Tag: Hillson Praga

• Hillson Praga Air Baby – Part Four – It Was A Good Idea At The Time…

  

  Plywood wing, tube-frame fuselage, tiny 4-cylinder engine. What could possibly go wrong? Well you have to hand it to Hillson Praga. They were stylish. The little Air Baby looks good from many angles, and if the history of the type in Australia is to be believed, the three examples that got here were successful. Part…

  Dick Stein

  February 17, 2022

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, Civil aircraft, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Decals, design, History, Lacquer, Light plane, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Australia, Hillson Praga, KP, Light plane

• Hillson Praga Air Baby – Part One – So Niche

  

  Okay. Beats Me. Who in Prague has ever heard of Australia? Well, someone did. They sent out three of these little light planes before WW2 – probably because they had a manufacturing deal going with Manchester. The kit is on two sprue trees – one clear and one silvered. A tiny rime of flash but…

  Dick Stein

  February 14, 2022

  1:72 scale, Australian aircraft, Civil aircraft, design, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Hillson Praga, Inter-war aircraft, light aircraft