Note: This article is a dual review of both the KP L-39 and Kopro’s Brietling Display team decals The L-39 was a plane that grew from former Czechoslovakia (now Czechia / Czech Republic) as a successor to the L-29 Delphin that was adopted USSR-wide. A much more modern and sleek aircraft, the L-39 became known…
Month: June 2021
Fouga Magister Heller 1/72
The evolution of aircraft post-war led to many weird and wonderful different design languages for aircraft. From twin booms to full deltas…aircraft were always evolving. The Fouga Magister looks like it took it’s design language from nature, having a beautiful butterfly tail, and lengthy almost dangly wings. It has a certain grace when in the…
Hawker Hunter ‘Blue Diamonds’ Matchbox 1/72
I feel like I could start and end this article just by saying “the Hawker Hunter” as it is so renowned that all you need to say is the aircrafts name, and people instantly have the image of it in their head and the sound of the engines in their ears. The undeniably ‘right looking’…
Red Arrows 40th Anniversary Set – Airfix 1/72
The Red Arrows are known worldwide for their professionalism and vibrant red scheme. What many don’t recall – or these days I guess even know – is that the Red Arrows are the the survivors in a long line of British display teams. We’ve had teams made from Hawker Hunters, English Electric Lightnings, and Jet…