966

No, unfortunately, that's not it. Bulgaria got an older licensed Avia MB-200 from Czechoslovakia. The Czechoslovak Air Force never had MB-210s in its armament (only a small number of Czechoslovak pilots flew MB-210s in the Battle of France with GB I/23 and GB II/23).
The MB-210s given to Bulgaria were given to them by the Germans - they were spoils from occupied France.

Thanks. I didn't know that. I know that polish pilots flew MB bombers as trainers until equipment with LeO bombers (those never came).

[tigertony100]

Waiting eagerly for final product!!! This really is a Joint Venture!! Personally, I am also designing but I am venturing to use sketchup.

[Gerry1966]

Originally Posted by Butelczynski

Thanks. I didn't know that. I know that polish pilots flew MB bombers as trainers until equipment with LeO bombers (those never came).

The Czechoslovakians were a little more fortunate in this matter. At least at GB I/23 they still got LeO-451 and managed to fly them in several combat missions - for example Vilém Bufka recalls this in his famous book.

[scissorsandplanes]

nice looking design of a "not so nice looking" airplane.
I'll watch the build with curiosity.

[gomidefilho]

Thank you my friends for all the messages and the encouragement. It is worth mentioning that I am a "sorcerer's apprentice" in modeling and I am very grateful to the masters Bruno, Leo de la Rosa (Artvars), Aaron Murphy, Roman, for the direct and indirect lessons and learning.

On the Bloch 210 it is a parallel development of the Bloch MB-200 and from it derives the passenger plane MB-220 which has the same wings and engines.

This is the first joint project done with Gerry1966 as I mentioned before who will do the versions.

About the plane used by Bulgaria and Germany there is really not much information available, in my physical bibliography, which are basically Avions and Fana d'l' Aviation magazines there are mentions but no photographs or drawings, so I think the use is conjectural. If anyone has more information, send it to me or Gerry1966 via private.

I'm suspicious to speak, because after all I designed the main parts of the model, but the idea is to follow the spirit of Bruno's designs and make the construction as pleasant as possible, we have the use of formers in this model to adjust the fuselage.

The beta will be finished this week, then we will have the construction according to Gerry's schedule for the final versions.

[gomidefilho]

With a little delay, here's the finished beta 1 build of the MB-210. All the main parts and pieces that we considered complicated are functional, turning the model into a moderate difficulty challenge. Soon we will present the versions that are being planned by Gerry1966 in this same thread.

[Rata]

Excellent job fellas.

[Butelczynski]

I like it. It's a good looking model.