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After prevaricating and almost starting a WIP on a Valom Hampden, (and then chickening out), I am going to have a bash at this kit. Not wanting to walk or even jog, I am going at this at full running speed and have bought both the Part etched set for the PZL and the Polish machine gun set from Jadar Hobby in Poland. So lots of firsts for a first WIP...it could all go horribly fruit shaped very quickly. Not wanting to buck convention gratuitous pickies of box and assorted sprues before the slicing and dicing starts: To me the aircraft has a Flash Gordon look about it, all pointy, aggressive and brave new world. Two largish sprues together with a small etched fret and resin oil cooler and bomblets, which I won't be using as I want to depict a fighter version. Close up of the kit etched fret supplied with the kit And the two large frets from Part So lots of really small bits to lose/bend/curl and have hours of fun with Any observations (looks for the fish-heads) will be gratefully received Reargards Strickers Oopsie! looks like there's a hole in my photo bucket! After a closer inspection of the parts on the sprues, fine detail such that on the wing representing the corrugated structure, is let down by short shot on the engine exhaust manifolds, but nothing than can't be rectified later. The little oil cooler comes as a resin part and is quite crude, Part supply an etched alternative with nearly 50, very small parts, so it was on with the magnifying cap and out with the superglue. Resin bit Etched replacement - This took me over three hours to build up, and needed the construction of a jig, somehow I had parts left over, so it would seem that I have made the fin spacing too large. So not being totally convinced with the look of the cooler, I decided to have a bash at making one out of thin plastic card. A little bit fluffy, and mine does not have the tiny holes in the fins that the etched set has, but once finished I can judge which looks more in scale. More Soon Reargards Strickers I continued to build up the homemade cooler until I arrived at this Still not convinced it looks any better, and unhappy with the quality of my skill with the etched bit, so having more money than sense I might get another set and take my time and rethink the fin spacing issue. 'It's all in the preparation Dave' as the 80's DIY ad went! Undeterred I moved on to butchering the engine reduction gearbox covering and in a fit of hope over experience cut out and bent some more brass bits and stuck them on the cooling holes were drill to allow enlargement with a suitable tool The suitable tool did this And the first few plates glued in place. I used a combination of thick and thin cyano, a little spot of thick to tack the edge and after moving to the correct position using the capillary action of the thin to grab the piece. Not yet perfected the dark art of overspill and some parts have remnants of glue where I used too much. Ah it's all a learning cliff at the moment. More soon Reargards Strickers