avatar_63cpe

Bloch MB-304

Started by 63cpe, January 01, 2021, 12:14:59 PM

Previous topic - Next topic

kitbasher

What If? & Secret Project SIG member.
On the go: Beaumaris/Battle/Bronco/Barracuda/F-105(UK)/Flatning/Hellcat IV/Hunter PR11/Hurricane IIb/Ice Cream Tank/JP T4/Jumo MiG-15/M21/P1103 (early)/P1154-ish/Phantom FG1/I-153/Sea Hawk T7/Spitfire XII/Spitfire Tr18/Twin Otter/FrankenCOIN/Frankenfighter

TomZ

Reality is an illusion caused by an alcohol deficiency

kerick

Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 02, 2021, 05:07:58 AM
Quote from: zenrat on January 02, 2021, 03:29:16 AMOne side Vichy, the other Free French?


I'm all in favour of asymmetric colour schemes, if only to show two different periods of an item's life, but they did it the RW too.

Probably the most famous was G-BOAD, one of BA's Concordes, which was the BA Red Tail scheme on one side and Singapore Airlines scheme on the other. KLM and VIASA did it to one of KLM's 747s as well, and that one was particularly photogenic. I have decal sheets both of those models, and I've already built G-BOAD.  ;D

The scope is almost endless in WhiffWorld.  ;)

My railway coach, Lab 4 'Hastings', will be Southern Region green on one one side and BR Research Blue and Red on the other, when it's finished in about 100 yrs of course.......

I saw a model railroading layout once where there was a car dealership show room. To double the number of cars each was painted one color on the side facing the viewer and a different color on the other side. Then the builder placed a mirror in the back of the room.
Great zwilling! Tophe will be pleased!
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

PR19_Kit

On an earlier model railway layout that I was involved in we had 2-3 sets of rolling stock which were painted in different schemes on each side.

As the viewers could only see one side of each train we would run the sets in opposite directions during the operating sequence and could therefore increase the number of possible moves without having to build more sets.  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Dizzyfugu

Very nice, and France is a bit underwhiffed, too, so the Bloch Zwilling is a nice addition  :thumbsup:

The only thing that catches my eye is the (IMHO too) wide landing gear - a typical Zwilling construction issue for aircraft with a gear that retracts outwards. I am alwayws skeptical about the loads and and stiffness of the overall construction in real life.  :o

NARSES2

Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Tophe

Wonderful  zwilling model, congratulations! :wub:  :thumbsup:
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

Tophe

Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 27, 2022, 11:17:44 PMThe only thing that catches my eye is the (IMHO too) wide landing gear - a typical Zwilling construction issue for aircraft with a gear that retracts outwards. I am alwayws skeptical about the loads and and stiffness of the overall construction in real life.  :o
The 3-engine version (below) had an even wider undercarriage, but this fragile project was cancelled: ;)

= link http://www.kristofmeunier.fr/r_bloch-mb304fg.jpg
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

63cpe

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  wahahaha....Laughing Out Loud!

Good fun!

David aka 63CPE

PR19_Kit

Quote from: Tophe on November 29, 2022, 01:29:49 AMThe 3-engine version (below) had an even wider undercarriage........


And TWELVE guns!  :o
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Tophe

Uh, as I am the author of this fantasy picture and I am pacifist they are not 12 guns but 12 perfume sprayers... ;)
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

PR19_Kit

Of course, how silly of me.  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

comrade harps

The Blochs always looked awkward to me, but somehow this Zwilling Bloch makes up for that. Well done!
Whatever.

NARSES2

Quote from: comrade harps on November 29, 2022, 04:48:57 AMThe Blochs always looked awkward to me,

I know what you mean. I think it's the slightly canted nose that does it ?
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.