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RS models is to re-release its old 1/72nd Nakajima Ki-201 Karyū - ref. 92274 Source: https://www.rsmodels.cz/en/p/395/92274-nakajima-ki-201-karyu V.P.

Hello everyone! This one has been languishing in my stash since I bought it back in 2011, waiting for the day I had the tools and skills to build it. I started work on it last year along with a 1/72 Airfix Bf 109E kit that represents another Royal Bulgarian Air Force (VnVV) airplane. Whereas I went into the 109 build with the aim of super detailing it, the Dewoitine was something of a relaxed out of the box build. Funnily enough, it probably ended up the better model! The RSModels kit is a new tool short run from 2011 that comes in several boxings with different decals. Apparently typical of the company, it was very accurate compared to the drawings I had, very fine engraved panel lines, lots of details, no attachment pins, some flash, and generally quite difficult to assemble. I added only minor improvements - seatbelts and some detail in the cockpit, replaced the pitot tube and antenna mast with brass and steel pieces respectively, drilled out the exhausts. As noted, assembling the fuselage turned out to be a bit of a pain and I had quite a bit of sanding to do to get a flush seam - unfortunately, it's still noticeable just in front of the canopy when seen under bright light... I bought this boxing that contains two, generally correct, paint schemes for VnVV aircraft but I wanted something more unusual, so I went for the excellent paint scheme in Denes Bernad' "Bulgarian Fighter Colors, 1919-1948, Vol. II" depicting Green 4 from 652 yato, 2/6 orlyak flown by poruchik Hristo Petrov in October 1944 - rather shamefully, photographed from several angles overturned on its propeller blades after a botched landing! Bulgaria received 100 newly built D.520s in the late summer of 1943. There's quite a debate on whether these were painted in French or German camouflage or something in between. Given that the planes were produced in 1943 and the plethora of available photos of Bulgarian D.520s, I went for the typical Luftwaffe mid-war colors RLM 74/75/76 but in a camo pattern typical of the Armee de L'Air D.520s from 1940 with added mottling. Spinner is painted Black Green RLM 70 and the blades are bare metal. I hand painted the service numeral with a mix trying to match the somewhat teal tinted green on the Bulgarian flag - there's no documentation what the exact shade of green that 652 yato used on their planes was but it's clearly a lot brighter than RLM 70. As the planes were new, I went for somewhat subdued weathering - Green 4 wasn't seriously damaged when overturned and returned to service a week later. Poruchik Hristo Petrov would fly against the USAAF strategic bombers over Bulgaria in 1943 - 1944 on the D.520, later the Bf 109G, and finally against the German after September 1944. He participated in numerous air engagements and is credited with one seriously damaged enemy a/c. To my honest surprise, this little fella took third place last week during the XVIth Scale Model Expo organized by the Bulgarian Scale Model Club! Cockpit WIP - forgot to take photos of the completed thing before I closed the canopy! He's a photo from the expo (where that nasty seam line in front of the canopy is visible, sigh😞

The RS Models 1/72nd Dornier 17 family (http://www.scalemates.com/products/reviews.php?scale=1:72&topic=Dornier%20Do%2017) will have two new members in form of Dornier Do.17E - ref.92071 Source: https://www.rsmodels.cz/en/p/351/92071-dornier-17-e Dornier Do.17F - ref.92072 Source: https://www.rsmodels.cz/en/p/350/92072-dornier-17-f V.P.

RS models is to re-release its old 1/72nd Junkers Ju-86 kits. - ref. 92276 - Junkers Ju-86P Sources: https://www.rsmodels.cz/en/p/396/92276-junkers-ju-86p https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92276 - ref. 92277 - Junkers Ju-86R Sources: https://www.rsmodels.cz/en/p/397/92277-junkers-ju-86r https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/RSMI92277 V.P.

Hello, I would like to present my 1/72 Avro Rota C.30 in Swiss livery. RS Models kit out of box apart from the addition of PE seat belts. A quick build; nice little kit so I have another on the bench 😊 Thanks for looking Aaron

The Yakovlev design bureau began work on an advanced trainer based on the successful Yak-3 fighter in mid-1944, although the trainer was of low priority owing to the ongoing Second World War. The first prototype of the new trainer, designated Yak-UTI or Yak-3UTI flew in late 1945. It was based on the radial-powered Yak-3U, but with the new Shvetsov ASh-21 seven-cylinder radial replacing the ASh-82 of the Yak-3U. It used the same all-metal wings as the Yak-3U, with a fuselage of mixed metal and wood construction. The pilot and observer sat in tandem under a long canopy with separate sliding hoods. A single synchronised UBS 12.7 mm machine gun and wing racks for two 100 kg (220 lb) bombs comprised the aircraft's armament. An improved prototype flew in 1946, with revised cockpits and a modified engine installation with the engine mounted on shock absorbing mounts. This aircraft successfully passed state testing in October 1946, with production beginning at factories in Saratov and Leningrad in 1947. Production Yak-11s were heavier than the prototypes, with later batches fitted with non-retractable tailwheels and revised propellers. A 7.62 mm ShKAS machine gun was sometimes fitted instead of the UBS, while some were fitted with rear-view periscopes above the windscreen. In total, Soviet production amounted to 3,859 aircraft between 1947 and 1955. with a further 707 licence-built by Let in Czechoslovakia as the C-11. fonte: http://www.cartula.ro