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Amodel's Dornier Do26
Well, this is a prime example of checking your reference sources, which I didn't. I really liked this colour scheme when I saw it ten years ago now, and promptly applied it to this model. Unfortunately, on tidying up the colour scheme [...]
I almost got hooked: my experience with Amodel's gigantic Mi-22!
The Mi-6 "Hook" from Amodel is a real challenge in many respects. The fact that I have built two of them in parallel is directly related to this: solutions that have been found in one model should be given the chance to prove [...]
The Toss Up: First Soviet Jets, MiG-9 and Yak-15
On April 24, 1946, both the MiG-9 and Yak-15 were ready to become the USSR's first jet aircraft. The MiG-9 flew first, allegedly on account of a lucky coin toss.
Both jets made use of salvaged German engines; while the MiG-9 was a new [...]
The Mil Mi-6 ‘Hook’, a truly record-breaking giant!
The heavy transport helicopter presented here not only occupies a special place among Soviet designs, but also stands out among all rotorcraft designs of its time. From the time of its first flight in June 1957, this giant was the largest [...]
Lancaster or York? Definitely a Lancastrian! Avro Lancastrian VH-EAS, Qantas 1949
The name "Lancastrian" may sound strange to uninitiated ears, but it has significance and weight in English history: the aristocratic party of the House of Lancaster had fought with the supporters of the House of York in the [...]
Not my last completed model of 2023, but the last one I wrote a few words about: Yak 50 aerobatic plane in the colours of DOSAAF!
The powerful and agile Yak 50 can be considered one of the great designs in the field of aerobatics: since its appearance in 1973, it has repeatedly written success stories at competitions and was the declared favourite aircraft of [...]
1/72 bf-109f/g. Academy, Amodel, Czech master kit.
The Tale of the ME109's...
I'm a prop driven fighter guy.i love 109s p51s f4u corsairs all those beautiful planes.so I decided I wanted a bf109 with full engine and machine gun detail.
I originally chose the academy kit and planned to cut [...]
RAF Hawker Harts and Demons
The Hart story is a complex one with a simple beginning. The Hawker company developed a elegant modern looking biplane with the performance to seriously challenge the existing fighters the RAF was using. This aircraft expanded into a whole [...]
Amodel's 1/72 IAR-80c Kit No. 72168 (2009 release)
Amodel, 1/72 IAR-80c.
IAR-80c no. 279, Escadrila 45 Vanatoare, Targsor, Aug, 1943.
The IAR 80 was a Romanian World War II low-wing monoplane, all-metal monocoque fighter and ground-attack aircraft. When it first flew, in 1939, it was [...]
1/48 AMODEL Aeroflot Yak-18t
Another member of my civilian fleet. Giving a minus to Amodel kit for unclear instructions and very fragile decals, besides that it was fun kit to build.
