Whilst this is not strictly an “aircraft” model, it is “aircraft based” none the less! I've had the below photo on my computer for a little while and while flicking through some other photos I stumbled upon it again. Whilst thinking my thoughts, it made me think that animals were quite prevalent as unit mascots back in the First World War (many of us know of the Red Baron - Von Richthofen's - dog, Moritz, and the Lafayette’s lion mascots, Whiskey and Soda).
As usual, thoughts strayed back on to modeling and it made me think that this could make a cute little vignette (mini-diorama). My thoughts were further fuelled when I remembered that Eduard included a nice little resin Dachshund with their 1/48 Bf-110 kit. I thought that I could add a suitable pilot figure next to the aircraft, and perhaps only include the rear half of the aircraft in the vignette to keep the focus on the relationship between pilot and dog. So I rummaged through the spares box, found a figure and a donor kit, and went to work. After a couple of weeks of delving into the unknown (for me) world of figure modeling, I have finished the little diorama:
The pilot figure is a resin figure from Jager, and came with their now out of production resin 1/48 Rumpler C.V kit. The dog came from the Eduard Bf-110E kit and is also resin – I added the goggles from wire and the scarf from putty. Both were painted with oil paints. The aircraft tail was “donated” from the Eduard 1/48 Pfalz D.IIIa, to which I added some creative battle damage. I am definitely not a figure painter in any way, shape or form. So this was a bit of an experiment for me to see if I could actually paint a figure in 1/48 without it looking like a mannequin!
All feedback, criticisms and tips welcomed!
BC
salacious (had to look that one up, hope it fits) 
