Finnish He-100 racers
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The Finnish Air Force ordered 200 He-100s from Germany. FAF pilots had 663 air victories during 1943–44 with He-100s and lost 34 in combat (20 shot down by enemy aircraft). 23 were non-combat losses and other write-offs. 102 aircraft survived the war.
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Utti air base in Finland had a mid-summer festival open day on June 23rd, 1950. It held an air show, to which participated a total of twelve aircraft, from both HLeLv 31 and HLeLv 33.
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It culminated at 7 pm to an American Reno style air race around the pole with four specially marked planes marked "A" to "D". Regarding the fact that the racers flew in circles, the historians came to conclusion that the aircraft the racers flew were marked on the left side only.
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Kits:
Beginning of this year David (63coe) was kind enough to donate four built He-100 indberg kits he acquired on the Internet. The kits were built to a rather questionable standard and needed quite some tender love and care. I decided to turn them into Finnish racers using my own decals.
Some before pics:
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TomZ
The decals might look a bit crude. As far as I can tell from period photos, the real world Bf 109 "race paint" was pretty crude, so these match it quite well. :thumbsup:
Quote from: perttime on November 27, 2022, 12:10:27 PMThe decals might look a bit crude. As far as I can tell from period photos, the real world Bf 109 "race paint" was pretty crude, so these match it quite well. :thumbsup:
That's exactly what I tried to achieve ;)
TomZ
BRILLIANT idea! :thumbsup:
Very original Tom ;D :thumbsup:
Lovely work from very questionable builds ..I should say extremely questionable builds..who the hell puts the crosses on that way ?
Quote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 27, 2022, 07:39:46 PMVery original Tom ;D :thumbsup:
Lovely work from very questionable builds ..I should say extremely questionable builds..who the hell puts the crosses on that way ?
At least one person, evidently! ;D
Good job on those. :thumbsup:
Well done! :thumbsup: And what an elegant aircraft a clean He 100 is/was. :thumbsup:
Quote from: Rick Lowe on November 27, 2022, 11:25:33 PMQuote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 27, 2022, 07:39:46 PMVery original Tom ;D :thumbsup:
Lovely work from very questionable builds ..I should say extremely questionable builds..who the hell puts the crosses on that way ?
At least one person, evidently! ;D
Good job on those. :thumbsup:
Yeah Rick..what did they do?? ..hold the bloody instructions sideways ;D
Quote from: Dizzyfugu on November 27, 2022, 11:44:43 PMWell done! :thumbsup: And what an elegant aircraft a clean He 100 is/was. :thumbsup:
Agreed..it's a beauty and it was a shame it didn't get more use ..to me it's much better looking than the 109 or the 190
Nice!! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Quote from: Rick Lowe on November 27, 2022, 11:25:33 PMQuote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 27, 2022, 07:39:46 PMVery original Tom ;D :thumbsup:
Lovely work from very questionable builds ..I should say extremely questionable builds..who the hell puts the crosses on that way ?
At least one person, evidently! ;D
Who are we to judge how someone should put their transfers on?
I'm sure they had a backstory to explain it.
Quote from: zenrat on November 29, 2022, 02:45:28 AMQuote from: Rick Lowe on November 27, 2022, 11:25:33 PMQuote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 27, 2022, 07:39:46 PMVery original Tom ;D :thumbsup:
Lovely work from very questionable builds ..I should say extremely questionable builds..who the hell puts the crosses on that way ?
At least one person, evidently! ;D
Who are we to judge how someone should put their transfers on?
I'm sure they had a backstory to explain it.
Oh, I quite agree. I certainly can't judge, given some of my less-than-sterling efforts in the past...
Maybe it was a case of "This will give them a laugh, in the future!" ;)
Quote from: zenrat on November 29, 2022, 02:45:28 AMQuote from: Rick Lowe on November 27, 2022, 11:25:33 PMQuote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 27, 2022, 07:39:46 PMVery original Tom ;D :thumbsup:
Lovely work from very questionable builds ..I should say extremely questionable builds..who the hell puts the crosses on that way ?
At least one person, evidently! ;D
Who are we to judge how someone should put their transfers on?
I'm sure they had a backstory to explain it.
It goes one of 3 ways...either this was their first build and they lost the instructions and just went for it which is fine by me or they had no clue and still went for it anyway..all good or three..total wiff...either way I've
never ever seen crosses put on they way .
Quote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 29, 2022, 09:48:31 PMQuote from: zenrat on November 29, 2022, 02:45:28 AMQuote from: Rick Lowe on November 27, 2022, 11:25:33 PMQuote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 27, 2022, 07:39:46 PMVery original Tom ;D :thumbsup:
Lovely work from very questionable builds ..I should say extremely questionable builds..who the hell puts the crosses on that way ?
At least one person, evidently! ;D
Who are we to judge how someone should put their transfers on?
I'm sure they had a backstory to explain it.
It goes one of 3 ways...either this was their first build and they lost the instructions and just went for it which is fine by me or they had no clue and still went for it anyway..all good or three..total wiff...either way I've
never ever seen crosses put on they way .
Or of course all the photos that we know have been altered in a world wide conspiracy to make us think the crosses go on straight......
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
TomZ
Quote from: TomZ on November 30, 2022, 03:53:45 AMQuote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 29, 2022, 09:48:31 PMQuote from: zenrat on November 29, 2022, 02:45:28 AMQuote from: Rick Lowe on November 27, 2022, 11:25:33 PMQuote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 27, 2022, 07:39:46 PMVery original Tom ;D :thumbsup:
Lovely work from very questionable builds ..I should say extremely questionable builds..who the hell puts the crosses on that way ?
At least one person, evidently! ;D
Who are we to judge how someone should put their transfers on?
I'm sure they had a backstory to explain it.
It goes one of 3 ways...either this was their first build and they lost the instructions and just went for it which is fine by me or they had no clue and still went for it anyway..all good or three..total wiff...either way I've
never ever seen crosses put on they way .
Or of course all the photos that we know have been altered in a world wide conspiracy to make us think the crosses go on straight......
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
TomZ
Not into conspiracy theories Tom but that makes perfect sense man ..perfect sense :thumbsup: ;D
Quote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 30, 2022, 09:37:31 AMQuote from: TomZ on November 30, 2022, 03:53:45 AMQuote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 29, 2022, 09:48:31 PMQuote from: zenrat on November 29, 2022, 02:45:28 AMQuote from: Rick Lowe on November 27, 2022, 11:25:33 PMQuote from: Wardukw-NZ on November 27, 2022, 07:39:46 PMVery original Tom ;D :thumbsup:
Lovely work from very questionable builds ..I should say extremely questionable builds..who the hell puts the crosses on that way ?
At least one person, evidently! ;D
Who are we to judge how someone should put their transfers on?
I'm sure they had a backstory to explain it.
It goes one of 3 ways...either this was their first build and they lost the instructions and just went for it which is fine by me or they had no clue and still went for it anyway..all good or three..total wiff...either way I've
never ever seen crosses put on they way .
Or of course all the photos that we know have been altered in a world wide conspiracy to make us think the crosses go on straight......
:banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:
TomZ
Not into conspiracy theories Tom but that makes perfect sense man ..perfect sense :thumbsup: ;D
I suspect a child might have been involved.
"Nooooooooooooo Daddy, They go this way".
Hahaha Fred...I'd go with those suspicious thoughts mate :thumbsup:
Makes perfect sense to me, too!
Awesome idea and nice general execution! :mellow: First time I have seen the colouring of "A" and "C".