My peanut project for next November is BUCKER Bu 131B Jungmann.I like very much this plane from when i was a child.
It's a Thierry Bachellier plan,i'd say a great plan,great work fro Thierry ,full of instruction and informations.
I'm trying to find documentation in order to try a Swiss scheme..if anyone has any information-picture i would be grateful!
Have a nice weekend guys..
i started with fuselage..great plan,great afternoom today! :D ;)
...and i am going to buil the other side!
Hello John,
What kind of Swiss color schemes are you looking for? Civilian or military? If you tell me what you're looking for, I'm sure I can help you.
Best regards, Peter
Hello John,
On Outerzone, under (oz3890)Bucker Bu-131B Jungmann, you will find a plan by Walt Mooney for a Peanut model. This also includes the markings (fuselage decoration, Swiss crosses, registration) for one of the Swiss Air Force. This is the yellow version after 1939. Previously, they were all silver-gray. Another color scheme was used for the Bückers used as liaison aircraft. These were in standard green with silver-gray undersides, without fuselage markings, only with the Swiss crosses in the red bands on the upper side of the upper wing and the underside of the lower wing. From September 1944, identification stripes (known as "neutrality markings") were added.
My model has the color scheme from the time of delivery.
If you enter "Bücker Bü-131 Jungmann Swiss Air Force" on the Internet, you should find lots of pictures. Otherwise, get in touch and I'll help you further.
Peter
more Bücker Bü-131 Jungmann
Here are the other two color schemes mentioned above.
Quote from: ZIP.58 on Feb 07, 2026, 08:16 PMHello John,
What kind of Swiss color schemes are you looking for? Civilian or military? If you tell me what you're looking for, I'm sure I can help you.
Best regards, Peter
Hello Peter,
thank very much for all the informations.
Sorry for not answering in your first message..it was because of my working program.
The truth is i am not sure if i want a civilian or military sheme..
The pictures you send me are wonderful ideas!
thanks!very much!
Best regards, John
Man....that orange one just leaps off the page, doesn't it.
@ John: Here are some pictures of a 1:32 scale plastic model in the colors of a liaison
aircraft. The underside and wing struts were also kept light blue, as with the
operational aircraft.
@ gravitywell: What looks like orange here is what is known as "Bücker yellow."
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I think the yellow Jungmann is a Spanish CASA machine (different cowl).
This is a 30" rubber model, developed from the 36" Eric Coates power design. The full-size used to hang in Swiss airport
@ Billdennis747: You are correct. Many Bücker Bü-131 Jungmann aircraft were manufactured
under licence. This was the case in Spain, Japan, Czechoslovakia, etc.
Many owners chose Swiss paint schemes, as these were apparently
considered attractive.
In Switzerland, the Bückers were later equipped with Lycoming engines instead of Hirth engines, which changed their appearance. See pictures.
Peter
ZIP.58 thank you very much!
John I fell for this plane as a teen, I actually got to see Bevo Howard perform at Marathon Airport in the Florida Keys. It was one of his last performances before he was killed in a crash. He would fly inverted and snatch a handkerchief off a pylon on the ground.