Robert Podkoński
I love this version of Delfin. Fantastic job, Ludviku! (How did you get rid of the second crew member place?)

Ludvík Kružík
At the request of some mates I am adding an album with the L-29A model completed a few years ago. 😉

Bruce Huxtable
Moc elegantní! Very interesting background information - many thanks for researching and sharing 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Robert, thank you for your kind comment. I followed the same procedure as the aircraft manufacturer for the second cockpit. The shape of the cockpit covers is unchanged, only the transparent rear cockpit overlay is replaced with a sheet metal cover of the same shape.
Of course I left the rear cockpit empty and used the rear cockpit overlay from the kit to cover it. I only removed the framing of the transparent part. And when painting, I painted the cover together with the plane.

Ludvík Kružík
Bruce, glad you like it!

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Ludviku 🙂

Ludvík Kružík
I noticed one mistake while photographing the model. The red number 804 should be on the left side of the nose only. But I'm going to leave it on both sides on my model. When I turn the model in the display case to the correct side, the number on the other side of the fuselage is not visible. 😄

Alec K
😉👍

Ludvík Kružík
Thanks Alec!
There will be some bugs in the built model, normally I wouldn't post pictures of it, but promises are meant to be kept. 😉

Alec K
Looks pretty nice to me! And thanks for the pics - I always liked this plane (nostalgia from the olden days…).

Ludvík Kružík
Alec, thank you for your kind comment. I too have nostalgic memories of this plane. I was a schoolboy back then when KP released their very first kit- Aero L-29 . It was in a plastic bag and in 1:72 scale. Aeronautics+Cosmonautics magazine published a monograph of the L-29 with a drawing and paint schemes. Among them was a version of the L-29A. And in the modeling section of this magazine was a description of the modifications to the model to build an aerobatic version. That's when I built my first aerobatic Delfin. 🙂

Alec K
I don't remember the L+K monograph, but I remember the one in the ABC magazine. You don't happen to have the one you build back then, do you?

Ludvík Kružík
Unfortunately, this model no longer exists. But it remained in my memories. Like most of the models I built at that time.

Alec K
Well, you are not alone. I would give a left nut to get some of my childhood builds back.

Villiers de Vos
Beautiful work.

Ludvík Kružík
Thank you, Villiers! I'm glad you like it.