Category Archives: Airplanes

MiG-21 MA (MF) in our “kitchen” (Kuchyna Air Base, Slovakia) Pt. II.

Posted on June 7, 2011 by Meres

Here is the follow-up of my previous article depicting the Slovak MiG-21 MA (MF) planes in Kuchyna Air Base. I photographed one of these planes – No. 1208, standing alone and engineless earlier in 2001. I made several close-ups shooting the … Continue reading →

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Saab J-35 Draken walkaround Pt. II.

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Meres

This is the follow-up of my walkaround depicting the Austrian Saab J-35 Draken. I posted the close-up shots of this fascinating bird here. Here you can see how this plane looked like in 2010.

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Kawasaki Ki-48-I AZ Models 1/48

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Meres

Kawasaki Ki-48-I Type 99 “Lily” / “Sokei” by Peter Jankovič

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MiG-21 MA (MF) in our “kitchen” (Kuchyna Air Base, Slovakia) Pt. I.

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Meres

Inspired by a brand new MiG-21MF model kit made by the famous Czech manufacturer EDUARD I posted several MiG-21 photographs here. My shots are dedicated mainly to those of you who would like to build this wonderful airplane in Slovak … Continue reading →

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Klemm KL-35D Legato cast kits 1/48

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Meres

Klemm KL-35D by Ivan Višvader  

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Hawker Typhoon, scale comparison

Posted on April 15, 2011 by Meres

Revell 1/32 scale & Hasegawa 1/48 scale Hawker Typhoon by Peter Jankovič

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Saab J-35 Draken, walkaround Pt. I.

Posted on April 10, 2011 by Meres

I visited the Army Institute and its Arsenal museum in Vienna – HGM (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) last year. Despite the awful weather I made several pictures of two wonderful Swedish birds – the Saab 29 Tunnan (see my older post here) and Saab J-35 … Continue reading →

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Saab 29 Tunnan, HGM, Vienna

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Meres

I visited the Army Institute and its Arsenal museum in Vienna – HGM (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum) last year. Despite the awful weather I made several pictures of the wonderful Swedish cask – the SAAB 29 Tunnan (tunnan = cask).  Unfortunately it was exhibited in … Continue reading →

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Sukhoi Su-25 in our “kitchen” (Kuchyna Air Base, Slovakia) Pt. IV. Undercarriage

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Meres

In this part of my article regarding the Slovak Su-25 at Kuchyna Air Base I am adding several photographs of the undercarriage and particularly the main undercarriage wells. You can also find the shots of open hatches in the lower … Continue reading →

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Messerschmidt Me-262 A-2a Schwalbe Dragon 1/48

Posted on March 5, 2011 by Meres

Me-262 is one of my favourite airplanes – for its smooth shapes, elegant construction and allover supertemporal design too. I made several shots of my older “262”. This kit was very nice in the box – but really not simple to … Continue reading →

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