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miscmini Fezian26 Jan 2009 5:40 p.m. PST

Here are some MS.406s for my Finnish Air Force. picture

Personal logo John the OFM Supporting Member of TMP26 Jan 2009 6:17 p.m. PST

Nice job, and I have ruthlessly stolen your canopy painting technique.
They look better than MY MS.406s….

I like Finnish paint schemes, particularly the yellow bands.

anleiher26 Jan 2009 10:16 p.m. PST

You do excellent work. Ever consider a Potez 63.11?

miscmini Fezian27 Jan 2009 3:20 a.m. PST

Anleiher, I've not come across a 1/144 or 1/100 scale Potez 63. Are they out there?

anleiher27 Jan 2009 12:48 p.m. PST

Your painting ability has sent me in search of one in that scale. I now have a quest.

anleiher28 Jan 2009 11:30 p.m. PST

miscmini,

we're in luck….sort of. Here's the link for French Air Force kits in 1/144. Amazing line.

link

The problem is the price. 18 euros per plane unpainted.

Fish29 Jan 2009 2:41 a.m. PST

Nice stuff again with good feel to 2nd line fighters of Continuation War!


Then to nitpicking, just in case someone would like to get the facts slightly more straight in their own planes. Not to demean miscmini in anyway; like said the feel is very good!

Is the underside colour light grey or light blue?
Finns also used silver undersides. Off head I know that at least light blue was used on Moranes, but most likely other colours were also used.

The upper side pattern was really rather rigid in most cases and vast majority of all the planes in Finnish airforce had very similar pattern painted on them.

The fuselage in #1 is the most corret. The fuselages in #2 and #6 seem too fictional.

Unfortunately none of the upper sides of the wings look right.

Check the actual pattern from here for example.
Note that IIRC the shark mouth was on the plane for a short time only as the unit's commanding officer asked it to be removed. But it DOES look flashy!

link


BTW On the side note, some of the captured Russian aircraft had straight color edges instead of the normal wavy ones and thus their own pattern.


Ah, the colour of Finnish swastika was ultramarine, not light blue. So these should be considerably darker.

Lönkka
Finland

PS Want to know more about Finnish Air Forces?

Kari Stenman is da MAN and has been publishing books on the subject since 70's. His books are a MUST for anyone interested in Finnish Air Forces and these new books (as opposed to the 70's material) are bi-lingual (finnish/english)

kolumbus.fi/kari.stenman

miscmini Fezian29 Jan 2009 2:38 p.m. PST

Lonkka1Actual, thanks for the link to the references. It looks like there's a pretty comprehensive library there. Kevin

miscmini Fezian30 Jan 2009 6:41 p.m. PST

anleiher, those look like nice little kits. 18 euros seems like a lot but they seem to be the only game in town for some very interesting aircraft. And, if you buy five it looks like the sixth is free. Good find!
Kevin

Chips8802 Feb 2009 4:28 p.m. PST

Kevin -

The planes look SUPER!!!! Most of us are not so talented, myself included so I really enjoy seeing someone that is.

Let's see some of your planes, Lonkka1Actual.

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