Adrian Hills Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 (edited) My subject for this group build is the Bloch 210 which may have been suggested for the first television reconnaissance experiments. Here is a picture of the box I had this kit recently but sold it. A new one has been purchased and is on its way. My justification for this Whif build is this image from a post card in National Record Office File Air 2/1733. I came across it while researching for my doctorate on early military television. This is a photo of the actual equipment supplied to me by Ray Herbert who did the real tests in a Marcel Bloch 200 in 1939 I have already made a model of Ray's aircraft using various other photos he supplied to me. My intention is to cut about the Heller Bloch 210 kit to show how it might have looked if this aircraft was used. When the kit arrives I will introduce it to Mrs saw and Mr Dremel !! Edited October 3, 2020 by Adrian Hills wrong word 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Wow, what an interesting subject. Pulling up a chair and bringing popcorn. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Delighted to see another eccentric French aircraft join the GB, good luck with this one. Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 Yes, this will be most interesting. The Bloch 210 is quite appealing in a strange kinda way, I look forward to watching it take its angular shape. Cheers and all the best.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 3, 2020 Share Posted October 3, 2020 It’s another of those great kits that only Heller could, and did, produce. Wonderful, with or without the tv Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 Another intriguing build Adrian. Great stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob S Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 I was amazed at the time that from two Manufacturers you could get kits of both the MB200 and MB210! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 At last I've started ! Was agonising over what colour to hose the interior down in and picked up my jar of Gunze Tan - I had written MB200 on it as that is what was used on the other TV/AC. Found a small pitfall. The inside of the wingroot is hollow. As you can see there are also two spars that go right through the fuselage. Will need a bit of judicious disguising. Did a rough assembly with tape, drew some lines and then went berserk with Mr Dremel. This is what modelling is all about ! 14 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 11 hours ago, Adrian Hills said: This is what modelling is all about ! Exactly! Don't think just chop! And repair later 🙂 I like the cutout idea for this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted November 16, 2020 Author Share Posted November 16, 2020 Jeroen, I did spend a minute or two thinking about exactly where to cut, even looked at my MB 200 that I had already done this too. This aircraft has a lot longer nose so there is room to depict the radio apparatus there. It is the place my friend Ray Herbert sat in as he designed and operated it 😊 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 A cutaway! Haven't done one of those since I was knee-high to a grasshopper - mine were always tanks though..😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyOD Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I was wondering where this one went! Looking forward to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 Just finished a group build (single kit Airfix Marauder that I put Highball bombs on) and hope to get back to the TV/AC (my term for television reconnaissance aircraft) Thursday 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Have done a bit of work today including opening up rear of fuselage further to show all important control panel. Having problems with Flickr which is not letting me upload more than 500 images without subscription !! Enough for today 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted December 1, 2020 Author Share Posted December 1, 2020 Just deleted some photos under the 500 of the '1000 free photos' - it seems over 500 and you can't upload !!! So here is the picture I wanted to show you 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted December 3, 2020 Author Share Posted December 3, 2020 This kit seems to be quite well engineered and I hope it will go together well when the top and sides are on. I have made some blanking plates for the inside of wings and cut back the location pins to fit the plates in. IMG_3094[6151] by arhills, on Flickr I had to scrape down the mould release ejector parts and fill a sink hole or two. I normally don't do much on the interior of kits but for this I'll make an exception. IMG_3095[6153] by arhills, on Flickr The order that things need to be added is what I'm dealing with. Beginning to get the real fun of this kit 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Am a bit slow with this one as finishing off the 1/1 bathroom decoration - always good to keep the Memsahib happy. Worked out that I have no option but to put the side on the fuselage before filling it with stuff. The key problem is the wing spars intruding into the space that the intermediate film photo reconnaissance system needs to be. Here, in the picture below, I have offered the roof up to check the interaction of the cutouts in the vain hope of keeping the thing square. I will need to glue and putty the wings BEFORE filling with stuff. Then I can give it a bit of a clean so the inside of the copious glazing isn't occluded with detritis Quick question, do you think it would benefit from some figures ? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toryu Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 32 minutes ago, Adrian Hills said: Quick question, do you think it would benefit from some figures ? Yeah, this green dragon has been around a lot - why not offer it a seat on the plane? Your TV cut-away plane is a fantastic idea, by the way! I somehow missed the start of the build but I like the progress very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Toryu, The green dragon's name is Hammond and he makes sure I'm doing things right 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prenton Posted December 12, 2020 Share Posted December 12, 2020 A man or two, - just of course to give scale - working away behind/beside the apparatus, would indeed be most interesting.... But only if you really, really, really want to... It's going to be GREAT either way... Philip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Yes to the figures from me - if you have the time.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 It is nice to have some feedback, thank you. Bit more progress with wings glued I looked through my Airfix RAF Recovery set and found these chaps I've already robbed some bits from the Recovery set so it seems I was once in progress trying to manifest the 'Renault receiver van'. This was the vehicle on the ground that showed the images taken by and then broadcast from the TV reconnaissance aircraft. My aim, as usual is to represent the subject, in this case the Renault Van and its towed generator. I'm not a rivet counter ! 🙂 And Yes, think I'll go with a figure or two 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeroenS Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Looks good! The van is definitely a nice touch as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 Just playing with a Dremel and superglue. Waiting for puttying on wings to dry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Hills Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 Decided to forgo people and Renault van. Need to get this model wrapped as things getting busy at home and would like to concentrate on the core subject. so here we go https://flic.kr/p/2konXom https://flic.kr/p/2konXxu You will not the vertical cathode ray tube for scanning (lots of imagination needed :-)) https://flic.kr/p/2kooz8Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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