TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 On 04/09/2017 at 13:12, Colin1967 said: Good afternoon Patrice, No problem at all, and I would like to see your completed kit in French colors on here as I would be interested to see how the camouflage turns out for you - The part that scares me as I am no good at producing camouflage with a brush. Is the old Heller kit of the Curtiss Hawk 75 a good kit to have in the stash as well ? Best regards Colin. Good evening Colin Of courseI will post my build here I plan to build a french Hawk 75 as soon as I receive one and will check my books as I am a little bit surprised by the color indications of the french boxing that says to use Hu 29 Dark Earth when it should be Chocolate https://recherche.aol.fr/aol/image?q=Curtiss+H+75+&s_it=img-ans&imgId=8C7D0388C4D97E8A85965B301123F46371FD737D&v_t=aolfr-webmail2.. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 (edited) Another boxing - ref. AZ7569 - Curtiss Hawk H-75C1 "French Aces" Sources: https://www.azmodel.cz/index.php/produkt/curtiss-hawk-h75c/ https://www.aviationmegastore.com/curtiss-hawk-75a-2-french-aces-az7569-az-models-8592017az07569-aircraft-scale-modelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=148453 V.P. Edited September 6, 2017 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 7 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: I plan to build a french Hawk 75 as soon as I receive one and will check my books as I am a little bit surprised by the color indications of the french boxing that says to use Hu 29 Dark Earth when it should be Chocolate Patrice Agreed. And me too. Humbrol 98 is a 'chocolate' brown that would appear to be closer. There are some decent period colour images in Lionel Persyn's book(s), the original huge LeLa Presse volume and the Mushroom title. I don't know if this has come up before but the 'C1' is not a variant, it indicates 'C' for 'chasseur' or fighter 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Good morning FalkeEins Yes Hu 98 is the one I would use for a French H75 .. Best regards Patrice 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 I have no connection with them, but I could recommend the LifeColor French colours for the French Hawks. AFAIK they haven't released them as a boxed set yet, but it's a great set, I have all of them. Good for brush painting and that can be useful with these camouflage schemes. Theres a very quick look at them with their names here: http://sixtwentyeight.blogspot.com.au/2016/05/french-armee-de-lair-colors-lifecolor.html?m=1 I hope that AZ release the set with the Norwegian aircraft in soon. These kits look very good. I started a kitbash of Heller/Smer with some Airfix Tomahawk bits etc last year (not from the cockpit forwards of course ). That one may go somewhere very dark and quiet now. Best regards TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 Hi Tony Thank you for the info but I prefer to continue working with Humbrol .. Now the questiion is when will these kits be released because I canno't wait any longer .. and where can I buy a few boxes ? Brave man trying to kit bash Heller/Smer with some Airfix Tomahawk bits I hope the new H 75 kit will be easier to build .. Best regards Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin1967 Posted September 6, 2017 Share Posted September 6, 2017 On 9/5/2017 at 7:04 PM, TEMPESTMK5 said: Good evening Colin Of courseI will post my build here I plan to build a french Hawk 75 as soon as I receive one and will check my books as I am a little bit surprised by the color indications of the french boxing that says to use Hu 29 Dark Earth when it should be Chocolate https://recherche.aol.fr/aol/image?q=Curtiss+H+75+&s_it=img-ans&imgId=8C7D0388C4D97E8A85965B301123F46371FD737D&v_t=aolfr-webmail2.. Patrice Good evening Patrice, I will look out for that post. I too agree that the dark earth colour should be chocolate. - But. it's always dangerous to quote colours and we should perhaps be checking our references just in case. Lifecolor paints I have tried their Finish colours set and have the French ones to use, but, I missed buying the chocolate one, d'oh !! Best regards Colin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 24, 2017 Author Share Posted October 24, 2017 New boxings - ref. 7572 - Curtiss Mohawk Mk.III/H-75C1 Source: http://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/curtiss-mohawk-mk-iii/ - ref. 7573 - Curtiss P-36C Source: http://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/curtiss-p-36c/ - ref.7574 - Curtiss P-36A Source: http://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/curtiss-p-36/ - ref. 7575 - Curtiss Hawk H-75C1 "Over Africa" Source: http://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/curtiss-hawk-75c1-africa/ V.P. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoc Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Okay, has anyone gotten their hands on one of these kits? Has anyone here started building one? What are they like? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 (edited) Concerning the AZ7572 kit scheme #3 : This particular a/c H75C-1 no.183 (U083) belonged to the Polish "Kos" flight defending SNCAC (ex-Hanriot) factory at Bourges (hence the Polish insignia on fin). The pilots were: Flt Lt Bronislaw Kosinski, Fg Off Marian Wesolowski, Sgt Wilhelm Kosar, Corp Waclaw Germer, Corp Bernard Kremski and Corp Adolf Pietraszak. Lt Col Marcel Haegelen (a 1896-born WWI ace with 23 German a/c credited) has flown it very rarely (if ever). In 1940 he was the Hanriot chief test pilot, credited with 1 WW2 victory - a He111 on 5th June 1940. BTW I really doubt if Bourges (47 parallel, just 200 km south of Paris) really does belong to AFRICA! Should the Czech textbooks on geography be seriously revised? Cheers Michael Edited February 17, 2018 by KRK4m 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 8 hours ago, KRK4m said: Concerning the AZ7572 kit scheme #3 : 8 hours ago, KRK4m said: BTW I really doubt if Bourges (47 parallel, just 200 km south of Paris) really does belong to AFRICA! Should the Czech textbooks on geography be seriously revised? Cheers Michael 😀 Re scheme #1 I think the codes should be red not grey, which is unfortunate as red codes that size are hard to find. Not sure it’s day fighter scheme, might still be in de/dg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 On 2/17/2018 at 3:07 AM, Madoc said: Okay, has anyone gotten their hands on one of these kits? Has anyone here started building one? What are they like? Not started building it, I only checked for accuracy which I consider very good overall. Panel lines are quite decent but distinct at the same time. Only the ribbing on ailerons, rudder and elevators are a bit overdone and should be toned down a bit IMO. The fuselage halves at least align very well, did not check the wings yet but so far I am totally happy to have a modern P-36 / H-75 ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoc Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Occa, Excellent! That's about what I was looking for. I truly love - and have several of the wonderful Monogram P-36 kits but am open to buying a new tool rendering if it was good enough. I've the Special Hobby and Azur renderings as well so hopefully this is an improvement over those as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Thought to avoid disappointments I'd better add that it is short run so expect to take a little more time than with the top mainstream manufacturers to prepare the parts ... I am still in awe how accurate the shapes and proportions appear compared to photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madoc Posted February 19, 2018 Share Posted February 19, 2018 Occa, Yup! Got that. I've enough "short run" kits to know what to expect in general and no few current release AZmodel kits in specific. Thanks for the warning though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 28, 2020 Author Share Posted January 28, 2020 (edited) New boxing in 2020 Source: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235010228-kpaz-central-discussion-questions-answers/&do=findComment&comment=3565762 - ref. ? - Curtiss H-75A-3 "Nordic Hunter" - ref. AZ7643 - Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV “Over CBI” - ref. AZ7644 - Curtiss Hawk H-75A-4/5/7 - ref. AZ7645 - Curtiss P-36G (Hawk A-6/8) - ref. AZ7646 - Curtiss Hawk H-75A-4 V.P. Edited March 17, 2020 by Homebee 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 19, 2020 Author Share Posted February 19, 2020 (edited) Release expected in late February 2020 - ref. AZ7643 - Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV “Over CBI” Source: https://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/mohawk-mk-iv-over-cbi/ V.P. Edited March 17, 2020 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Very attractive options, those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KRK4m Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 Especially the desert-schemed LA164, which is not the H75A-4, but one of the six HAL Bangalore-built H75A-5s. Cheers Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 On 2/19/2020 at 11:06 AM, Homebee said: Release expected in late February 2020 - ref. AZ7643 - Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV “Over CBI” Source: https://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/mohawk-mk-iv-over-cbi/ "With new fuselage" according to Hannants https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/AZM7643 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hornet133 Posted February 20, 2020 Share Posted February 20, 2020 The A-4 used a different engine to the earlier versions giving it a different profile so to do it correctly there would have to be a new fuselage. The fuselage including cowling is all moulded together, to their credit it would thus appear that AZ have done the correct changes and not just whacked A-4 markings onto the earlier kit (as is often done). 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 28, 2020 Author Share Posted February 28, 2020 (edited) Box art - ref. AZ7646 - Curtiss Hawk H-75A-4 Source: http://www.modelarovo.cz/predstavujeme-carlos-alonso/ V.P. Edited March 17, 2020 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 Released - ref. AZ7643 - Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV “Over CBI” https://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/mohawk-mk-iv-over-cbi/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted March 17, 2020 Author Share Posted March 17, 2020 (edited) Soon - ref. AZ7644 - Curtiss Hawk H-75A-4/5/7 https://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/curtiss-hawk-h-75a-4-5-7/ - ref. AZ7645 - Curtiss P-36G (Hawk A-6/8) https://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/curtiss-p-36g-hawk-a-6-8/ - ref. AZ7646 - Curtiss Hawk H-75A-4 https://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/curtiss-hawk-h-75a-4/ V.P. Edited March 17, 2020 by Homebee 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmaruTG Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 8 hours ago, Homebee said: Soon - ref. AZ7644 - Curtiss Hawk H-75A-4/5/7 https://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/curtiss-hawk-h-75a-4-5-7/ - ref. AZ7645 - Curtiss P-36G (Hawk A-6/8) https://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/curtiss-p-36g-hawk-a-6-8/ - ref. AZ7646 - Curtiss Hawk H-75A-4 https://www.azmodel.cz/produkt/curtiss-hawk-h-75a-4/ V.P. Nice, but just a note for that Peruvian H75: control surfaces are not white but yellow zinc cromate, while paint scheme is worn out Dark Green and Dark Earth over Sky Grey. Regards Amaru - Quarantined - in Lima Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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