Avia BH-7a WIP
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I had my eye on a scratchbuilt project for some time. I did some "scratching" in the past, but never a whole build from ground up. Being a Czech aviation nut, it had to be something from that stable. I also wanted to build something not likely to be kitted (RVHP did a resin model of this prototype aircraft in the 1990s: it's nearly impossible to find today, and unlikely to be re-released). And, it had to be relatively simple. I had my eye on the BH-7a since childhood (only those growing up in Czechoslovakia during normalization will understand…), so I decided to build it.
One nice thing about building a model from scratch is that you HAVE to get some new tools and machinery: a plotter for scoring plastic (I have Silhouette Cameo 3), a rotary disc sander (Proxxon makes a nice unit), the list can go on. I also had no experience with casting resin, so had to get my arms around that skill set (I used products from Micro Mark).
Here is a link to the gallery album: scalemates.com/profi..bums&album=60631
I hope you find the build log below interesting. Happy modeling!
