Small Scale Military Headquarters

Check them out, what do you think.

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Wow. That's great. I really like the Swiss custom. It has amazing detail. It must of taken a long time to customize.

Rogue,

Beautfiul job. They are excellent! What squadron is the Corsair?

The Swiss 109 is definately original and spot-on accurate. A sure pro job........

-Ski

Very nice work!!!!! I've seen photos of Swiss 109's Your custom looks fantastic and the Corsair is mint.

Very nice work. Glad you posted these.

Awesome job! I really like the way the Swiss 109 came out. Its very professional. Now, is 21st looking for an idea for the next 109 repaint?

A Swiss painted German fighter? I thought Switzerland stayed neutral in WWII, but I'm probably missing something obvious.

If someone wouldn't mind, share with me the Swiss's involvement in WWII; probably one of those interesting asides in history that always gets overlooked.

Thanks!

parrish333 -

You're just in luck as I saw a show on the History channel today about Switzerland in WWII! I will be brief here in my answer, but Swiss neutrality was only de facto! They tended to heavily lean towards the German side, probably as a result of the fact that they were surrounded by German occupied territory and because of a common cultural connection with Germany.

The vast revenues in gold and currency the Nazis took from conquered peoples and murdered Jews were stored in Swiss bank accounts (which are only recently being reopened). The Swiss also had factories that produced weapons, munitions, vehicles, aircraft and other war material for the Germans (which would probably explain the BF-109s). Trainloads of people being sent to concentration camps in Eastern Europe were allowed to pass through Swiss territory. They wouldn't allow refugees from German occupied territories (namely escaping Jews) to cross their frontiers. Further, the Swiss sometimes shotdown Allied bombers that strayed over their airspace and they detained allied aircrews. These are all just a few of the infractions of the laws of neutrality carried out by the Swiss. Switzerland wanted to remain neutral during WWII so as to protect its banking and financial interests, but instead it chose to get rich by working for the Nazis and enjoying the benefits of not being attacked by the allies.

So there you have it - Swiss neutrality!

I have that info, at home.

Ill get it tonight.

tman,

Thanks for the info on Swiss (non)neutrality. Very interesting! I guess I knew about the banks, but had no clue they were actually pumping out war materiel, rejecting refugees, shooting down allied bombers, etc.

Always good to get a little historical perspective on these things!

OK, Jim Page born in Scotland in 1923.
He recieved his wings and commission at Pensacola, Florida.
That is where he met Bunny his wife and now resides.
In September 1943 he joined 1837 Squadron, training in Brunswick, Maine.
In Janurary 1944, Lt. Page's squadron called HMS. Victorious home.

There are several Pictures of Seven Sugar.
One was on the inside cover of a Ghost calender.
Another is in vol 6 issue 8 of Scale Aviation Modeller under Commonwealth Corsairs.

There are also pics of the Brunswick Corsair II's on the web.

My next project is a AVG P-40B flown by Charlie Bond.
Charlie is another personal friend and flew number 5 in the 1st pursuit.

He wrote "A Flying Tiger's Diary" and there is a awesome print of Charlie by John Shaw called "By Dawns Early Light"
I got 396 of the 500, signed by all of the Flying Tigers at the 50th Reunion.

Nice job! I like the Swiss 109, dead on. Does anybody else want to share pics of their customs?
Todd

I added a pic of RT Smith showing the shell ejection shoots.

Thats from way back when the 21st AVG P-40 came out.

Very nice paint job on that piece. I really like unusual custom work like your Swiss Me-109. It really stands out.