Fouga Magister, Israeli Air Force Paper Model, 1:33 Scale.

The French-designed Fouga Magister was license-built in Israel as a basic jet trainer for the Israeli Air Force (IAF). "Tzukit" is a small songbird. During the 1967 Six-Day War, the trainer was fitted and used for close air support. The model is designed by Yoav Hozmi and is a free download from Papermoders.com. I reduced it from 1:30 scale to 1:33 but made no other changes. The model's wingspan is about 14 inches, length 12 inches. The stand is from Murph's Models. I repainted it in PhotoShop® for the Magister. Yoav's models are superb and include several planes in IAF markings and camouflage. 

Beechcraft C90 Super King Air (Modelart) Paper Model - 1:32 Scale

 Modelart's Super King Air kit is well-designed with almost no fit issues. I built it "from the box" except for a few changes. I opened up the passenger door, filled the interior with cases and cartons (instead of seats) secured by (paper) cargo nets, and scratch built the boarding steps from paper and card. I used a grey semi-gloss paper for the exhausts and silvered card for the propeller spinners. I left out most of the cockpit detail because it can't be seen, anyway. 

When I started building this kit and Modelart's C80 Queen Air kit, it didn't occur to me how big the models would be. This one has a 21.5-inch wingspan, the Queen Air spans 19 inches, and finding a place to display and store them was a challenge.

Bell P-39N Airacobra 1/33-scale paper model from Halinski

 I built this a few years ago, per instructions, with no modifications. The canopy is an aftermarket vacuform part from GPM (Poland). Everything else is paper. Wingspan is just over 12 inches. This model depicts an aircraft flown by the Russians under the WWII Lend-Lease program.

The American-built P-39 was rejected by the British in the early days of WWII Lend-Lease program. Its performance was pretty lackluster, especially at high altitude. It served American forces in the Pacific in limited numbers until it could be replaced by more capable aircraft. Given to the Russians through Lend-Lease, it proved to be very successful at low-level combat air support on the Eastern Front.

 

Halinski's models are not the easiest to assemble, due to their many small parts. But their artwork, detail, and printing tend to be excellent, especially in kits published after the mid 1990s.

Beech B80 "Queen Air" -- 1/32-Scale Paper Model

This is Modelart's KLM Queen Air kit. I repainted it in Photosho® for the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service. It's not my best work, but I'm happy with it. Wingspan is 19 inches.