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FR Hispano HA.1112 Buchon

mike_cyul

mike_cyul

SOH-CM-2025
As I've posted these on the FB page, just thought I'd post them here, too. The Buchon package, which also includes the original Spanish Air force versions, is basically complete (although there may be another paint scheme to add). If all goes well, it shouldn't be long now before release.

The Bf-109G6's are not far behind.

Voila!

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Simply outstanding!
This is an aircraft that has long been missing from the FS world and it seems to be beautifully represented here.
Like all the FR add-ons, one can see a lot of work has gone into these models and it’s so pleasing to see all the different variations as well. Great paint schemes too!
Will be adding to the collection as soon as released.
 
I was on the fence since I have way too many payware packages already but having both the original and modern conversion has me warming up the credit card.
 
Nice shots Mike, I especially like the "Ejército del Aire" aircraft, as the really look sturdy. The original Spanish versions make this a certain buy for me.

When you are still looking for ideas for repaints you could disguise one Buchon as a Hurricane ("repeat please").

Cheers,
Huub
 
Can't wait to push the purchase button the moment this one is released! I'm especially looking forward to flying the heck out of the restored versions.
 
Just a work in progress. I'm not sure they were going to fool anyone into believing these were Hurricanes....

Curious colours, too - not regular dark earth/dark green, perhaps mixed from the paints used for the Luftwaffe Buchons? Almost impossible to tell the colour demarcations, no matter how the colour or b&w photos are treated in Photoshop.

Anyway, there you go, Huub. :)

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There is a Special Hobby kit that can be built to represent that particular Buchon, painted up as a Hurricane for the Battle of Britain movie, here: https://www.super-hobby.com/products/HA-1112-M-1L-Buchon-Movie-Star.html

In the instructions, there are side profiles showing the complete demarcations according to their best research (essentially matching the same type RAF demarcations you would see on a Hurricane/Spitfire) - though I'm not sure of the accuracy. As you say, in the photos I've seen of the originals, it is not so clear as that (and they were only needed for use in the background). The paint the movie production would have used would very likely have been the same as they used on the Hurricanes and Spitfires for the movie as well, and heavily weathered.

Here are a series of photos of the Buchons painted as Hurricanes of the Battle of Britain movie:

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https://scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn....=a19a3c74a07d3b7fcbf43a96117383e3&oe=5D1DB187
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Mike, I love how the weathering you did matches so precisely to the original painted as "MI-T"!

You can see in this shot from the movie, how the Buchons filled-in as extra Hurricanes in the background of the Polish formation scene: http://www.warrelics.eu/forum/attac...e-britain-film-fact-i-didnt-know-buchons.jpg?

And speaking of the Battle of Britain movie and the Buchons (and other aircraft) used, there are some great behind the scenes photos in this forum thread: https://forum.keypublishing.com/for...147038-battle-of-britain-film-cine-film/page4

And some neat behind the scenes footage of the movie Buchons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bngnXAMziyk
 
Bomber_12th said:
There is a Special Hobby kit that can be built to represent that particular Buchon, painted up as a Hurricane for the Battle of Britain movie, here: https://www.super-hobby.com/products/HA-1112-M-1L-Buchon-Movie-Star.html

In the instructions, there are side profiles showing the complete demarcations according to their best research (essentially matching the same type RAF demarcations you would see on a Hurricane/Spitfire) - not sure of the accuracy. As you say, in the photos I've seen of the originals, it is not so clear as that (and they were only needed for use in the background). The paint the movie production would have used would very likely have been the same as they used on the Hurricanes and Spitfires for the movie as well, and heavily weathered.
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Thanks for that, John. :)

I have a better copy of the Special Hobby idea of the Hurrischmitt, and I think they may have guessed quite a bit - they have the spinner as Dark Green, for example. The filters, etc., I use in Photoshop to try and delineate things don't agree with their rendition, either, except for perhaps the wings and some small areas around the cockpit. I really don't think the film crew used the same paint as on the Spitfires, which is still easily discernible even where 'weathered'. I have most of the photos you kindly posted. The brown and green on the Hurrischmitts is practically indistinguishable, but nonetheless I've tried to follow the outlines where there's even a hint of them. I think I read somewhere that the Hurrischmitts were a last-minute idea, and perhaps they had to do something in a hurry and with limited resources. They may have been painted by hand for the day, in water soluble paint or something like that, which might account for some of what appear to be paint runs. I do know that the film crew changed the yellow numbers to red and vice versa on the German aircraft with a paint brush as needed.

As for the three Buchon in the Polish Hurricane sequence, all my life I thought those were supposed to represent cheeky Luftwaffe flyers who had caught up to the squadron! :)
 
Some more searching led me to another old thread on the Key Forum: https://forum.keypublishing.com/forum/historic-aviation/51934-buchon-in-raf-colours-for-bob-film

With this quote from a 1968 "Control Column" magazine article, with a firsthand account of the RAF-painted BoB Movie Buchons:

"Bovingdon, visited on Oct 16th by roving reporter Bill Brookes, produced six Me109's plus three with RAF roundels and most of the upper surfaces oversprayed dark earth in camouflage pattern, pale blue undersides, black spinners and a red band on the leading edge of the wing inboard of the cannons. These 3 aircraft were coded MI-V,T and S. They are identified respectively as G-AWHJ, L and O, c/ns 171, 186 and 199. The other Messerschmitts bore c/ns 166, 187, 190, 193, 208, 228, 'WHI,M,D,N,P and S respectively, identified by the following marks -,7,9,>>,3 and ->> and the two seater 40/2 'WHC 11."

As I believe you already have depicted,the more descriptions I've read about these point to the bottom surfaces having been left pale blue from their German movie markings.

The aircraft that was painted as "MI-T", G-AWHL, later was one of those that were modified to look like P-51B's for use in the movie "Patton" (complete with belly scoop), and then was restored and rebuilt to resemble a Bf-109E, with DB 601 engine, for Doug Champlin. The aircraft is currently displayed at The Museum of Flight in Seattle.

The red bands on the leading edges mentioned can be seen in these photos:
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https://forum.keypublishing.com/filedata/fetch?id=3702332
 
mike_cyul said:
Just a work in progress. I'm not sure they were going to fool anyone into believing these were Hurricanes....

Curious colours, too - not regular dark earth/dark green, perhaps mixed from the paints used for the Luftwaffe Buchons? Almost impossible to tell the colour demarcations, no matter how the colour or b&w photos are treated in Photoshop.

Anyway, there you go, Huub. :)
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It looks horrible Mike, just as they did in the movie :biggrin-new: :biggrin-new: :biggrin-new:. Nevertheless I like it!

Cheers,
Huub
 
Perhaps my favorite movie Buchon paint scheme is the Spanish Civil War scheme sported by N109ME for the 1975 George C. Scott movie "The Hindenburg", to represent a Bf-109B (a type which also had quite a big chin intake under the nose):

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My all-time favorite Buchon paint scheme is the one that was sported by N109W while owned/operated by Harold Kindsvater in the US (the only "109" type I've ever seen fly in person).
 
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