Yakovlev Yak-130 1/72 Zvezda
In the past, there were not many choices to build that nice 5th generation training plane in 1/72. Therefore it was a must-have for me, when Zvezda released the YAK-130 kit.
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Avia B.534 1/72 Eduard (dual build)
B.534 fighter was the backbone of the Czechoslovak Air Force during the second half of the 1930s. Contrary to my usual routine, I built two pieces simultaneously this time.
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PZL.37 Łoś 1/72 IBG Models
Lately, Polish manufacturers started to fill a market gap of WWII Polish aircraft subjects in 1/72 scale. Availability of quite nice kits inspired me to build a small Polish aircraft collection. The PZL-37 Łoś must not be excluded.
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Messerschmitt Bf 108B Taifun 1/72 Fly
Bf 108 Taifun of the Kondor Legion, Spain, 1937 (?). This is an earlier appearance of this particular aircraft – all in RLM 24 blue (it was later repainted in RLM 02 grey). This cute little toy car with wings is a first model of a German airplane since my childhood 🙂 Also, a first model of a completely non-combat plane (although I made a few PRU or training versions of combat planes earlier).
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Mitsubishi F-2 1/72 Hasegawa
My traditional visit of one modeller’s shop before Christmas time turned out as usual with at least three kits in my hands 🙂 One of them was a quite attractive F-2A, a prototype with some strange coloured weapons. In the past, I was convinced this is Japanese 1:1 F-16. I was really wrong. The Mitsubishi F2 is different and a bit bigger than F-16 in order to fulfil Japanese Defence Force requirements.
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FMA IA-58 Pucará 1/72 Special Hobby
On the 2nd of April, 1982, at 16:00 four Pucarás from Grupo 3. de Ataque landed on BAM Malvinas. The plane A-529 piloted by Tenientes Daniel Lukic was a part of that small force.
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Caudron C.600 1/72 SBS Model
“The best resin kits around” – this is a simple definition of SBS models. Tiny Caudron C.600 is one of their superstars, currently offered in four boxes. Spanish, French military, civilian and Hungarian. I chose single-seat C.600 flown by French aviatress Suzanne Kohn during her flight from Orly to Madagascar in May 1939.
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Zlín Z-50LS 1/72 Brengun
When I was a teenager, the first book I ever read about aircraft was a story of a very successful Czech aerobatic pilot Petr Jirmus. 30 years after, Brengun released a kit of Z-50LS including one marking of Jirmus’s mount.
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Bolton Paul Defiant 1/72 Airfix
Boulton Paul Defiant was one of the aircraft types flown by famous Czech night fighter pilot F/O Vlastimil Veselý. This one is from the 96 Squadron RAF, 1941.
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PZL.24G 1/72 IBG Models
This model is unique in many ways. It is the first IBG kit I had in my hands and the first model with Greek markings in my collection. And last but not least, it is my very first model published on this blog. Thanks again for the invitation and offer to make me feel like home here.
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Fiat G.55 Centauro 1/72 Sword
My most recent work and the opener for this new blog (ta-da!) is a machine of the 1st Gruppo ANR, stationed in Vicenza, northeast Italy in summer 1944. I already published this article on iModeler earlier, but this is a slightly updated version with new photos – I had to fix the national markings (more on this below).
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Polikarpov I-5 VT-12 1/72 ICM
I uploaded a couple of my older models as well, for better testing of some features of this new blog. This one I built in October 2018. It’s the second prototype of I-5, in its former configuration without a hump behind the cockpit.
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Polikarpov I-153 1/72 ICM
I uploaded a couple of my older models as well, for better testing of some features of this new blog. This one I built in September 2018. It’s a I-153 of an unknown unit based near the city of Lutsk, western Ukraine, in June 1941.
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