Heraldcoupe Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 If you've found a useful site with information on the Finnish Air Force, please add a link here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 List of Finnish Airforce planes... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_milit...raft_of_Finland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 (edited) OK Links. Photo gallery of musuem at Tikkaksi, Finnish Airforce musuem. http://www.trerc.fi/galleria/suomen_ilmailumuseo/index.html Note on page 2/3, Hurricane, "5" HC-452. Note Metal wings and DeHavilland propeller. And original paint! some Finnish Hurricanes had fabric wings, but i think most were metal. From what I have seen it is the early planes with fabric wings. HC-451 is fabric winged, HC-456 is metal. I think all the Finnish Hurricanes had DH Props. There are some other useful shots here. http://www.pienoismallit.net/galleria/referenssi_3090/ a load of photos of the Brewster Buffalo BW-372, which was pulled out of a lake. In original paint more in main page Blenhiem http://www.pienoismallit.net/galleria/referenssi_3775/ more Hurricane http://www.pienoismallit.net/galleria/referenssi_1536/ http://www.pienoismallit.net/galleria/referenssi_1295/ Finnish Hurricanes Note that this is NOT fabric winged. Also of note that there are two access panels on the port side. The smaller 3rd rectangular panel was introduced in mid 1940. And the early 5 spoke wheels. I can't find the RAF serials of the Finnish planes, but they will be out there, but there were 12 with Merlin III engines and DH props, drawn from British maintenance units. Only the first 680 Hurricanes built had fabric wings so by jan 1940 the MU's had metal winged ones. [found the serials, they are in a Finnis book, deso anyone need them?] for what's still about http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/Finland/finnish.htm (also list german Italian etc http://www.preservedaxisaircraft.com/) has some photos too. in a search on Hyperscale I found that WW2 era Finnish interior grey is matched by RAF Medium Sea Grey, a quote from Kari Stenman. (note decals below) Note, for specific information try emailing the Finnish Airforce musuem. I did, and they were very helpful. http://www.kolumbus.fi/martti.kuivalainen/engindex.html whch will list I think what decal sheets are available from who. for Finnish decals. http://www.kolumbus.fi/martti.kuivalainen/...L/kuivadec.html KUD001 Finnish AF cockades since 1945- 8.40 € over 150 cockades both in 1/72 and 1/48! 12 different sizes from 20cm to 120 cm (1/72) and from 20 cm to 72 cm (1/48). Including instructions about the use of the different sizes. Designed by Kari Stenman, printed in England. Inscale are available from from Hannants. http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/index.php...GE=25&order[]=arrived+desc&order[]=code+asc A suggestion, a decals swap bank for this, as I doubt if anyone is going to do 5 Hurricanes etc, so if someone buys a sheet perhaps they post up what they won't use? Or is that too complex? The IPMS decal bank does have a load of Finnish decals already I believe. Now.... where can you get Finnish stencils in 1/48th................. I'll post some colour info next Edited May 11, 2010 by Troy Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 (edited) Colours, figure this will be of use. from a Finnish magazine, i was sent a xerox by the musuem. Note for WW2 Sotakoneet = basically warplanes [sota = war, kone = machine, i think, I can't easily reach the dictionary right now, note Finnish does not have prepostions, so words tend to have a variety of endings added to them to change tense and gender. from an English speakers point of view - confusing, as you need to know the root word and be able to spot the added word endings. This is just a warning as to the difficulty of the language. Note that endings get added to names as well, eg Humbrolin, Xtracolorin] that the Finnish cockpit grey, Harmaa (on Finnish built planes, reconditioned planes, or planes that have had a major overhaul at the aircraft works at Tampere.) is matched by RAF Medium Sea Grey FS 36270 and the Olive Green, Oliivin vihrea, topsurface camo with black, is matched by FAA Dark Slate Grey 34906 http://www.colorserver.net/showcolor.asp?fs=34096+36270+ http://www.simmerspaintshop.com/page-RGB-colors-UK.html Musta is black, and is just black, not black green. For scale use suggest a very dark grey. Vaaleen sininen DN-vari the underside blue was adopted after getting Do17's, they liked the colour, and adopted it, and thus is the same as Luftwaffe RLM 65. Note DN = Dornier the colour chart list two FS matches, but they are very close. the insignia blue is Tunnuksen sininen. listed as 35123, Sininen means blue, and is derived from Russian I believe. http://www.colorserver.net/showcolor.asp?f...270+35123+35414 Merkkivari I assume meaning markings (the Finns like to Finnicise words, so 'Bar' as in pub becomes 'Baari' for example) Punainen - red Keltainen - yellow http://www.colorserver.net/showcolor.asp?f...538+33655+31302 the two letter codes in main use section refer to serials on Finnish aircraft, eg HC - Hurricane DN - Dornier JU - Junkers MT- Messerschmitt FA- Fiat CA - Caudron MS- Morane Saulnier BW- Brewster GL - Gladiator BL - Blenhiem LY- Lysander you get the idea.... Hope this answers some colour questions from the off. If you PM me I can send a link to a PDF of an out of print books on Finnish Camo. terve! T Edited March 12, 2010 by Troy Smith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heraldcoupe Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 A few pages picked out from my bookmarks: The Brewster Buffalo in Finnish Service Some history and theory on why the Brewster was so succesful in Finnish service, despite being a failure elsewhere. Aircraft of the Finnish Air Force A decent guide with timeline for types in service. Finnish Fighter tactics LaGG-3 articles Includes substantial detail of LaGGs captured and used by the Finns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelling Mushi Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Links to Finnish Finn Airforce Museum (the English text version) http://www.airforcemuseum.fi/ And a listing and photos of Finn WWII aces - all the text in Finn, but it is easy enough to work out http://www.ilmavoimat.fi/index.php?id=37 Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heraldcoupe Posted March 28, 2010 Author Share Posted March 28, 2010 I just came across this page detailing a visit to the Finnish Air Force Museum This includes access to the storage facility, with pre-restoration images of the Finnish built Blenheim IV, and Blenheim Mk1 nose sections. Cheers, Bill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted May 14, 2010 Share Posted May 14, 2010 currently in French newsagents or available from the Aviation Bookshop or the publisher direct Finnish Eagles vs. Red Star by Kari Stenman . 114 page A-4 softback, 225 photos profile artwork .. a bargain at 12 euros ! page views here http://www.avions-bateaux.com/en/catalogue...logue_1412.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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