The stabilizers to Tkkakoski, wheel to Vantaa

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The undersigned had a chance to visit the Air Force Museum at Tikkakoski on Friday Feb.11th 2022. As earlier, the trip had many purposes. The day before yesterday I went to photograph the Sasky aircraft at the Mänttä agency and on Friday the main purpose was to scan the photo albums of Paavo Kahla and Kurt Södergård for the coming Paavo Kahla book.

But since I was at Tikkakoski, I went to see the Myrsky - II project situation. Now I had reason more than usual, because in the boot of the car came the MY-14 stabilizers from Vantaa to Tikkakoski for the fitting of the fairings.

The stabilizers had a coat of paint on the surface, only the black camouflage colour on top of the olive green was missing. The paintwork on the plywood surfaces of the stabilizers seemed very good compared to the original parts, as can be seen in the photos.
The surface paint work on the metal surfaces made at Tikkakoski wasn’t altogether satisfactory. The blue on the lower surfaces was spot on, but the olive green was a bit too brown. This is why the undersigned went to Teknos with an original fuselage hatch and rudder trim for colour definition.

Also the fire plate had been painted at Tikkakoski. The matt black doesn’t really show in any photos, and we don’t know for sure, whether the Myrsky aircraft were painted like this, although this is strongly supported by the painting of the VL Humu’s respective parts.
In the return load to Vantaa there was besides the fuselage hatch and rudder trim, a wheel of the main landing gear, for the demo wing.

Photos: Reino Myllymäki

Translation: Matti Liuskallio