David M Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Can anyone confirm the colours on the Bernard V.2? I have the Atelier Noix kit which suggests (and provides a sample of) a pale blue but some images suggest something paler (white?) and at least one online build says silver. Any would be attractive but I would like to get it at least part right! Thanks, David in Oz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michou Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 It was light blue (teinte bleu clair) according to "Les Avions Bernard" by Jean Liron, Éditions Larivière,1990. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David M Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 Thanks Mike, very much appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 On 12/30/2020 at 4:06 PM, Michou said: It was light blue (teinte bleu clair) according to "Les Avions Bernard" by Jean Liron, Éditions Larivière,1990. Mike Not realy.... dope alu for the wings and fuselage and unpainted for metal engine cover. like this one: http://www.hyperscale.com/2017/galleries/bernardv2ff_1.htm or this one too: http://fighters.forumactif.com/t70950-bernard-v2-1-48-noixmodel-enfin-fini http://fighters.forumactif.com/t68116-bernard-v2-1-48-noixmodel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michou Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 I am not an expert on Bernard aircraft and just quoted from a book by Jean Liron who is looked upon as a specialist in pre-war French aviation. He states that the aircraft was light blue when it took the French speed record. What is the source of the bare metal and alu dope information? Prior to the attempt on the world speed record the wings were cropped, the cockpit raised and moved forward, the fuselage lengthened and the oil radiator removed. And the aircraft repainted? Whatever, a beautiful model of a very elegant aircraft. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 (edited) Hello, you should read the note at the bottom left of the plan Edited January 6, 2021 by roadrunner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michou Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Thanks, Roadrunner, M Dumerc also remembers the date and December 1924 was after the aircraft took the world speed record. It is also after the time during which the aircraft received numerous modifications. Jean Liron also quotes a date - 6 November 1924 - when the light blue Bernard V-2 unsuccessfully attempted to break the world speed record but did create a French record. It seems to me that the aircraft was blue for the first record flight, the airframe modified, and then alu for the world record flight. Liron also writes that the aircraft on display at the Salon de l'Aviation was a replica, incorrectly called "V-2 No. 01", and nowhere does he describe the real aircraft as "No. 02". Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 On 1/9/2021 at 4:44 PM, Michou said: It seems to me that the aircraft was blue for the first record flight, the airframe modified, and then alu for the world record flight. I had come to the same conclusion, and wanted to do it on the first attempt, so blue, but the Noix model kit represents the aircraft after modification and I didn't really want to modify everything on the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprueMan Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 On 06/01/2021 at 11:57, roadrunner said: Hello, you should read the note at the bottom left of the plan Hello, Do you have the rest of this drawing? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 Hello, yes, I have! and probably more... an Email address? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprueMan Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 Thank you, PM sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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