AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 (edited) This is my Entry for the GB it will e OOB with the addition of the Eduard Zoom Cockpit set. Interestingly the box art differs from the painting guide as the box hart has now white arrow down the side of the fuselage? Looking forward to starting this one. Edited December 12, 2010 by Mish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowmk9 Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 (edited) great choice Mish With regards to the white arrow, I think it was added to French aircraft (also sometimes as a plain white stripe) to denote its use by the Armée de l'Air de Vichy, so this aircraft survived the Battle of France by the looks. I guess that means a non-white stripe version would be more in keeping with the GB. I take this info tentatively from Alain Pelletier's French Bombers of World War Two (Carrollton: Squadron/Signal Publications, 2003). I am making the assumption that the white arrow would mean the same on bombers and fighters. Edited October 30, 2010 by rowmk9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 Thanks Rowan, I never thought of that. I like it better without the arrow anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinleeds Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Com'on! Let's do it! IMHO Without this arrow looks better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Thanks Rowan, I never thought of that. I like it better without the arrow anyway. It's not a matter of liking. It's a matter of the white arrow being used during the Blitzkrieg or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 It's not a matter of liking.It's a matter of the white arrow being used during the Blitzkrieg or not. I didn't say I was going to produce it without the arrow Erwin. Only that I prefer the look of the aircraft without the arrow. I now have three sources that show show or mention D.520s without an arrow. It wouldn't be the first time that I have known Tamiya to make an error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I didn't say I was going to produce it without the arrow Erwin. Only that I prefer the look of the aircraft without the arrow. I just wanted to point out that markings have to be correct for the Blitzkrieg time frame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Erwin, my research is showing that the arrow may have been added later in the war. Probably by Vichy Airforce in southern France and Algeria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 The colour scheme I shall be using is the one carried by the personal mount of Pierre Le Gloan Le Gloan was the fourth highest scoring French ace of WWII (18 victories). His story is very interesting. His fame was earned during the Battle of France by downing five aircraft in one sortie--four Italian CR.42 biplane fighters and a Breda BR.20 bomber on June 15, 1940, after this his history takes a sour turn as he also shot down six RAF Hurricanes and one Gloster Gladiator over Syria during heavy air combat in May-July 1941 between the Vichy French and the Allies. He later switched sides again when his unit, GCIII/6 joined the Free French Air Force and became GC 3/6 Roussillon in May 1943, at which time they converted to Bell P-39 Airacobras. He lost his life dramatically on September 11, 1943 when he attempted to crash land a P-39 with a dead engine on the North African Coast near Algiers. It is thought that he forgot that his Airacobra had a belly tank and he touched down with it still attached. The fuel in the tank exploded and the entire aircraft blew up, killing him instantly. He was 30 years old when he died. The D.520 on the Tamiya box art is "No. 277," the aircraft most closely associated with Le Gloan and it was his personal mount for most of his career, it carried a "6" as his lucky number. (The MS.406 in which he scored his first victory did as well). The kit decals give you the option of showing No. 277 in Battle of France livery without the long white arrow and the white border to the French roundel on the fuselage, and sans the French tricolor "ace" markings on the after fuselage that bisect the number 6. The kit instructions show the model in June 1940, after the Armistice with Nazi Germany, but before Vichy aircraft carried still more colourful markings on nose and tail. So the kit can be built within the required time frame with or without the the white arrow and the 'ace' bars. Le Gloan(Left) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 ..interesting subject - Le Gloan was one of a number of French aces who carried out their 'duty' - without actually knowing what that 'duty' was.. and while he claimed one Gladiator in the combat of 15 June 1941, two others from the same flight bought him down - '277' bellying in at Rayak. This French site has him as something of an embarassment to the French authorities for his 'successes' following the armistice.. http://aerostories.free.fr/pil_cha_fr/legloan/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Share Posted October 31, 2010 Thanks i found that site this morning but not ha a chance to read it yet, good old google translate does an 'interesting' job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Nice choice Mish. Deacon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Actually managed to make a start on this one. First off was to start sanding down the IP ready for the Eduard zoom PE I then started out improving the seat, by drilling out the section between the seat frame and the canvas back All done in this shot More tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahut Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Love that plane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 (edited) I just came upon your topic, Mish, so sorry that I've been unable to help. You're right about the Vichy markings. I like this aircraft, but my preference goes to foreign air forces. I did one in the past, maybe this topic could help (Only an average build, I'm sorry). Here it is, finished I'll try to build one more, Italian, or Bulgarian, I don't know at the moment. Edited November 28, 2010 by Antoine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Forgot to tell that there where a few errors in this kit, all corrected (IIRC) by a quite simple set, taken up by Renaissance. D-520 detail/correction set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Having always liked the lines of the D.520 I'll watch your progress on this one with interest Mish. Always reminded me on an air-racing or aerobatic machine rather than a fighter somehow and I'm sure you'll do a grand job on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 This mornings work More later.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dahut Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 More later.... Like the clamps-as-stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 Got all the seams sanded, a bit of rescribing and then the wings on Small amount of filler needed underneath o the wing join. More next week... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Looking good Mish. I'm dead jealous, as all I got to paint today was the bathroom..... Cliff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoine Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Excuse me Mish, but I'm wondering what's this green filler you do use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted November 28, 2010 Author Share Posted November 28, 2010 No problem Antoine, it's Squadron Green Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Marshall Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Coming along nicely now Mish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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