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Air racing with Bf-109s (careful: almost RW!)

Started by TomZ, August 29, 2021, 09:47:35 AM

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TomZ

Air racing with Bf-109s



Utti air base in Finland had a mid-summer festival open day on June 23rd, 1950. It held an air show, to which participated a total of twelve Mersus, from both HLeLv 31 and HLeLv 33. It culminated at 7 pm to an American Reno style air race around the pole with four specially marked planes marked "A" to "D". Regarding the fact that the racers flew in circles, the historians came to conclusion that the aircraft the racers flew were marked on the left side only. Few photographs exist of the four planes.



I've been wanting to build these four models for a very long time. However decals were only available for the "B" and "D" aircraft. SO finally I decided to create my own decals based on the photos I could find. Artistic license was used to fill in the blanks here and there.











Models: 3 x Hasegawa & 1 x Special Hobby, all in 1/72

Since I designed the decals I decided to try to sell some copies of them to earn back the cost of having them printed.
If anyone is interested, they are available for EUR 20 a set, both in 1/72 and 1/48.

TomZ
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perttime

Thank you for building those!

It is indeed a pity that there are not many photos from the real event, and the ones that exit aren't all that good.

Tophe

Quote from: TomZ on August 29, 2021, 09:47:35 AM
Regarding the fact that the racers flew in circles, the historians came to conclusion that the aircraft the racers flew were marked on the left side only.
Asymmetric painting? Good! :thumbsup: ;D
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

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That's a very nice bunch, and colorful, too.  :thumbsup:

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Something different, nice colourful collection.  :thumbsup:
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