72modeler Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 (edited) While looking for some decent photos of DXXI props for @AltcarBoB, I found this photo collection from the Harold A. Skaarup book; it has excellent color photos of aircraft preserved in Finland; although all eras are represented, the majority are from WW2, so I posted it here. I think the Hurricane, Blenheim, and Brewster 239 will be of interest to modelers. @antti and @Antti_K are fortunate to live in a country that has so many historic aircraft to view! Doing a Finnish Hurri using the new Arma Hobby kit and SBS decals is getting harder and harder to resist, as is the Brewster! Enjoy! Mike http://silverhawkauthor.com/warplanes-of-the-second-world-war-preserved-in-finland_587.html Edited January 23, 2020 by 72modeler corrected spelling 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltcarBoB Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Link isn't working Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Works for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPuente54 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 And me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Me three Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 I just get Forbidden Cheers Dennis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltcarBoB Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Checked again and it now says Forbidden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Worked for me. Nice photos. I know that I have a Gustav in the stash somewhere...I have to find it. Thanks! Nice link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 Still works here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltcarBoB Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 I wonder if I am blocked from viewing because of my UK IP address Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 There are a lot of Finnish aircraft here: http://sa-kuva.fi/neo?tem=webneoeng&fbclid=IwAR0qPHC0Hz5YO9OyrYMyJeJTz-BVYT_NS_i9_3wseGURgZ8-TkiS_r5zOu8 Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigster Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 Very nice / useful website! Thanks 72modeller for finding that! 👍 Regards! Zig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti_K Posted January 24, 2020 Share Posted January 24, 2020 (edited) Excellent photos Mike! Thank you for sharing🙂 Now I have a few more good photos for my Hasegawa 1/32 scale Storch project. I knew the guy who owned and operated this Storch (OH-FSA). He carried mail and food for the people living in the SW archipelago. Sometimes he also carried children to the school and back home again! It is easy when you need less space than helicopters do. Storch's home base was at Genböle. On the back yard of the village grocery shop to be more precise! Two weeks ago I spent two days at the Air Force Museum studying mainly three aircraft : Il-28R for my on-going project, MiG-21 F-13 and SAAB Safir for soon-to-start projects. I couldn't resist to make few colour comparisons on the Hurricane while there... Here is the colour chart of the well known "RAF Museum Book" against the original paint. The second oldest Mk. I in the World. After a professional conservation the colour matches the colour chart better than a digital photo can show. I remember looking at the Hurricane some 30+ years ago and wondering why the Dark Green looked silvery grey and not green at all. Another finding shows that the Finnish Olive Green now looks slightly darker and a bit more brownish than NCS S7010-G70Y which I found earlier on other aircraft at Vesivehmaa. It also looks like the original British paint gave a thick layer that peeled off easily. This is clearly visible around rivets especially on the port wing. Cheers, Antti Edited January 25, 2020 by Antti_K HC-452 is of course Mk. I; not Mk. II as I originally stated. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Great link Mike, cheers. I would love to visit the museums in Finland, especially to see the Hurricane and Blenheim,...... but they are all amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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