Aero L39 Albatros

[RHB785]

Another WIP. This is the Eduard Aero L39 Albatros.








Regards,
RHB.

[tor lives]

They are such a pretty little jet.
And it is really cool watching them race at Reno.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdVQlOY3ueM
Especially the Aussie Albatros team
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP3Lh9BI3Qg
Ross, I love your taste for unusual, exotic, and interesting aircraft-types....very cool
TOR

[hrtpaul]

^^^^^^^ What he said

[RHB785]

Thank you fellas. Mark Pracy was at Maitland this last weekend and put on a polished display. I have a pic of his Albatros in my bucket which I'll post tomorrow.

Regards,
RHB.

[Adam the Akrodude]

Great new project! Love the look of the Albatross - one of the all time great military jet trainers of our time. Looking forward to watching your progress with this.

Cheers

Adam

[Tony P]

Nice Ross.
What scheme? I'm doing this one:

[Tony P]

and it will eventually be in a diamond formation with the other three. Just waiting on Heller to release the patrouille de france kit later this year.

[RHB785]

It will be an aerobatic team aeroplane. Let's see if you can guess which team.

Regards,
RHB.

[RHB785]

A couple more photos of this one assembled and in primer.


And now the reveal. She's from a small Air Force's aero team. This team doesn't seem to exist anymore but did in the late 90s early 2000s. It the Slovak Air Force's White Albatrosses team. It's a fairly simple but I think pretty stunning scheme which attracted my attention as soon as I saw the first pic of it. The decals are from a modeller in the Czech Republic.




She's not quite finished yet but not much more to go and she will be.

Regards,
RHB.

[Adam the Akrodude]

Great work so far - what a little cutie!

Looks like some complicated masking was required on this one.