Tag: Karas

• PZL 23.b Karas – Part Three – Brown Bomber

  

  This post marks a departure – the incorporation of two separate models into one report – this is caused by repeating the build for a separate purpose. Of course they are the same moulding sold from two separate firms, so there is no basic design difference. Both liveries are supported by colour call-out information and…

  Dick Stein

  January 16, 2023

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, Painting, Polish models, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized

  Karas, Poland, Soviet Union

• PZL 23b Karas – Part Two – L’Airfixe

  

  At least that is what it seems. And I am not complaining at all. The mould quality of the Heller kits seems to be of a piece with the better Airfix of the times. Of course there was a period when the two companies were aligned for business reasons but then went their separate ways.…

  Dick Stein

  January 15, 2023

  1:72 scale, design, frugality, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Polish models, Scale Models

  Heller, Karas, Mister Craft, SK

• PZL 23b Karas – Part One – Oh, What The Heller

  

  My local hobby shop gets in batches of Mister Craft kits every year or so. They stick around a long time, as some of them are repeaters – say a Focke-Wolfe mould just reboxed endlessly with different decals. Others are unique and you snap them up as they appear – always hoping that they are…

  Dick Stein

  January 13, 2023

  1:72 scale, Box Art, Colour Schemes, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Polish models, Scale Models, Uncategorized

  Heller, Karas, Poland, PZL