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Happy to be able to offer the modeller community our 1/72 Letov Š.328 kit reboxed to commemorate the Slovak National Uprising which took place in late summer and early autumn 1944. Now let’s take a closer look at the sprues and camouflage schemes.  

The Letov Š.328 “Slovak National Uprising” kit in 1/72 scale is to be released early this September to commemorate this important event of Slovak WW2 resistance which broke out at the very end of August 1944. As the insurgent forces operated Letovs of various series with both aluminium and plywood skinning of their rear upper fuselage, the kit will also contain both styles of the fuselage and wing. The insurgent Letovs had rather interesting history, and here we bring you the full captions that will accompany the kit’s option schemes: camo A: Letov Š.328.266, B-10, Tri Duby air base (presently Sliač), Combined Squadron, Slovakia, September 1944. The machine was heavily used during the uprising and also wore non-standard national insignia. The red, hand-painted stars the rather worn out aircraft wore had been applied just because the machine was flown on liaison duties over the front. However, it saw some real action too and on several occasions it got back to the b...

In September we will commemorate the Slovak National Uprising of 1944 which was an isurrection led by Slovak resistance movement aimed to resist German forces occupying Slovak territory. So why not to use this occasion and offer the modeller a kit of a famous biplane which was operated by the so-called Combined Squadron, a bomber and reconnaissance unit of the insurgent forces. The Letov Š.328 boxart has already been finished, four colour scheme options will follow suit shortly.