Author: Catalin Oprea

BIAS 2023

Catalin Oprea, August 30, 2023August 30, 2023

The thirteen edition of the Bucharest International Air Show, hosted in Bucharest, was pretty nice for an enthusiast perspective. It took place on Baneasa Airport, near Bucharest, on August 25th and 26th of 2023. This edition we had the privilege to watch The Flying Bulls in action, with 1945 built…

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My first IAR 80

Catalin Oprea, September 8, 2022September 8, 2022

IAR 80 was an iconic Romanian build fighter plane from the late ’30s. The model I made comes from a HobbyBoss kit, in 1:48 scale – recommended as one of the best in matter of details and accuracy for this model.

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Restoration of an old MiG-29 kit

Catalin Oprea, April 14, 2022April 13, 2022

Today we will gonna look at my restoration project, an old kit of MiG-29 model 1:72 (Italeri made, I think). This is how it looked when it arrived to me: First steps where to cleanup the surface with IPA. The clear parts (canopy) was sanded then polished with Tamiya products….

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Corsair F4U-F 1:72 scale – Full build

Catalin Oprea, November 2, 2021November 2, 2021

This Revell kit was sitting in my stash for a while and it was time to build it. The plastic sprues are typical Revell, not extraordinary, but with enough details that can be enjoyable after all.

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Italeri MiG-21 in 1/72 scale

Catalin Oprea, March 9, 2021March 8, 2021

This time a better kit made it to my “workbench” (better than the romanian Hobby Park MiG-21). The plane was the most produced figher jet of all times, in his peak production period was cheaper to make than the BMP-1 Video and pictures bellow

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Airfix Cromwell Mk.IV Cruiser Tank in 1:76 scale

Catalin Oprea, March 3, 2021

I have build this kit some time ago, it was fun and easy. The result is bellow:

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Panzer IV ausf. D – step by step

Catalin Oprea, December 8, 2020December 8, 2020

Model kit of Panzer IV ausf. D was produced by Tamiya, in 1:35 scale. The mold is made in the seventies, but I didn’t encounter many problems with assembling. The kit is containing 3 figurines, also, which is nice, it adds some life to it.

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MiG 21 PFM

Catalin Oprea, December 6, 2020

This kit was produced by Romanian brand Hobby Park. It is, as technology used, as old as the plane it’s self 🙂 – so I have to modify a lot, to sand a lot, fill gaps modify parts, etc. … a lot of patience needed to finish it.