--Originally posted June 7, 2010 --

WOW, Kevin - that post must've been completed just in time for you to read it - and I'm glad you liked it, buddy!

And yes, I'm building the Tamiya 1/48 kit - (one of) Geof Fisken's Buffalo(es), as I'm sure you could guess - and YES I would love to use your decals for it.

(I replaced some oddball characters in your post, which were not displaying properly on my browser.) It is remarkable how historians - including hacks such as myself - continue to overlook the Finnish Air Force Buffaloes. (Just some psychological incompatibility between so American a name as "Buffalo" and that Nazi-looking Finnish AF insignia, I guess! ) But seriously, that's very interesting info on them, which I'm glad you added here. And particularly provocative in light of Soviet aircraft's renowned toughness - in stark contrast to the much more delicate/flammable Japanese designs. Did the Finns up-gun their Buffaloes at all? Again, great contribution Kevin!

Give me a shout for any arrangements/compensation I can send you in return for those decals - for which I DO THANK YOU, sir!

Cheers,

-Matty