Greg Law Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 This is the Battle of Britain Buchon I have made for the Film, Fictional and Speculative GB. This is a model of the Hispano HA-1112 “Buchon” which was used as a stand in for the Bf 109 in the Battle of Britain movie. The plane number “5” is more than likely in the movie, but not featured like the others. However, it is featured in a documentary that uses a lot of shots made for the film. The model is weathered to look as if it had done a lot of flights for the camera. The last photo I took the other day shows it with the real Bf 109 for comparison. It is an old Hobbycraft kit re-issued by Academy. The kit has the usual fit issues and needed some filling here and there. The worst area was the back of the cockpit. The canopy was about half a mill to small on both sides, which is why the canopy area on my model isn’t as good as I would like. I added detail to the wheel wells and drilled out the exhausts and the spinner. There is no aerial because I couldn’t see one in any of the photos taken during the filming. I used the Tamiya weathering master set to do the weathering. I may have over done it a bit on the fuselage joints, but this was an experiment so I’m not concerned about it. The dark green is my own mix because the film planes used a darker green than the normal Bf 109E-3. The decals come from two sources. The Main decals are from a Bf109 set and the badge is from a paint on mask marking set that wasn’t in good order when I got it. All in all it wasn’t a bad build. 47 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted December 14, 2019 Share Posted December 14, 2019 Well done, Greg. A very nice and well presented build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanC Posted December 16, 2019 Share Posted December 16, 2019 Love it. Parked next to the Bf 109 it looks more like a P-40! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kapam Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Fantastic build! I think it is spot-on for the finish and weathering (as I recollect) from the movie. I have a 1/72 Buchon in my stash and I would be very pleased to produce a result like this, when I build it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fubar57 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Well done. Not a fan of the Bouchon but it does make for an interesting subject 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 17, 2019 Author Share Posted December 17, 2019 1 hour ago, fubar57 said: Well done. Not a fan of the Bouchon but it does make for an interesting subject I never was until I built this one. I think it looks a lot nicer here at home than it any photo. Photos just don't do it justice. If some else makes this kit replace the canopy like Reini's dad did and you will get a much better result. I wish I had known this trick before I built this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh59 Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 An excellent build of this kit 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Very nice indeed. I built one last year from the Academy boxing. Yellow nosed sweetheart by Paul Carter, on Flickr The only "criticism" I could say about yours is that for the movie, the wing tips should be squared off. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Very nice build Greg! Bravo dude!! 😀 I saw one of those at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum, up in Addison, Texas (suburb of Dallas). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 17, 2019 Share Posted December 17, 2019 Nice job Greg, I've long liked the look of these, it makes an interesting pose to see it with its younger brother. OK they're not the same but like that close enough & I really can't see why some still make a fuss about them in the BoB movie after all this time. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 Funny I missed the wing tip completely. I was focusing on the markings to much as my kit didn't have the BOB scheme in it, so I had to cobble them together. I might revisit that and change them. Ok tips cut off and putty added to be reshaped. Problem is I might have taken them back to far. If so I will have to reconstruct them with plastic card. I will decide in the morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 7 hours ago, Greg Law said: Funny I missed the wing tip completely. I was focusing on the markings to much as my kit didn't have the BOB scheme in it, so I had to cobble them together. I might revisit that and change them. Ok tips cut off and putty added to be reshaped. Problem is I might have taken them back to far. If so I will have to reconstruct them with plastic card. I will decide in the morning. I had the same issue with the markings. I think yours have turned out better than mine. I was lucky enough to pick up the book about how the movie was made, and it mentioned in there about the wingtips. Apparently the Spanish pilots they had said it would ruin the aircraft's handling, but after one flight, they said they wished they'd done that when they were in service! All i did with mine was file them back and square. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share Posted December 18, 2019 The new wing tips are on. They just need final fairing in. I will give the glue 24 hours to cure properly before I finish the shaping. I took it right back to the first panel line, so I should end up with a better tip shape all going well. Lucky I still have some of the Special paint mix left. Hopefully by the end of the weekend it will be back in the cabinet. It does look a lot more like an E3 now. Not as elegant as before though. How I missed it I don't know. Sometimes I wonder.........🤔 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 I really love this and think it should have pride of place on your shelf! Think this film is why a lot of people are into modelling and I want to build one. I think it has the look and feel from the movie, great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 Very nice. I also thought that, for the movie, they replaced the four blade propellers with three blade props. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Eric Mc said: Very nice. I also thought that, for the movie, they replaced the four blade propellers with three blade props. My understanding of that was they used 3 bladed props for ground scenes but the flying aircraft retained their 4 bladed props. I think. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted December 19, 2019 Share Posted December 19, 2019 The Buchons certainly had the factory-fit four-blade props for flight. I don't recall any three-bladed ones in ground shots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Mc Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 I'll have to look at the film again (any excuse). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted December 20, 2019 Share Posted December 20, 2019 well I will probably have to force myself to do the same now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share Posted December 20, 2019 Good progress on reshaping the wing tips. I checked the prop issue. The planes did have the three bladed prop when on the ground, but definitely used the four bladed prop in the air. So I'm happy to leave that as is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 This is becoming like a WIP thread. I have got up to repainting the lower surfaces of the new wing tips. I will be repainting the whole upper surfaces to make sure I get an even paint finish. I'm going away till the 1st and will do it as soon as I get back. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 Here is the updated images with the squared wing tips. Been a battle, but I won in the end. It is finally in the cabinet to stay. Then again it needs one more fix the aerial on the fuselage is leaning and now it has disappeared. Looks like it will get a real Bf 109 Aerial. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 That looks good Greg. To be honest, I hadn't spotted the wing tips as being wrong in your early posts but now you've squared them off, they do look so much more the part. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted January 19, 2020 Author Share Posted January 19, 2020 I like to be correct Steve. It wasn't a straight forward job and this last session was a nightmare. My tremor almost killed the plane today, even when I was photographing it. I have fixed the top Aerial now and will take some more photos in the morning to replace these. It has a aerial from a Bf 109 kit on it now and looks much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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