Cierva C.30 Autogyro

Avro Cierva C.30 tail-code OK-ATS was operated by Zlin Aviation Company (Zlínská letecká společnost, a. s.

This Azur 1/72 kit is short-run kit. A short-run kit means you need to work with it. And I mean “work” because oh boy, why do I pick this one to start with. Molding miss alignment cause flashes in both plastic and resin parts. Cockpit is non existence. The instrument panel is looks to be from 1/48 scale kit. The fuselage need to be soak in warm water to fix the warping. The rotor hub is cast from resin which break as soon as you touch it. The decal is very nice however.

I would not recommended this kit to anyone with the exception that you really want 1/72 autogyro in your collection, there aren’t many choices.

Anyone who wants to build this kit, I recommended this instruction from Miniart kit in 1/35 scale instead of the kit’s instruction.

Avro Cierva C.30A
Avro Cierva C.30A
Avro Cierva C.30A
Avro Cierva C.30A
Avro Cierva C.30A
Avro Cierva C.30A
Avro Cierva C.30A

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