Author: Josef Skalický

At the beginning of 1943, the Germans captured two Yaks-1b and immediately began using them for reconnaissance and diversionary actions. The Germans acquired another machine on May 11, 1943. It was White 2, the plane of the commander of the 148th IAP Cpt. Leonid Smirnov. The machine was almost immediately involved in actions against its former owners. I was so fascinated by the story of the Cpt. Smirnov’s machine, that I decided to build a scaled copy of it.

Fast and furious, these words could describe not only the result but the Macchi M.C.72 development process as well. This graceful aircraft was developed in 1931, directly for the Schneider Cup floatplane race. For a modeler interested in the Golden Age of Aviation, this is one of the essential types 😊.

For my debut on 72insight.com, I selected my latest completed kits from Arma Hobby: PZL P.7a and PZL P.11c. As for the pre-war air force, what Avia B.534 means for us, PZL fighters represent for the Poles.