John King III
Tipp City, Ohio
Courtesy of John, Gavia’s 1/72 scale Let L-410UVP got the VIP treatment, literally. He scratchbuilt a VIP-configured interior featuring two tables, four seats, and flight attendant accommodations, and cut open and repositioned the hatch. He also fitted a more accurate resin nose before finishing it with Vallejo acrylics. “Each of the East German air force L-410UVPs had a unique paint scheme,” he says. “This one was called ‘barracuda.’”