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The British manufactured swept-wing interceptor Folland Gnat made its first flight in May, 1955. Thirteen Gnats of the single-seat variant F.1 were purchased by the Finnish Air Force, two planes by the Yugoslav Air Force and forty Gnats by the Indian Air Force. In India several hundred more Gnats of different configuration were manufactured under license by the Hindustan Aeronautics Industries Limited with the name of HAL Ajeet. These fighters were in active use until 1991. The Indian Gnats were also successfully used in active combat roles during the Indo-Pakistani wars of 1965 and 1971. The Finnish Air Force received its first Gnats F. Mk I in July 1958. Two of the the thirteen planes were photo recce versions. The Gnats were in active use in the FAF until 1972. A couple of years ago I bought the old 1:48 scale Aeropoxy resin kit of the Gnat F. Mk I . It was the only kit available of the single-seat variant in that scale. The kit IMHO, was very challenging to build, to say the least. The parts were very thick, the panel lines were deep grooves and the smaller parts like the landing gear, the wheels, and the ejector seat were poorly molded and messy. Well, having said that I anyway decided to embark on the struggle. I first bought the 1:48 twin-set Gnat T.1 kit of Airfix to be able to take advantage of that kit's more accurate and detailed parts. After having used a lot of putty and sanding sticks the fuselage and wings started to look ok. The landing gear wells had to be totally rebuilt but with various operations I finally got them more or less right. The canopy of the kit was a vacuformed part that fitted the cockpit quite well and the Airfix parts sat surprisingly well in their rebuilt places. The painting of the model was then quite straightforward. The FAF Gnats wore the standard British camo of Dark Sea Grey, Dark Green and High Speed Aluminium. For those colours I used Humbrol enamels 116 (DGR), 164 (DSG) and Tamiya AS-12 Bare Metal Silver (HSA). I ordered the excellent FAF Gnat markings from Arctic Decals. My model depicts the Gnat coded GN-101. She was the first one to arrive in Finland and she was christened "Kreivi von Rosen" or Count von Rosen in English. He was a Swedish count that in 1918 donated the first aircraft, i.e. one Thulin typ D plane to the newly independent Republic of Finland. His lucky charm was a blue swastika which subsequently became the official Finnish Air Force national insignia (thus not related to the later Nazi swastika) Finally, after having attached the decals I airbrushed the whole model with acrylic VMS satin. For the minor details I used Vallejo and Revell colours.

After the 1/72nd kit (link), Aeropoxy is to release in March 2022 a 1/48th Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee resin kit - ref. Source: https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2021/12/22/2039/ V.P.

Aeropoxy is to release in late April a 1/72nd Fletcher FU-24 Utility resin kit. Source: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?id=100057396942579&story_fbid=933827168540506 V.P.

Aeropoxy model aviation (link & link) has just reissued in limited series two long discontinued 1/48th resin kits from its catalogue. https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/where-to-buy/ - 1/48th - Ikarus IK-2 https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2021/07/22/ikarus-ik-2-1-48-scale-resin-kit/ Available here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/203561079496 - 1/48th - Rogožarski IK-3 https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2021/07/22/rogozarski-ik-3-1-48-scale-resin-kit/ Available here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/194288356949 V.P.

After the 1/72nd kit (link), Aeropoxy is to release a 1/48th SOKO J-22 Orao resin kit. Source: https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2014/11/28/aeropoxy-opus/ V.P.

Aeropoxy has just released a 1/72nd SOKO G-4 Super Galeb resin kit - ref. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.122285194469900.12687.121276231237463/1482658915099181/?type=3&theater https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/moson-modell-show-2017/#jp-carousel-1513 V.P.

Aeropoxy is to release a 1/48th SOKO G-4 Super Galeb limited resin kit. Sources: https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2014/10/30/soko-g-4-supergaleb-148-by-aeropoxy/ https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.122285194469900.12687.121276231237463/846370058728073/?type=1&theater V.P.

Aeropoxy is to release in September 2019 a 1/48th Bristol 138A resin kit - ref. Source: https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/ V.P.

Aeropoxy retooled Rogožarski IK-3 1/32nd resin kit is coming soon. Source: https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.122285194469900.12687.121276231237463/866137450084667/?type=1&theater V.P.

Aeropoxy next 1/72nd resin kit will be a Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee - ref. ? Sources: https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2014/11/26/piper-pa-25-235-pawnee/ https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.122285194469900.12687.121276231237463/860569227308156/?type=1&theater V.P.

Aeropoxy heas just released a 1/72nd - Ikarus/Letov ORAO I/II/IIb glider resin kit - ref. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.122285194469900.12687.121276231237463/1482659501765789/?type=3&theater https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/moson-modell-show-2017/#jp-carousel-1515 V.P.

Aeropoxy has just released a 1/72nd - Ikarus Meteor glider resin kit - ref. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.122285194469900.12687.121276231237463/1482662818432124/?type=3&theater https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/moson-modell-show-2017/#jp-carousel-1514 V.P.

Aeropoxy is working on 1/72nd & 1/48th Rogožarski IK-5 resin kits. Source: https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.488080224557060.118466.121276231237463/1111488408882902/?type=3&theater To be followed V.P.

Aeropoxy is to release a 1/72nd Heinkel He.279 Spirale resin kit - ref. Source: https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.122285194469900.12687.121276231237463/1057605064271237/?type=3&theater V.P.

Aeropoxy is to release a 1/72nd SSAKTB SL-2P Twin Blanik resin kit - ref. Source: https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.122285194469900.12687.121276231237463/1057619904269753/?type=3&theater V.P.

Aeropoxy has just released a retooled variant from its 1/72nd de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth resin kit. Sources: https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.122285194469900.12687.121276231237463/1011956068836137/?type=1&theater https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/d-h-83-fox-moth-retooled/ V.P.

Aeropoxy retooled Yakovlev Yak-3 1/32nd resin kit is available. Sources: https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2015/08/28/132-scale-yakovlev-yak-3-retooled/ https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1011990938832650&id=121276231237463 Available here https://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/where-to-buy/ http://www.ebay.com/sch/supercuber/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&_trksid=p3692&afsrc=1&rmvSB=true V.P.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/121276231237463/photos/a.122285194469900.12687.121276231237463/844425872255825/?type=1&theater Aeropoxy is to release soon a limited edition 1/48th Yakovlev UT-2 "Mink" resin kit - ref.? Markings for five UT-2s: VVS SSSR/Osoaviahim/Luftwaffe/Yugoslavia/Hungary. Box art V.P.

Aeropoxy is to release a 1/72nd Cijan BC-2 Galeb glider resin kit. Source: http://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2014/01/09/new-aeropoxy-releases-2014/ V.P.

Aeropoxy 1/48th UTVA-75 resin kit seem to be in progress now Source: http://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2014/01/09/new-aeropoxy-releases-2014/ UTVA 75 -1/48 scale Yugoslav AF & Aero Club primary trainer. V.P.

Aeropoxy is working on a 1/48th Sukhoï Su-49 trainer resin kit. Source: http://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2014/01/09/new-aeropoxy-releases-2014/ Sukhoi SU-49 , 1/48 scale Russian primary trainer project V.P.

Sources: http://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/ http://aeropoxy.wordpress.com/2013/02/01/f-86-k-sabre-kilo-132-scale-resin-conversion-set/ F-86 K Sabre Kilo 1/32 scale resin conversion set. F-86 K Sabre Kilo 1/32 scale resin conversion set for HASEGAWA or KINETIC N.A. Sabre F-86E . Box art and first test cast photo. V.P.