Einar Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 In my opinion, one of the most elegant post-war aircraft of the Finnish Air Force was the French manufactured pilot trainer jet Fouga Magister CM.170. A total of some eighty Fougas served in the FAF between 1958-88. There are still a couple of airworthy Fougas left seen mainly in air shows. This plane type was also used by many other countries for pilot training purposes but in Israel the Fouga Magisters were also operational in combat duties during the six days war in 1967. One distinctive feature of the plane was the very loud, high-pitch whistling of its two Turbomeca Maribore turbo jets. I built the Fouga from a Kinetic 1/48 scale dual combo kit . My model depicts the Fouga Magister FM-45 in the markings of the Pilot Training Squadron of the Aerial Combat School in 1987. The very plane is nowadays in display at the Finnish Air Force museum in Tikkakoski, Central Finland. The quality of the Kinetic kit was quite ok but the instruction sheet was really poor with a lot of errors and omissions. Without the info and the pictures on the net it would have been difficult to finish the build successfully. The decals for the model were from Max Decals and the day-glo strips I made from a Microscale's decal sheet. I painted the model with Alclad White Aluminium plus some panels and details with Vallejo Air silver, aluminium and steel. For the cockpit I bought masking tapes from Montex. I also scratch built and amended a lot of FAF details to the model. The last flight of FM-45 in 1987 39 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Beautiful! The Max decals are very good :). I still have a few of them in the file 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, RidgeRunner said: Beautiful! The Max decals are very good :). I still have a few of them in the file Thank you! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 I have a Finnish Draken build planned very soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 2 minutes ago, RidgeRunner said: I have a Finnish Draken build planned very soon Good luck with your "dragon" 👍😄 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAT69 Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Very nice model of a very pretty airplane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivand Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 7 hours ago, Einar said: whistling of its two Turbomeca Maribore turbo jets Marboré... I always wonder why people seem to go half blind when they come across French words/names - they use the same alphabet, you know. 😏 Very nice model. The Finnish Magisters look very 'bare naked' (polished) metal IRL. White aluminium gives the impression of a paint job with aluminium paint (as happens to a lot of museum exhibits). It's your choice, of course, and very well executed it was, too. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 21 minutes ago, ivand said: Marboré... I always wonder why people seem to go half blind when they come across French words/names - they use the same alphabet, you know. 😏 Very nice model. The Finnish Magisters look very 'bare naked' (polished) metal IRL. White aluminium gives the impression of a paint job with aluminium paint (as happens to a lot of museum exhibits). It's your choice, of course, and very well executed it was, too. 👍 Je suis désolé Ivand! Thank you / merci pour tes commentaires👍 Einar 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalako Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Beautiful work.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 Very pretty! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 18, 2021 Author Share Posted December 18, 2021 20 minutes ago, Shalako said: Beautiful work.👍 Thank you! Einar 6 minutes ago, John Masters said: Very pretty! Thanks John Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share Posted December 19, 2021 15 hours ago, SAT69 said: Very nice model of a very pretty airplane. Thank you! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari Lumppio Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 Moi! I have serviced FM-45 as conscript ground crew man first half of 1986 at Kauhava AFB. Should have some crappy photo of it. I am pretty sure -86 was the last year Fougas flew as trainers there. Helped MaxDecals with the Finnish stencils and some little else, too. You have put them in to good use. Good model! Cheers, Kari 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 7 hours ago, Kari Lumppio said: Moi! I have serviced FM-45 as conscript ground crew man first half of 1986 at Kauhava AFB. Should have some crappy photo of it. I am pretty sure -86 was the last year Fougas flew as trainers there. Helped MaxDecals with the Finnish stencils and some little else, too. You have put them in to good use. Good model! Cheers, Kari Hi Kari. Thank you / kiitos very much for your message. It's really interesting to hear that you have serviced the very FM-45 and helped in designing the decals. ..and it's nice to know that you liked the model👍 Cheers Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Elegant indeed, a lovely build ! Wulfman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 31 minutes ago, Wulfman said: Elegant indeed, a lovely build ! Wulfman Thank you Wulfman! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Very nice result. The airfield backdrop is excellent for atmospheric photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 3 hours ago, Maginot said: Very nice result. The airfield backdrop is excellent for atmospheric photos. Thank you very much for the positive comments! Cheers, Einar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 (edited) What's not to like? It's a Magister and it's in Finnish colors and markings! Very nice model; when I get around to my 1/72 kit, I hope I can do half as good a job. Bet even our two 'Antti's' will like this one! @antti @Antti_K A Finnish Mig-15UTI would look neat alongside this one! Mike Edited December 21, 2021 by 72modeler added text 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 21, 2021 Author Share Posted December 21, 2021 19 minutes ago, 72modeler said: What's not to like? It's a Magister and it's in Finnish colors and markings! Very nice model; when I get around to my 1/72 kit, I hope I can do half as good a job. Bet even our two 'Antti's' will like this one! @antti @Antti_K A Finnish Mig-15UTI would look neat alongside this one! Mike Hi Mike, Thank you very much for your positive comments and thoughts. I will model a Mig-15UTI in the near future. I already have the kit in my stash😀 Cheers Einar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antti_K Posted December 21, 2021 Share Posted December 21, 2021 Terve Einar, stunning work! I guess this is the best model of a Finnish Magister I've ever seen. You really nailed the surface; it looks just right. Bare aluminium with slight oxidation. I think that very few people realize, how hard it is to polish a real Magister. I did it once with a school mate some 30+ years ago... Is the scenery from Kauhava? Kyllä sä vedät hyvin😉 Cheers, Antti 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 7 hours ago, Antti_K said: Terve Einar, stunning work! I guess this is the best model of a Finnish Magister I've ever seen. You really nailed the surface; it looks just right. Bare aluminium with slight oxidation. I think that very few people realize, how hard it is to polish a real Magister. I did it once with a school mate some 30+ years ago... Is the scenery from Kauhava? Kyllä sä vedät hyvin😉 Cheers, Antti Suurkiitos kehuista Antti / Thank you for your positive comments, they really warm the old modeller's heart! The scenery in the base is actually made by me from an enlarged forest photo and self-drawn airfield. It's nice to hear that it might resemble the Kauhava AFB. Cheers, Einar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 The color orange-silver combination is awesome. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einar Posted December 22, 2021 Author Share Posted December 22, 2021 24 minutes ago, Remus389 said: The color orange-silver combination is awesome. 👍 Thank you Remus! Einar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luis pacheco Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Very nice. I saw the 1/1 scale three years ago on Ilmavoimat museam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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