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Alec K (Pardubak)
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055: Avia BH-7a
HM0055

Scale:
1:72
Status:
Completed
Started:
June 1, 2019
Completed:
June 20, 2020
Time spent:
209 hrs

In response to 1922 Czechoslovak Defence Ministry’s (MNO) competition to design a fighter around the new Hispano-Suiza 8Fb engine, the Avia company entered two parallel designs: a biplane BH-6 and parasol BH-7. Following the unsuccessful BH-3 monoplane, the BH-6 entry heralded Avia’s return to a conventional fighter design (this design line eventually culminated with the famous BH-21). Yet the designers still believed in a monoplane fighter configuration, hence the BH-7 entry. In the event, their vision was too ahead of its time and the BH-7 remained in the prototype stage. A second, slightly modified prototype was built for the national aviation competition (this was the BH-7b, hence the first version became BH-7a), but crashed during taxiing and never competed. BH-7a underwent extensive testing by the military and, following several crashes, was abandoned.

Project inventory

Scratchbuilt No kits or aftermaket sets are attached.

Photoalbums

9 images
Avia BH-7a galleryView album, image #1
1:72
Scratchbuilt
87 images
Avia BH-7a WIPView album, image #1
1:72
Scratchbuilt

Part of my Collection

Czechoslovak air force 1918-89
Ideas 23×Completed 6×

Comments

14 March 2020, 11:42

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