Back to the 40's again, this time with a Finnish Morane built from the Hobby Boss kit. It's not a perfect Morane-Saulnier but quite acceptable anyway. I made some small modifications like steel tubing for the wing guns, tailwheel from another Hobby Boss kit and Finnish ultramarine blue swastikas from Revell's Curtiss Hawk 75A kit. This model represents the MS-311 after the full overhaul (=fresh Finnish 'Sotamaalaus' warpaint) in spring 1942 but before the later light blue "DN-väri" undersides paint or the 'shark teeth' decoration nose. The shark's teeth & eyes were included in the box decals, but all wrong so I didn't want to use them.
Paint codes are Humbrol 116 for the "Oliivinvihreä" (dark olive green), Xtracolor X204 for the "Musta" (black) camouflage, Xtracolor X137 for the "Vaaleanharmaa" (very light grey) undersides and Tikkurila Miranol for "Keltainen omakonetunnus" (bright yellow).
Here's a brief history of the original plane (from Keskinen: Suomen ilmavoimien historia, volume 4): Feb.15th 1940 arrived in Finland. June 28th 1940 delivered to LLv 28. June 21st 1941 belonged to 1/LLv 28. Nov.22nd 1941 to full overhaul. Oct.6th 1942 delivered to 1/LeLv 14. Aug.10th 1944 crashed. Three victories scored.
By the way, the yellow paint brand is by the very same company which made the original aircraft paints, going under name Schildt & Hallberg back then. The shade may not be 100% accurate, but close enough for my tastes. Besides, this kit was bought from the Finnish Aviaton Museum so this is quite Finnished model, isn't it?
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| Morane-Saulnier with Curtiss Hawk 75A in 1/72 scale |
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| Not out-of-the-box, but just with easy modifications |
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