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Hello, I am a former police officer from the Czech Republic. After 31 years I returned to building aircraft from the great war. My lifelong interest is history and WW1 pilots. I build 1:48 and occasionally 1:32 models. It's a big inspiration for me when I literally see works of art from other colleagues here.

Hanriot HD.1, Lukgraph, 1:32, Tenente Antonio Bogliolo, Squadrilia 81a, 2 victories

This is my first resin build in this scale. The kit is very finely and detailed, a joy to build. Only the installation of the upper wing was somewhat more demanding. You also had to adjust the length of the hull struts. Painted by Revell, [...]

SE.5A (Hispano Suiza), 1:48, Eduard, Lt. William Gordon Claxton, 41 Squadron, 37 victories

The Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a is a British World War I biplane fighter aircraft. It was developed at the Royal Aircraft Factory by a team consisting of Henry Folland, John Kenworthy and Major Frank Goodden. It was one of the fastest [...]

Spad VII C1, 1:32, Roden, Adj. Didier Masson, 124 Esc. 1 victory

The SPAD S.VII was the first successful design of a series of biplane fighters produced by the Société Pour L'Aviation et ses Dérivés (SPAD) during the First World War. Like its successors, the S.VII was renowned as a sturdy and robust [...]

Albatros D.III, 1:32, Roden, Lt. Karl Emil Schäfer, Jasta 28, 30 victories

I saw two nicely built Roden D.III Albatross here recently and I liked them so much I thought I'd build one too. I chose the less presented coloring of the ace Emil Schäfer. I modified a nice looking engine with pipes, cables, spark plugs [...]

Siemens-Schuckert D. IV, 1-48, Eduard, Ltn. Hermann Becker, Jasta 12, 23 victories.

Conversion from the Eduard SSW D.III kit. Made completely new wings, rudder and struts by casting from resin and sanding adjusted to the desired shape. I shortened the height rudder according to the drawing and modified it by grinding. [...]

Halberstadt CL. IV, (Rol.) Mirage Hobby, 1:48, Ltn. Hans-Joachim Rath, Schlasta 5

A very nicely made model with lots of small details and a realistic surface. However, this is a more demanding construction, due to the fact that all parts (even the small ones) are attached to the frame at four and six points. Removing [...]

Siemens-Schuckert D.III, Eduard, 1:48, Vzfw. Fritz Beckhardt. Kesta 46, 17 victories.

Pleasant construction, only the placement of the lower wing is a little more difficult than with the older edition of this model. Also, the color of the lozenges of the upper surfaces seemed a bit questionable to me, but then I saw a [...]

Albatros D.III, Oeffag (153.106), 1:48, Eduard, Lt. Franz Gräser, Flik 61J, 18 victories

I present another Oeffag model, this time from the 106 series. The propeller cone started to be removed from these series, due to constant problems with it falling off very often in flight. About the Albatross of the Austro-Hungarian Air [...]

Nieuport Ni-17, Hobby Craft, 1: 32, Maj. William Avery Bishop, 60 sqd. RFC, 72 victories.

This is my second 1:32 scale model that I have built in my life. So training for better models. A fairly simple model with very little detail. I modified the engine cover, rebuilt and modified the headrest to remove the hole and made the [...]

Phönix D. IIa, Special Hobby, 1:48, Fw. Karl Teichmann, Flik 17J, 5 victories

When I recently put the D.I version, it is necessary to add the D.II version from the same manufacturer. Made the same modifications as D.I, plus added aileron balancing that was omitted from the kit. The D.II version had, unlike the D.I, [...]