Battle of France Database

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Morane Saulnier MS 406 – Heller 1/72

by François Riga on August 10, 2024 · in Aviation · 19 ≡

A few more MS 406's, completed 14y ago and based on vintage Heller kits. A three-planes flight was standard in the French Armée de l'Air of 1940 and called a "Patrouille simple". The amount of work and corrections needed to make [...]

Bloch 152 - Heller 1/72

by François Riga on August 9, 2024 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

One of the first Heller kits in the "Musée" range, issued in 1965. Quite crude and requiring a lot of corrective work to achieve a decent result. This one was done some 14y ago, before the much better kits from RS and Dora Wings [...]

Morane Saulnier MS 406 – Hasegawa 1/72

by François Riga on August 9, 2024 · in Aviation · 6 ≡

Hi, Here is one of my Morane Saulnier MS406. Hasegawa kit, updated or corrected where necessary. Cockpit mostly from a Pavla resin set, Falcon canopy. Landing flaps made from scratch. Camouflage is a mix of acrylics (Lifecolor) and enamels [...]

The First Diorama I ever did..

by Peter Contario on April 25, 2023 · in Diorama · 10 ≡

This started out with a built 1/32 Spitfire I purchased on eBay for an unheard of $4.99. The original builder had simply assembled it and put the kit decals on, with no paint or other work done. For years, since I was a young child, I [...]

Eduard Bf 109E-4, 1/48. 'Emil Over Britain'.

by Harvey R. on July 19, 2022 · in Aviation · 21 ≡

With two Bf 109 kits, I knew one would have to have the classic yellow nose. I also wanted to try the dreaded mottling that made Luftwaffe aircraft so off-putting. Two birds, one stone I thought. This Bf 109E-4 is supposed WNr. 3709, [...]

Eduard Bf 109E-1, 1/48. 'Emil Over France'

by Harvey R. on July 12, 2022 · in Aviation · 12 ≡

I added Eduard's dual-combo 'Adlerangriff' to the stash at the beginning of last year but put off doing it until a few months ago due to the dreaded mottling, which I hadn't tried. I had a few chip aways at the kit in the past, doing the [...]

1/72 Airfix new tool RAF Spitfire

by Michael Smith on November 15, 2021 · in Aviation · 7 ≡

After a decidedly unsatisfactory 1/72 Spitfire build three years ago I decided to try my hand again. Fortunately, Airfix has a new tool version of their classic kit, so I was able to compare the two. The kit is really good with the [...]

Eduard Spitfire Mk.Ia, 1/48. A Pair of Kiwis over Dunkirk.

by Harvey R. on April 24, 2021 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

'the airspeed indicator read 240 mph, and I thought "this is bloody marvellous!", but then the Spitfire began to shudder and seemed as if it was going to stall. - I realised what had happened, my pitot head had been shot away, [...]

Char B1 bis -Tamiya 1/35

by Colin Gomez on April 5, 2020 · in Armor · 9 ≡

Hi Guys, This is one of my more labor intensive efforts for an armor kit. The French camouflage was complex to airbrush. I used homemade paper masks, based on scaled up reproductions of the Tamiya painting instructions (scanned and [...]