update: new photo link for Lancaster project

R.A.A.F. Avro Lancaster III A66-1 Queenie VI at Tocumwal:
http://www.verdon-roe.co.uk/#/avro/wwii/avrolancaster/raafqueenievi

US Marines F-5E Tiger II 1/72 Airfix

RAF SEAC Mohawk 1/72 Revell

A leftover kit from the Finnish Air Force Morane project has leftover decals recycled from 3 different Revell kits: a Hurricane, a Wellington and a Spitfire (I think). Paints for the SEAC camouflage are: Humbrol matt 29 for Dark Earth, Revell matt 68 for Dark Green (closest match to a Humbrol 116 tin which was dried up) and homebrew Revell 76 and 50 mix for Medium Sea Grey undersides.

The final results are quite nice for an informal "let's see what we have available in the stash" -style model. However if  you are using this as a reference, please note: 1) camouflage is for the Mohawk IV while the kit is (possibly) a Mohawk III 2) the serial # is unfortunately fictional, couldn't find the correct BS734 combination decals in single font so this became a BN888. But then again, before that knowledge this model didn't look too bad, didn't it?

USAF F-100D Super Sabre 1/72 Italeri

Another Italeri winner, except that there are quite a few small errors which were found at a too late building stage. Worst is the canopy but that's Italeri's fault, not mine!

Decal placement was mostly guesswork as I built this model entirely without the kit instructions, they were missing between a first peek inside the box and starting to build the kit. (Am I having a some kind of trend here?)

Still, if you don't know exactly what a real Hun looks like, this model isn't too bad...

FAA Fairey Fulmar Mk I 1/72 Airfix

My Fulmar Mk I in Temperate Sea Scheme camouflage.

Paints used:

Revell matt 65 for Dark Slate Grey

Revell matt 78 for Extra Dark Sea Grey

Revell matt 49/silk 371 mixture for Sky

I'm afraid a) the weathering got out of hand b) this isn't the right camouflage for British Navy planes in Crete 1941 c) rear canopy seams still aren't finished yet.

But I like the kit and the model! Final note, the original kit exhausts were mysteriously lost during the assembly but fortunately the Revell Hurricane IIc kits have a spare set!

U.S. Marines AV-8B Harrier 1/144 Revell

EAD Eurofighter Typhoon (prototype?) 1/144 Revell

This Revell 1/144 Eurofighter "mini-kit" was issued in 1989, I think it represents the prototype plane and perhaps not  too accurately even at that. Therefore the colour hues are chosen in a loose "mock-up" fashion too.

The kit is good quality, but slightly less detailled than the same scale Tornado. Nice one build, though!

BBC CCCP Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-15 /VVS MiG-15 (бис/bis?) 1/72 Airfix

Airfix new tooling MiG-15, very nice and easy to build. Parts fit is excellent and the assembly guide is very informative, highly recommended. Built out-of-the-box as Soviet Air Force 1950's plane, these flew in Finland (although perhaps not exactly in this guise) for a short time at the Porkkala Soviet military base after the war. The actual Finnish Air Force MiG-15's were twin-seater UTI trainer versions.

from Künnapuu, Ants: 100 Ōhusōidukit. Illusteerinud V.Tōnisson (Valgus, Tallinn, 1975)

from Künnapuu, Ants: 100 Ōhusōidukit. Illusteerinud V.Tōnisson (Valgus, Tallinn, 1975)

Boeing C-17A Globemaster III "08-0001"

USAF C-17A (08-0001) leaving EFHK

French Air Service S.P.A.D. XIII 1/72 Revell

 French Air Service S.P.A.D. (Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés) XIII, Captain Georges Guynemer ('Vieux Charles'), France 1917. 

RFC S.E.5A 1/72 Revell

Royal Aircraft Factory S.(cout) E.(xperimental) 5A, Capt. K.L.Caldwell, Royal Flying Corps, France March 1918 (Munson, Kenneth: Pocket Encyclopaedia of World Aircraft on Colour - Fighters, Attack and Training Aircraft 1914-1919, Finnish translation reprint 2006) 

VVS Яковлев Як-9 (Jakolev Jak-9D/Yakolev Yak-9D) 1/72 Airfix

An old Airfix kit re-issued, built out-of-the-box as a generic Yak-9D model in a generic VVS camouflage (i.e. there probably wasn't ever a real plane looking just like this). At first the kit looked really, really awful but as I plodded along it started to look a little better. It certainly isn't the most detailled or best looking Yak kit available, but it does capture the look of a Yak-9. The kit suggested camouflage of black-green-blue for the "white 86" is most likely right, but I wanted to try the two-tone grey instead. 

From Künnapuu, Ants: 100 Ōhusōidukit. Illusteerinud V.Tōnisson (Valgus, Tallinn, 1975)

FAF MiG-21F-13 repro photo reference (MG-63?)

MG-63

Finnish Air Force MiG-21 takeoff or low level flyby at an airshow in the early 1970's. Reproduction photo of an original faded paper print. I think the plane registration is MG-63. Interestingly the main landing gear seems to be down, but nosewheel already up?

VVS La-5FN 1/72 Revell

VVS MiG-3 1/72 Zvezda

Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Me-262 A-1 1/72 Academy

RAF Harrier G.R.3 1/72 Airfix

RAAF CAC Boomerang 1/72 Airfix

RAF Mosquito N.F. 1/72 Airfix

From Künnapuu, Ants: 100 Ōhusōidukit. Illusteerinud V.Tōnisson (Valgus, Tallinn, 1975)