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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #15 on: May 18, 2009, 06:47:58 AM »
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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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #16 on: May 20, 2009, 04:50:03 PM »
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".

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Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1


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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #17 on: May 31, 2009, 03:16:03 PM »
Official chart!!! Please tell us more :)

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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #18 on: June 02, 2009, 06:27:57 PM »
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

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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #19 on: June 02, 2009, 06:32:08 PM »
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/IMG.jpg
Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1


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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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #20 on: June 02, 2009, 06:42:38 PM »
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...

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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #21 on: June 29, 2009, 06:27:21 PM »
This one bellong to Vichy... not cosmetics, but formation  ;)

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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #22 on: September 01, 2010, 04:48:04 PM »
Morane Saulnier M.S. 406C1 from GC 1/7, flown by Lt. Bardin, Sidi Ahmed, Tunis, 1939

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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #23 on: September 01, 2010, 05:15:15 PM »
Beautifull sample

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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #24 on: September 01, 2010, 05:19:15 PM »
Hi mate,  :-salut :-salut

I prefer this one... I don't like Vichy's planes because of their red and yelloy pyjamas...

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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #25 on: September 01, 2010, 06:39:05 PM »
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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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #26 on: September 01, 2010, 07:04:03 PM »
Hi mate,

Top scorer with the MS 406 ? A great question ! I no no one at all...   :-red

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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #27 on: September 02, 2010, 07:29:20 PM »
Morane Saulnier M.S. 406C1 from Finland's 1/LeLv 28, winter 1943, pilot Kersanti (sergeant) Vihinen

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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #28 on: September 02, 2010, 09:27:19 PM »
Some suggestions from my side!
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Re: Morane Saulnier MS.406 C1
« Reply #29 on: September 02, 2010, 09:42:53 PM »
Excellent Nico- I will go with Turkey ;)