Tag: Czechoslovakia

• ME 262 – Part Four – A New Name

  

  A new name for a new country – this has now become an Avia S92 Turbina…and has ended its days in a Prague air museum. Not a bad fate for an airframe that was on the cutting edge of technology at the time. The remaining stocks of the Me 262 that German war production had…

  Dick Stein

  October 16, 2024

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Decals, German aircraft

  Avia, Czechoslovakia, Messerschmitt, post-war

• Junkers Ju52 – Part Four – Czech Junk

  

  Old Czech junk. Actually old French junk that was foisted on the Czechs. And happy they were to get it, too. The scheme of the Junkers 52 that you see in the finished product is listed as being in service with the Police Air Service in 1950. A bit of googling shows that the Police…

  Dick Stein

  October 9, 2021

  1:72 scale, airliner, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Decals, Model Airplane, Painting, research, Uncategorized

  Air Police, beer, Czechoslovakia, Junkers

• Avia S-199 – Part One – The Mule Cometh

  

  I have been on the look-out for a year for a 1:72 model of an Avia S-199 fighter plane. Wouldn’t you know…a call at the local specialty shop for another product ( which I couldn’t get ) and a browse on the shelves led to the wonderful discovery. It was not a cheap kit, but…

  Dick Stein

  March 5, 2020

  1:72 scale, Israeli aircraft, Model Airplane, Museums, research, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Avia, Czechoslovakia, Israel