Hallo

My latest build just finished.


It is Special Hobby's 'Sussu over Finland' added with flaps from Eduard and some scratch built parts.


The pilot is from Legend Productions and the photographer is from Warrior. All figures has Hornet heads.


The decals is a mix from Techmod and FCM and Hasegawa.



The mechanics is YS Castings and Tamiya and the rest of the stuff is mainly from Tamiya and MiG.



Please comment

looks good

Great work! I like the arrangement too. Could you post a photo or two more, that posing with the photographer and the pilot figure seems to be working nicely.
Are those figures all 1:32 btw?

Thank's for the kind comments!

The scenery is inspired by the blast pens of Nurmoila (Finnish WWII Airbase). I enjoy making dios. In my opinion it makes the the kit come alive.



Regarding the figures I struggle with finding proper ones in the 1/32 scale (has anyone a tip for good manufacturer?). All of them are in the 35-scale. The scales are close enough to each other to make it work. The Legend figure (pilot) is actually slightly smaller than the usual 1/35 figures. On the other hand I have read that many of the Finnish pilots were not that tall.

Here is a few more pics.

That photographer and pilot figures sure worked out nice!
Until told so, I couldn't have said those to be 1:35, thanks to natural length variation both in figures and actual people coupled with the closeness of the two scales.

Looks great. Very well laid out scene and great modelling work!

Thanks for sharing

That looks magnificent. Great subject.

Superb job Fred, I love it !!

Cheers, D

Thank you all of you for the kind comments!

But there is plenty of room for improvement. in my opinion. For example looking at the build I'm quite disappointed in how the wires for the radio came out. They look a bit saggy and way to thick in the pictures. Usually I use stretched spruces for this, but here I used wire instead because I found it hard to stretch them long enough and equally thick How do you folks do when you need to make them long?

I also need to improve the figures a bit, not really happy with the faces and the uniforms are a bit shiny. It was my first attempt using MiG washes on figures, have only used Valejjo earlier. I used Valejjo on the faces and then MiG on the uniforms. I sprayed the figures glossy prior to the MiG-washing to make the surface smooth. I then sprayed the figures with flat clear afterwards but they came out glossy anyway, especially in the flash light from the camera.

Any hints and tips out there

I think it's a great dio', I like it

But i don't like the wiring, you must not use wire. Use streched sprue


Cheers Nick

Fred, I have used braid fishing line for my last couple of builds. It is very fine, zero stretch, you can get it in a metallic colour, and it will not react with any solvents so it sets with CA very well. I fix one end with a short over-length to be trimmed off later, then once that is set I put a small drop of CA on the receiving point of the other end, with a longer over length, and us either a clothes peg or a small clamp to hold pressure on it while the CA sets. You can trim the excess with fine scissors.

Here's a pic of my 1/2 Bf 109 recently done



Give it a try, you can get a small spool of line from your local outdoor store for a few dollars and it will last for years, just make sure you ask for "braid" fishing line, a good example is "Berkeley Fireline"

Hope this helps, Damian

Damian, thank's a lot for that tip!

Stretched sprue just did not work for me on this one. I tried and failed several times.

New wiring added. Used Berkeley Fireline 0,17mm. Damian, thank you for the tip

looks very good I use Maxima chameleon 2 lb leader material and zap a gap medium ca with good results.Did you shoot your own photos? if so good job on that too.I hope to post on here soon after my pro photographer nephew helps me out, I am discovering good photography is quite a challenge for me

You're very welcome, looks great !!

That's Far Better Mr. Fredrik


Cheers Nick

Nick and Damien, thanks you for your feedback and tips, That is what makes this site so great

Doppelganger, I use my old Konica Dimage Z6 and and shoot my pics with the camera hand held. Objects placed on my kitchen table. Nothing fancy at all.