Here's my first write up for the forum. I'm currently building/collecting aircraft used in Yugoslavia between the wars up to April 1941 when the country was quickly invaded by the Third Reich. Having sourced several books on the subject, I've been searching the web for 1/72 kits. Most subject matter is unfortunately only covered by short run injection or resin (of various dubious out dated quality). I say unfortunately because it takes so much time and effort to build these.
Here is the short run kit from HR Model; they produced this kit in at least 5 different boxings covering the various air forces that used the plane. Mine is the Yugoslav box #72031, picked up on eBay for a reasonable price. You're provided with 1 decal option; a camo plane from 1919 plus there's a color profile for an overall grey from 1920-23 however no decals provided.
During the war it served with the Austro-Hungarian air force.
For a short run kit this is surprisingly well crafted. Some smaller parts have large seams to clean up, while a noticeable error to be fixed is the lack of rib lines on the elevator. This is being dealt with by masking thin lines and spreading Mr Surfacer which will be carefully rubbed down to smooth out. So far all I've done is spray sand undercoat for the wooden areas, covered with Future polish in prep for oil washes to represent the wood effect.
Box Art
1919 Option
1920-22 Option
Decal sheet
Main cleaned up components and sand base applied
Remaining sprue pieces.