Austro-Hungarian

Wings 72 1/72 scale vacuform.

The most difficult kit in my collection. Kit contains only 3 metal parts, a decal sheet and one sheet of plastic of the plane. Struts, engine frame and empennage are round stock. This plane was from Austrian Naval Base at Kumbor piloted by Sub. Lt. Walter Zelezny who attacked and sunk French submarine FOUCAULT on 9/15/16.

Phoenix D.I Scout by Pegasus 1/72 scale short run injection.

The Phoenix D.I Scout depicted was used operationally by the Naval Defense Flight (Abwehstaffel) based at Altura, for the defence of the Imperial Naval Base at Pola in the summer of 1918. As such, this was one of the most colorful Phoenix scouts produced.

Eduard 1/72 Scale injection molded

This is the Eduard kit # 7022 non-profitipak and with the exception of the upper pulley and some instruments in the cockpit (I did add a map), the kit is built out of the box. The paint is Model Master RLM 62 (a close match to Methuen 30C8) straight from the bottle and the metal is SnJ Metal Spray. This is a very easy kit to build and total building time was under six hours.

The model depicted was flown by Oberleutnant in der Reserve Ludwig Hautzmayer of the Austro Hungarian Army Air Service with Flik 19 at the Haidenschafe aerodrome on the Isonzo Front in February 1916. The color of his A.III (03.52) has been confirmed by aero historian Dr. Martin O'Connor.

A.III is the designation given to the plane by the Austro Hungarian Air Service.

Aviatik (Berg) D.I by Aero 72, 1/72nd scale short run injection mold

Designed by Aviatik's chief engineer Julius von Berg, the Aviatik D.I fighter is significant in that it was the first indigenous fighter designed and built in the Dual Monarchy to enter Luftfahrtruppe service. The first flight was on 1/24/1917 and per the test pilot, the fighter possessed "fabulous climb and enormous maneuverability". The first production model was accepted on 5/3/1917 but it was not until 12/1917 that the D.I was delivered with twin synchronized machine guns.

Over 600 D.I's were built but the plane suffered from structural problems through its entire career.

The kit was produced by Aeroclub under their Aero 72 series. It is a basic short run injection mold kit with white metal parts. The decals are Americal sheet # 13.

The model depicts the plane flown by Oberleutnant Frank Linke-Crawford on 7/31/1918 when he was shot down and killed by planes of the 81 Squadriglia. This kit was built in 1995.