LetLetLet ~ Warplanes
Let Let Let - Warplanes => Warplane Art => Topic started by: No.1 on April 27, 2009, 11:40:27 PM
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I start this project some twenty minutes ago... now I am go to sleep and see later on this art :))
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More work this morning and to regret one problem- I have no clear close up image to see what is this panel? How its look like? Some panels are facing and some are overlapping...
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Morane fuselage was of welded steel tube. Rear fuselage was covered with fabric. Front fuselage with welded aluminium panels that fitted on the tubular frame. The Frence named this 'contreplaque aluminium'! Anyway, they could be easily removed from the plane! Fokker D-XXIII used the same. but here rear part was monocoque light-alloy construction!
Just before the war before the all-monocoque construction became routine, this 'contreplaque' technique was widely used.
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Yes, its true. Bitter problem was weight penalty.
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Little progress... :-wave
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This coming in very advanced stage :))
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Looks great mate
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Thank you :-wave Now I have final layout of this plane port side and I hope that we will have today first profile. What is interesting is that this type have variation of national markings so this roundel is used on profile is just one of variation. Note detail of pattern used on tail skid cover.
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Well- I have find more details and here you are improved layout. If I find time maybe today I will make very first profile :-ok
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First sample... finally :-razz
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very nice set of color profile No.1 :-clap :-wave
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This MS 406 (Morane Saulnier Nbr: 1019 ; S/N french Army:L-609) is the general Pinsard's personal plane.
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Again anither great set of profiles!! :-obey
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Beautiful work, very impressive.
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Interesting and unusual camo on the last one! :-eek
Your work is definitely impressive, as always :-ok
Now just have to find time to build old Hellers' No.252, on top of the pile...
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Hi mate, :-salut
Very beautiful artwork ! Bravo. :-clap :-clap :-clap :-ok
The blue of the French cocardes is a little too violet.
Here are the official colours for the Armée de l'air, as made by the manufacturer "Pyrolac".
(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/th_IMG.jpg) (http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/?action=view¤t=IMG.jpg)
Cheers,
Jicehem :-wave :-wave
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Official chart!!! Please tell us more :)
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As the Frenchmen say, Etonnant!!! :-obey
Now you're only lacking some Turkish, Finnish, Croatian, British, German, Swiss and Vichy subjects... :-jump :-jump :-jump :-green
Great Work!
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Hi mate, :-salut
Very beautiful artwork ! Bravo. :-clap :-clap :-clap :-ok
The blue of the French cocardes is a little too violet.
Here are the official colours for the Armée de l'air, as made by the manufacturer "Pyrolac".
(http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/th_IMG.jpg) (http://s81.photobucket.com/albums/j215/jicehem/?action=view¤t=IMG.jpg)
Cheers,
Jicehem :-wave :-wave
Hi Jicehem,
What an excelente reference chip, very well preserved indeed!
I remember reading a very interesting article on one of the Avions magazines, related to camouflge in the Armee de l'Air, years ago and they mentioned that mixing colours almost in a free-will basis when painting the aircrafts was, if not the order of the day, a very widely accepted and often sugested policy. Can you confirm something on that?
Best regards,
Javier
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Hi Javier, :-salut , hi all, :-salut
Yes that has been said many times...
When painters had not the original color they had to match it by mixing basic colors. I think that was only for repaired planes because, in general, the planes were painted by the manufacturer, or during the pre-war period (i. e. 1938 to 1939) for the planes which were unpainted and already in units.
But, every thing could have been possible because the French industry seems to have been totally desorganized at the beginning of the war... But I know of no rememberence telling they received unpainted new planes...
Cheers,
jicehem :-wave :-wave
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This one bellong to Vichy... not cosmetics, but formation ;)
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Morane Saulnier M.S. 406C1 from GC 1/7, flown by Lt. Bardin, Sidi Ahmed, Tunis, 1939
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Beautifull sample
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Hi mate, :-salut :-salut
I prefer this one... I don't like Vichy's planes because of their red and yelloy pyjamas...
Cheers,
Jicehem :-wave :-wave :-wave
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Thank you for comments :-ok JIcehem- how about to make few profiles of the French top scorers on this type? Do you have any idea or suggestion? In attach is file I forget to add in my previous post.
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Hi mate,
Top scorer with the MS 406 ? A great question ! I no no one at all... :-red
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Morane Saulnier M.S. 406C1 from Finland's 1/LeLv 28, winter 1943, pilot Kersanti (sergeant) Vihinen
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Some suggestions from my side!
Page is prom Profile publications no.147
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Excellent Nico- I will go with Turkey ;)
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And don't forget Switzerland! In Switzerland J-276 was restored into flying condition some time ago.
Swis fighter pilots even got their solo training on the MS-406 after WW,II until the Vampire became available!
See attached photo!!
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I will include it for sure ;)
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Hi mate,
Swiss-made MS 406 were different and were Pilatus D-3801 planes...
Cheers,
Jicehem
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Sorry, but Pilatus had nothing to do with MS406.
They were licence built by Doflug (Swiss Dornier).
Type was developed further into D-3802 with Me-109 type canopy and D-3803 with Mustang type bubble canopy.
D-3803 was built as single prototype only. Both D-3802 and D-3803 had new all metal monocoque fuselage instead of welded steel tube fuselage coverd with fabric at rearside and 'Contreplaque Aluminium' panels at front fuselage side.
D-3802 was built in small numbers only, but served with Swiss AF until late fifties. Also single D-3803 was used operationally alongside D-3802's
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Morane Saulnier M.S. 406C1 from French GC 1/4, 1940
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Very nice.
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Thank you :)) The next is Morane Saulnier M.S. 406C1, MS-314, from Finland's 2/LeLv 28, fown by Lt. P. Massinen, Elokuu, 1941
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Thank you :)) The next is Morane Saulnier M.S. 406C1, MS-314, from Finland's 2/LeLv 28, fown by Lt. P. Massinen, Elokuu, 1941
Great profile! Well done, Nro.1!
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Thank you mate :-ok
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Morane Saulnier M.S. 406C1, MS- 325 from Finland's 3/LeLv 28, pilot Tomminen, 1941, Naarajarvi
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Beautiful my friend... :-clap :-clap :-tri :-tri
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Very nice :-clap
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Thank you mate :)) The next is Morane Saulnier M.S. 406C1, no. 871 with very interesting camouflage. Not much of info is available about this aircraft.
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Where is the end of this subject? :-razz :-razz
Joke,of course... :-obey :-obey
Veri nice! :-clap :-clap :-clap :-tri :-tri :-tri
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Still far from end... few more profiles and one action art :))
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Morane Saulnier M.S. 406C1, no. 949 from GC 1/2, flown by Lt. Brzezinski, July 1940, Nimes, France
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Very interesting camouflages :-ok :-clap :-clap :-clap :-wave
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Thank you :-ok
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Go on mate... :-ok
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Fighter from the Swiss :))
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Beautiful profiles of a ugly, yet nice plane... :-love
Now you reminded me that there's one Heller's in my stash... Time is to start again work on french cammo - M.S.406, M.B.152 and C.R.714 :-wch
But first to clear current works :-/ :-roll
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It's really time to go on!
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I'm going, I'm going... where to, I can't say... :-roll
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Thank you :-ok
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Action art started...
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Nice,nice... :-ok
I hardly wait for the continuation of works.. :-flo
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I get some amazing info last few days so I decide to change whole layout. In few days you will realize why ;)
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Progress up :-danger
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Update...
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Development complete! Next to come is the first finished art.
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Work on MS. 406 profiles and art are complete in this turn. This art shown aircraft flown by Robert Williame, who has shot down three Bf109 in only fifteen second, in air combat held at 8. Jun 1940.
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Outstanding, and very interesting choice of the particular aircraft :-clap :-clap :-clap :-clap
Well done :-ok
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Thank you :-ok I hope that I will make plastic kit of this plane one day ;)
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There are some - old Heller and Hase in 1/72, AZmodels (= Classic Airframes) in 1/48...
BTW, beautifully done art :-clap
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And also Hasegawa in 1/72 :)) Thank you for comments ;)
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Very good! :-salut
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Thank you :-flo
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Yea...Looks great ! :-tri :-tri :-tri :-tri :-love :-love :-love :-jump :-jump :-jump :-ok :-ok :-ok :-salut :-salut :-salut
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Great stuff! I particularly like the position the aircraft is in, you don't see drawings like this often!
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Thank you ;)
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Completed for publication :-tri :-tri
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Nice article! :-clap :-clap :-clap
I really like! :-love :-love
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This is part of my regular monthly feature :))
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You're always at work ! :)) :)) :-flo
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Arbeit Macht Frei :-tri
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A little reminder of this type, with interesting Swiss markings.
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I like this sample! ;)
And good job,as always! :-obey
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Well done!! :-salut
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Thank you friends ;)
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very nice No.1 :-clap :-wave
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Thank you ;)
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Swiss markings are interresting...
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Yes, with this witch on tail :) Maybe his wife?
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:-green :-green :-green :-wch
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Outstanding job.I love the 3d drawing article.
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Thank you friends :))