Greek Army L-21B, vac built 32 years ago
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Ozcan ErtemAn airplane I had a chance to touch at civilian registration in Turkey. Always loved it. Was not aware of the kit. I liked your model. It looks beautiful with Greek insignia and flag.
Живко ДжаковAlex, not only modelers from Greece are interested in the topic. I'm on the lookout for interesting planes from all over the Balkans. For now, apart from Bulgaria, I have Greek and Romanian planes.
Alex KThanks everyone for taking the time to like or comment on this child(ish) effort, despite the very poor quality of both the built model and the supposed "photos"... much appreciated!
@ Ozcan: Glad we share the love for Piper's high-wing classic! It's my all-time favorite aircraft, in fact my first ever flight (even before any flight on an airliner) was in a Super Cub; altogether I had 3 short flights in two L-21B Super Cubs (glider tugs at the Athens Gliding Club) and one in a (WWII vintage) J-3/L-4 Cub, later in France... Re the Airmodel vacform kit, it was the only one available back in the '90s for a Super Cub in 1:72 - we nowadays have the KP injection Super Cubs - and I happen to know that we will surely soon see a much better built Greek Super Cub on Scalemates...
@ Jivko: Similarly, I'm happy (and I have already noticed) our common interest for planes from all over the Balkans! 👍... For my part, I have already built 2... no, 3 Bulgarian... 2 Yugoslav... and 1 Turkish (plus a 2nd in progress... the 3rd Turkish will be surely an L-4). In a way, I was inspired for this by some Latin American modelers here on Scalemates (for instance: ajuradovb - but there are others too), who have an interest for aircraft from the entire Central/South American subcontinent - and I thought, shouldn't we have perhaps a similar approach for the Balkan countries? I think our respective "collections" reflect this common interest of ours... I'll PM you back for the aircraft you are interested in.
Cheers, mates!
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Back in the 1980s-'90s, the Airmodel vacform kit was the only game in town, for anyone wanting to build a Piper Super Cub in 1:72 scale.
This was built back in late 1990 or early 1991, I think, I was 17 at the time. It was given to me half-started by an older modeller and kind of mentor for me. That meant I didn't have to deal with the usual vacform choirs, e.g. the fuselage or the wings were already "ready" pieces. He even included some extras: struts, propeller and wheels from an Airfix Auster I think. Yet, there was still a lot to do: the interior structure and the landing gear are scratch. I'm puzzled as to how I managed then to more or less complete the model, I'm not sure I could do it today. I think this was one of the first models of mine painted with an airbrush (although wrongly painted: it should have been overall Olive Drab, not with Light Grey underwing surfaces). The vac canopy has terribly yellowed in the 30+ years that passed by and it still misses the emblem of Hellenic Army Aviation, that I will soon add thanks to LM Decals. Anyway, it is what it is. Apologies again for the terrible "pics".
PS. For anyone interested in this subject, I suggest you rather take a look at my good friend Elias's model:
Piper L-21B Super Cub Hellenic Army | Album by EliasK (1:72)
