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In the 1930s, after the success of the B-22 trainer, the Avia factory focused on training and aerobatic specials. The Czech army ordered a series of Bš-122s for fitness flights and pilot training. In 1937, the factory took two machines of this type and modified them into new versions of the B-322 and Bš-322. The main change to the Bš-322 was the installation of the Avia Rk-17 engine and the addition of wheel hoods.

The British infantry tank Churchill, for me as a modeller, is a great military classic – different versions, different colours, different battlefields. It is also a classic for Airfix, a traditional English manufacturer of model kits – after all, they released the model of this tank in version VII in 1961! In 2018, this kit was reboxed in the “Vintage Classics” red box edition with decals from Cartograf, and that’s how this old classic has come to me.

This is a 312 Czechoslovak squadron machine from June-July 1944, shortly after D Day. I wanted to finish this model for last year’s 80th anniversary of the Normandy invasion, but as always, real life got in the way, so I present it now, almost a year later.😅

When the old Kovozávody Prostějov released a model of the machine, I couldn’t resist as a kid and built it. Later, I found out about its influence on the history of the establishment of the state of Israel and decided to build one of these machines. And when Eduard released the model with the option to build an uncovered engine, I bought everything I needed and here is the result.

In 1924, the Avia factory built a single-seat special BH-9 for record flights. The machine was under military administration and had military markings, and for the most famous flights it received the civilian registration L_BONG, which was applied over the military one. In this article, I describe the pitfalls of building from the KP kit and the necessary modifications to the model.

It was on this very day five years ago that we got the brilliant idea to start this blog dedicated to 1/72nd scale models, with the aim of bringing our work to everyone who is as passionate about this scale as we are.

The Farman F.230 and its derivatives were a family of light touring aircraft built in France in the 1930s. They were low-wing cantilever monoplanes of conventional configuration, with fixed tailskid undercarriage and two open cockpits in tandem. The thick-section wing used on these designs was a distinguishing feature.

Introducing you to the P-51 Mustang fighter would be like carrying coal to Newcastle, so I’ll leave it to the experts. The high-back B and C versions of the Mustang (which had previously been somewhat neglected by model makers) were produced in 1943, the C version specifically in Dallas, Texas. As I was once at home thinking about which model to start with – to finish it quickly and easily – a P-51C Mustang box from Academy caught my eye on the shelf. The kit was first launched in 2001 and is relatively simple, but it looked fun to build, so I asked myself, why not give it a chance?

The Aero factory organized a demonstration flight over Europe and Africa in 1926, where it presented its latest product, the Ab-11. The aircraft selected for the flight was serial number 17, which received the civil registration L_BUCD and a light blue paint job. The kit was published by Special Hobby.