French Air Force M. Bloch 152 C1, No. 628 1/72 Smer/Heller

Bloch 152 C1, No. 628, of Groupe de Chasse II/9, 4th Escadrille,
based at Clermont-Ferrand on June 25th, 1940.

Smer re-issue of the old Heller 1/72 [Avions] M.[arcel] Bloch. Simple and vintage model kit but looks nice and right when built, as usual with Heller. Had to use a lot of putty, considering the small number of parts though. Scratch-built cockpit floor, unknown Revell pilot figure replacement and some cocades and blue dots from Airfix Devastator decals, otherwise straight out-of-the-box. Except the Hasegawa 1/200 civil airliner stand, of course!

Inspired by the Aircraft in Profile Vol. 201, paints used:
Gris Bleu Fonce: Humbrol matt 145
Brun Mat: Revell matt 84
Vert: Revell matt 39
Gris Bleu Clair: Humbrol 127
Humbrol Matt 49 clearcoat

Aircraft in Profile Vol. 201

US Navy Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless 1/72 Airfix

Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless,
VB-6, USS Enterprise (CV-6), Pacific Ocean, early 1942.

Old Airfix Dauntless re-issue, nice shapes and very nice decals but awfully distorted and warped canopy. This glazing is kind of a mock-up, I'll replace it right away when I find a better one.

Mostly out-of-the-box with minor modifications like scratch-build armament, exhaust pipes and some cockpit interior. Stock kit dive flaps drilled open with 1mm bit. Humbrol Matt 87 and Satin 196, acrylic furniture glosscoat before decals, semi-gloss floor varnish after decals, final dull clearcoat Humbrol Matt 49. All brushed with paintbrush.

Again a scale model which was inspired by Aircraft In Profile series, in this case the volume # 196.

TBD-1 (Torpedo Bomber Douglas) Devastator (US Navy), SB2C (Scout Bomber Type 2 Curtiss) Helldiver (Aéronavale), SBD-3 (Scout Bomber Douglas) Dauntless (US Navy)

Japanese Army Ki-61 Hien "Tony" 1:72 Revell

Kawasaki Ki-61 Army type 3 Hien "Tony", cn. 3295,
Reg. Commander T.Kobayashi, 244th Sentai, Japan, 1945

Revell kit out-of-the-box except the Hasegawa stand for 1:200 civil airliners. Green camouflage freehand airbrushed, otherwise with a paintbrush. Final clearcoat Revell Matt.

I wish I had the Aircraft in Profile volume for reference, but this Revell oldie kit (with rivets and all) was nice to build anyway with less knowledge about the original plane. Found out after finished this model that it was kind of a copy of German He-100 and Bf-109 types, which is quite obvious now that I think of it. Could try some more Japanese fighters too, perhaps a 1/72 Hasegawa some day?