Guillermo Rojas Bazan

Guillermo Rojas Bazan was born in 1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Rojas Bazan received his education in both a technical school and an art school. From 1981 to 1988, Rojas Bazan worked for the Instituto Aeronaval (Naval Air Institute) and the Argentine Air Force. During that time, he worked as a technical draftsman, aircraft illustrator, and designer. resulting in ninety-nine aircraft models built that are still currently on display. In 1988, he left Argentina for Spain, where he built models for an aviation art gallery in London and produced replicas for collectors in the United States and Europe. During his years working for Fine Art Models, he made models in 1/15 scale that were copied in Eastern Europe and sold in limited editions. In recent years, he has worked as a freelance artist for collectors and museums. == Models ==

scale model by Guillermo Rojas Bazan Rojas Bazan built eighty-seven models for Argentina’s National Museum of the Nation as a result of being commissioned to build every aircraft used in Argentina’s Naval history. When asked about which are his favorite models, Rojas Bazan said, 'I do not have only one favorite model, I have several. Many of them are planes from the period between 1920 and 1939, before WWII (golden age of aviation). These include the Northrop Gamma, Boeing B-15, Boeing YB-17 (prototypes on the great B-17), Martin B-10, Vought Vindicator, Curtiss Hawk III, Junkers G-38, Junkers G-24, Heinkel He70, Fairey Battle, etc. Many of these aircraft were not good machines, or have not been very popular, but I like them aesthetically.' == Recognition ==

• At the North American Model Engineering Expo, Rojas Bazan accepted the Joe Martin Foundation Award for Craftsman of the Year (2013). == References ==