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Post by p40fanatic on Oct 10, 2007 18:35:12 GMT 12
Hi all!
Just recieved my 1:48 Hispano Buchon kit.....15 years well worth the wait!!!
My intention ever since I realised I wanted a Buchon kit has been to do it as G-BOML as flown by the late, great Mark Hanna at Wanaka in 1992.
I just need some reference photos for the paintjob. I have a selection from Airliners.net....about seven/nineish...but more, especially of the cockpit, would be great.
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Post by planeimages on Oct 10, 2007 19:27:19 GMT 12
Hi, Here is a pic of Hispano Aviacion Ha 1112 M. 1. L Buchon G-BWUE here shown being flown by John Romain at Biggin Hill this year. Painted to represent Red 1, a Messerschmitt Bf.109 of JG 27. Owned by The Real Aeroplane Company.  And this from The Real Aeroplane's website: The Buchon is essentially a Rolls-Royce Merlin-engined Messerschmitt Bf109. (Note NOT Me109) The Luftwaffe-manned Condor Legion left around 40 Bf109B/E’s for the Spanish Air Force to use upon its return to Germany in 1939. In 1943 the Spanish government agreed a licence production with Messerschmitt to produce 200 Bf109G’s. A total of 25 dismantled airframes were sent to Spain in 1943 as pattern aircraft for future production, although engines, propellers, tailplanes and armament failed to arrive. As the war worsened, Germany was unable to supply the remaining components for the airframes, the technical drawings or appropriate jigs. By late 1944, when neither missing parts nor engine were available from Germany, Hispano Aviacion modified the airframes and tried two different engines, the second French built engine being the more successful. Improving relations between the Spanish government and the West from 1952 onwards, saw a more powerful engine sourced from Britain, the two-speed Rolls Royce Merlin 500-45. The combination of ex-German airframe and British powerplant was successful and the first prototype flew its maiden flight on 30 December 1954. This particular aircraft was given the construction number 223 when built by Hispano Aviacion in Seville in 1959. Its service history has yet to come to light but unit code 7-54 stamped into a panel on the wing indicates that the Buchon served with Ala 7 at Tablada and El Corpero, although it remains uncertain whether the aircraft saw combat in the Spanish Sahara. This aircraft was one of 27 purchased at auction from the Spanish Air Force by Spitfire Productions for use in the making of the 1968 film “Battle of Britain”. Wing tips were squared off, tail struts added and dummy machine guns fitted to the wings to more visually represent the Messerschmitt BF109E of the Battle of Britain period. Filming started in Spain, but later the 17 airworthy aircraft were flown via France to Duxford, UK. Throughout the summer of 1968, the 17 Buchons, 2 Heinkel Bombers and 9 Spitfires engaged in mock dogfights above East Anglia and The Wash. Upon completion of filming, the aircraft were returned to their owners or in the case of the Buchons put up for disposal. By now registered as G-AWHK, this particular Buchon was one of eleven taken by Texan pilot and aircraft collector Wilson C “Connie” Edwards as payment for flying services during the filming. It was shipped to his ranch in Texas where it flew briefly as N9938 before being placed on static display in 1971 with the Confederate Air Force in Detroit. Acquired by the Old Flying Machine Company, it arrived at Duxford in May 1996, re-registered as G-BWUE and sold on to The Real Aircraft Company at Breighton in Yorkshire, who initiated a full rebuild to airworthy condition. The aircraft is marked up as Hauptmann Werner Schroer’s Bf 109G-2/trop ‘Red 1’, which he flew whilst serving on the Greek island of Rhodes in early 1943. Owners, Spitfire Ltd., purchased the aircraft in November 2006. G-BWUE now resides at Duxford once more, where it will be maintained by the Aircraft Restoration Company, for its future appearances at airshows. Clearly this machine is not G-BOML. I hope this helps. |
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Post by Peter Lewis on Oct 10, 2007 21:43:13 GMT 12
. . . then there is the Bf-109G-10 D-FEHD which was allotted (but did not carry) the registration ZK-CIX for it's appearance at Wanaka in 1996 (who flew it there?). This hybrid was Built by Eria, Leipzig-Thekia, from wings of airworthy CASA HA-1112 M1L Buchon C4K-40 D-FEHD, fuselage from a Czech-built Bf-109G-10 c/n 151951 & a DB605D-1 engine. F/f in this configuration 23Mar95.  |
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Post by kiwi on Oct 11, 2007 4:51:55 GMT 12
I believe in 1996 the 109 was flown mainly by Mark Hanna but that Ray also flew it .
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Post by p40fanatic on Oct 11, 2007 18:03:01 GMT 12
That's true, Mark flew the 109 at Wanaka in 96. I'd love to do a model of 'CIX too. Thanks for the RAEC pic and info Peter - read a great pilot's report on her in a past issue of Aeroplane. Be nice to get to Duxford and see her. So, no pics of BOML here then?  Ah well |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Oct 12, 2007 9:34:23 GMT 12
Your photo of the Bf109G at Wanaka is very nice Peter. I can still recall the noise that Daimler Benz engine made, a sort of hum with a whistle from the supercharger. It also left a feint trail of smoke behind it. Very distinctive from the rumble of the Merlin.
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Post by kiwi on Oct 12, 2007 10:15:52 GMT 12
AS the Buchon was owned by the Old Flying Machine Company purhaps you could search for a picture that way or does it feature on a video ?
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Post by flyer172 on Oct 14, 2007 11:07:36 GMT 12
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Post by Kereru on Oct 14, 2007 12:34:05 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Oct 14, 2007 12:43:07 GMT 12
Welcome to the forum Keith.
I have a few photos of the Buchon at Wanaka in 1992, I'll try to remember to look them out.
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Ah well
