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Overview
Profiline is a producer of high quality plastic injection molded model
kits in the Czech Republic. They are small scale (1:72) but very
nicely detailed. Their Blanik models are the only ones available which
are plastic injection molded kits rather than resin kits. These kits have
very detailed plastic parts and canopies and are easy to assemble using
plastic cement. Since the parts are on sprues, they can be painted
more easily than the separate parts found in resin kits. However, some
of the resin kits from Czech Master Resin are
include extremely nice painted photo-etched detailing sets with seat
harnesses and instrument panels, etc.
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Plastic Injection Molded Kit
If you have ever built a plastic kit, it was probably an
injection-molded one. The parts are formed in polystyrene plastic that are attached
to frames known as sprues. After removing the parts from the sprues, you
put the kit together as a three-dimensional puzzle, helped by detailed
instructions. Plastic parts are glued together with plastic cements such
as the tried-and-true tube glue, liquid cements, superglues, or epoxies.
The Profiline model kits on this page are Plastic Injection Molded Kits. Note
that these kits offer the highest quality, lowest price, and they are
the easiest to build.
Note: The Blanik L-13 and L13A model kits
below have identical parts. The difference is in the available paint
schemes and decals. You can see the differences in the box artwork and
the assembly instructions.
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Profiline-Blanik-L-13 |
Let L-13 Blanik
Plastic Injection Molded Model Kit
Scale: 1:72
Wing Span of Full Size Glider: 16.8 m (55.2 feet)
Wing Span: 23.3 cm (9.2 inches)
Length: 11.6 cm (4.6 inches)
The two seater sailplane Let L-13 Blanik is with no doubt a legend in
its category. Through the years, many sailplane pilot were trained
in its cockpit. The all metal structure together with its
outstanding flying characteristics assured safe, first-rate training and
condition flights. It also has merit in setting new standards over
other sailplanes. Over the years thousands of Blaniks were
produced and subsequently exported all over the world. Except
being flown in Czechoslovakia, the country of its origin, it was
exported to the former USSR, BRD, Great Britain, USA and other
countries.The kit contains 23
plastic injected parts, 1 injected clear part (the canopy), instruction
sheet and decal sheet for aircraft flown in the USSR, Germany and the
Czech Republic.
Review at HyperScale.com by Mark Davies
The excellent 1997 SSA
Sailplane Directory includes an excellent write-up, specifications
and photo of this glider. A quote from the book: "An all-metal
flush riveted sailplane with fabric covered control surfaces, the Blanik
is stressed for aerobatics and has held many two-place records."
The excellent book
Sailplanes 1945 - 1965 by
Martin Simons includes an excellent write-up, photo and scale drawings
of this glider. A quote from the book, "The Blanik (named
after a mountain near Prague) was designed from the beginning as an
advanced training sailplane. Nevertheless it had an impressive
performance and broke many two seat records both nationally and
internationally, including the World Two Seat Distance Record of 921 km
by Juri Kouznetsov in 1967 and the Absolute Altitude Record of 7,748 m
(25,421 ft) in 1961 by the Czech pilot Hudcova Urbacka. Even more
noteworthy in some respects was the trans-Andean soaring flight from
Santiago de Chile into Argentina by Alejo Williamson Davila in 1964.
For this flight the pilot was awarded the FAI Lilienthal Medal."
Note: The Blanik L13A model kit below has
identical parts. The difference is in the available paint schemes
and decals. You can see the differences in the box artwork and the
assembly instructions.
See also the
large and detailed 1:32 scale
L-13 Blanik resin kit from
Planet Models, and the
L-13 Blanik,
L-13AC Blanik,
and L-23 Super
Blanik resin kits from Czech Master Resin. |
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$19.95 |
In Stock |
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Profiline-Blanik-L-13A |
Let L-13A Blanik
Plastic Injection Molded Model Kit
Scale: 1:72
Wing Span of Full Size Glider: 16.8 m (55.2 feet)
Wing Span: 23.3 cm (9.2 inches)
Length: 11.6 cm (4.6 inches)
The two-seater sailplane Let L-13 Blanik is with no doubt a legend in
its category. Through the years, many sailplane pilot were trained
in its cockpit. The all metal structure together with its
outstanding flying characteristics assured safe, first-rate training and
condition flights. It also has merit in setting new standards over
other sailplanes. Over the years thousands of Blaniks were
produced and subsequently exported all over the world. Except
being flown in Czechoslovakia, the country of its origin, it was
exported to the former USSR, BRD, Great Britain, USA and other
countries.The kit contains 23
plastic injected parts, 1 injected clear part (the canopy), instruction
sheet and decal sheet for aircraft flown in the USA, Great Britain,
Czech Republic and Yugoslavia.
As of September, 2009, the full size
sailplane that this kit was modeled after was flying at LKBE (Benesov,
Czech Republic) at this club:
http://www.aero-gac.cz/letadlovypark.html. The photos of the
full-size glider (below) and this information was provided by Peter Lalik.
Thank you Peter!
Review at HyperScale.com by Mark Davies
The excellent 1997 SSA
Sailplane Directory includes an excellent write-up, specifications
and photo of this glider. A quote from the book: "An all-metal
flush riveted sailplane with fabric covered control surfaces, the Blanik
is stressed for aerobatics and has held many two-place records."
The excellent book
Sailplanes 1945 - 1965 by
Martin Simons includes an excellent write-up, photo and scale drawings
of this glider. A quote from the book, "The Blanik (named
after a mountain near Prague) was designed from the beginning as an
advanced training sailplane. Nevertheless it had an impressive
performance and broke many two seat records both nationally and
internationally, including the World Two Seat Distance Record of 921 km
by Juri Kouznetsov in 1967 and the Absolute Altitude Record of 7,748 m
(25,421 ft) in 1961 by the Czech pilot Hudcova Urbacka. Even more
noteworthy in some respects was the trans-Andean soaring flight from
Santiago de Chile into Argentina by Alejo Williamson Davila in 1964.
For this flight the pilot was awarded the FAI Lilienthal Medal."
Note: The Blanik L13 model kit above has
identical parts. The difference is in the available paint schemes
and decals. You can see the differences in the box artwork and the
assembly instructions.
See also the
large and detailed 1:32 scale
L-13 Blanik resin kit from
Planet Models, and the
L-13 Blanik,
L-13AC Blanik,
and L-23 Super
Blanik resin kits from Czech Master Resin. |
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$19.95 |
In Stock |
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