Even though I'm quite aware of the fact that there aren't too many modelers that are interested in the Eastern European German allies - Hungary, Romania and Finland - I sure would like to see at least one or two kits of figures from these countries.
There are a small number of kits on the market, but only single figures of different brands. The quality of these figures is often very poor.
It's hardly impossible to find any Romanian 1/35 figures for example. Hornet got some Romanian helmets that could be useful for conversions - that's about all I have found.
Regarding Hungarian figures the situation is a little bit better, due to the fact that there are, at least, two Hungarian companies that make resin figures - Resination and Botond Models. A couple of tankers, a Hungarian military police and one or two infantry men is all have found on the market this far, but quality of them is quite low.
From Botond models:
From Resination:
Regarding Finnish figures, all I have found is two figures. One is a superbly made infantry man from Lincoln, but I think this one is hard to find these days (I bought the last three on E-bay).
The other one is the Finnish field Marshall Mannerheim from an unknown manufacturer:
Just one or two kits of tankers and/or infantry - say of the ordinary Dragon/DML size (4-6 figures) - would create great opportunities for making interesting ww2 dioramas set on the eastern front. I especially like this one, a river crossing with both Germans and Romanians, from the Czech modeler Martin Schuster:
http://www.schusterdiorama-35.cz/cs/galerie/1/46/
I have no illusions that some big company would find it economically sound to produce kits with eastern European allies, but at least this time of year, close to Christmas, I'm prone to think that miracles can happen. ![Wink [;)]](/emoticons/icon_smile_wink.gif)
/Tony aka bultenibo