Collectair La-5 FN

Collectair La-5 FN

Collectair La-5 FN

Raiden Miniatures La-5FN 

A couple of potential scenarios for the Continuation War project feature the Lavochkin La-5 as opposition for the Curtiss Hawk-75 fighters of LeLv32. In late 1943 - early 1944 the Soviets introduced the La-5 which then ran rings around the virtually obsolete Hawks, at which point the Bf-109G began to re-equip the Finnish frontline squadrons. 

I already have eight 1/285th scale Raiden Miniatures La-5 FN fighters painted up in the late war grey and blue grey camouflage, so I've acquired some 1/300th La-5 FN's from the Scotia Collectair range to see what they're like. These arrived in very swift order but I was away, so have only just opened the package to check them out.

I'm really quite impressed with the detail and look of the models , although they are less chunky and clearly lighter in comparison to the Raiden version, regardless of the scale difference. I may need about twenty of them, depending on the scenario, so the price tag is also a very significant bonus!