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My first association with L-60 was one very old kit, produced in East Germany and which was imported in Yugoslavia few decades ago and this kit was available almost everywhere, in every kind of shops. This kit was very simple and in the less standard scale. After this kit simply nothing was available for a [...]
The DC-9 was designed specifically to operate from short runways and on short- to medium-range routes so that the speed, comfort and reliability of jet transportation could be extended to hundreds of communities previously served only by propeller-driven airliners. There are five basic DC-9 versions, designated Series 10, Series 20, Series 30, Series 40 and [...]
The basic Mk V was a Mk I with the Merlin 45 series engine. This engine delivered 1,440 hp (1,074 kW) at take-off, and incorporated a new single-speed single-stage supercharger design. Improvements to the carburettor also allowed the Spitfire to use zero gravity manoeuvres without any problems with fuel flow. Several Mk I and Mk II airframes [...]
The Zlin Z-50 is a aerobatic sports plane built by the Zlin Aircraft company. Development of this single seat aerobatic airplane begun back in autumn 1973 in Moravan Otrokovice in Czechoslovakia. The design team was headed by Jan Mikula, a noted Czech designer. During the design phase, computer optimization was used to achieve the desired [...]
My personal opinion is that the acrobatic aircrafts are most attractive and very nice shaped flying machines and their performance on air show is great pleasure to watch. One of the best known name in the world of the acrobatic aircrafts is the Czechs producer Zlin. One of the great model from their family is [...]
Most frequent news regarding to the Spitfire new injected kits coming from AZ Models and their nice series of the Spitfire kits. In the April was released few new samples and subject of this article is the Supermarine Spitfire FR Mk. XVIIIe. As you have note from the name, this is the photo reconnaissance version [...]
Spitfire offer are growing every month and in this moment largest offer coming from the AZ Model from Czechs Republic. Their 1/72 range of kit of this airplane are rapidly grown up with the number of new releases and in March 2010 two brand new kits are released. One kit is the sample machine flown [...]
Spiteful belong to the great family of fighters and it is direct development of the famous Spitfire. Very interesting to note is that first version of the Spiteful was marked as model XIV and the main reason is because it is made from the various conversion from the standard Spitfire Mk. XIV. Maiden flight was [...]
White Ensign colors are well known to modelers, their range covers most interesting subjects like Luftwaffe, Japanese, RAF, VVS as well as Regia Aeronautica. White Ensign colors are enamel based packed in 14ml cans, and they can be thinned with white spirit and cellulose thinners. These paints have very smooth and extremely fine pigment and [...]