Avia B.35.2

The Avia B-35 was a modern Czechoslovak fighter aircraft, the development of which unfortunately began too late and therefore it could not be accepted into the Czechoslovak Air Force in time.
Work on the aircraft under the direction of engineer František Novotný began on behalf of MNO on May 22, 1936.
It was an elegant self-supporting low-wing monoplane with a slender elliptical wing of mixed construction with very modern shapes. The first B-35.1 prototype was flown by Avia chief pilot Rudolf Dalecki at the time of mobilization on September 28, 1938.
It differed from the project by a provisional fixed canopy landing gear (the development of the landing gear was delayed), a weaker Avia HS 12Ydrs engine with a power of 860 hp instead of the considered Avia 12Y-1000 type with a power of 1000 hp and also a two-bladed wooden propeller.
Already in this form, the test pilots' impressions of the new type were very positive and the aircraft reached a speed of up to 485 km/h.
By the time of the occupation, only two prototypes were built (the prototype B-35.1 was lost in an accident on November 22, 1938, and the B-35.2 flown on December 30, 1938 differed only in details).
Czechoslovakia ordered the first ten-unit series in early 1939, but the German occupation prevented the aircraft from being delivered.

Plastic model kit

• with photo-etched parts

Decal options:

• Avia B-135, December 1939 (Alternate marking)
• Avia B-135, Prototype, March 1939
• Avia B-135, ČLH, September 1939 (Alternate marking)
• Avia B-135, Slovakian AF, 1941 (Alternate marking)

scale 1:72

unbuilt / unpainted

paint and glue not included