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Model built on base of the injection kit from Bracia Darscy (re-box of kit from PZW from '80) with some scratch added (for details see WiP topic). Next one (9th) to collection of gliders registered in Poland
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I decided to try build something similiar to polish glider Bocian SZD-9 bis 1D. I will try not to write and only show progress
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Polskie Szybowce (Producer: M & H Bracia Darscy - link) from Poland has just re-released the Siedlce Model 1/72nd Szybowcowy Zakład Doświadczalny (SZD) SZD-9 Bocian glider - ref. 1002 Source: https://www.jadarhobby.pl/polskie-szybowce-1002-172-szd9bocian-p-63318.html V.P.- 7 replies
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A model from about a year ago, to add some variety to the pool. SZD-9 Bocian https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SZD-9_Bocian Among the oldies but goldies kits there is this Polish glider, OOP now of course that nevertheless is frankly quite good. The kit had many incarnations, and it is relatively easy to find. I comissioned a set from Arctic Decals to complete the model, having found a more appealing scheme than the kit offered online. This Polish kit of very good molding depicts the 1D variant, SP-1862, so if you want other liveries just be sure you get the variant right, since many were created with changes in the airframe, some subtle, some very evident. The surfaces, where applicable, are highly polished (well, this is a Polish kit after all) or show a fabric effect. The meaning of the text on the box and in the instructions remains hidden to me, but there are clear enough schematics to guide you. Decals seem fine, instructions are simple and in a size that doesn't require a microscope to interpret them, the transparency is quite ok and even a display base is included. All in a plastic sleeve and in a sturdy, Russian era, two-component cardboard box, than more than anything else, elicits sympathy for the Polish people, who with scarce resources, hardly any capital, and a small market, managed to create a very good kit that some contemporary (circa 1980) US mainstream kits (backed by capital, resources and a huge market) would have liked to have. I am not really that much into gliders (I have scratchbuilt three so far, IIRC) but I loved building this one, simple and good and appealing and well engineered. I made a vac canopy and added a few details. The commissioned decal set is seen here: -
Constanza Kit is to release a 1/72nd SZD-9bis Bocian 1E resin kit - ref. CON807211 Incl. RAFGSA markings Source: http://www.aviationmegastore.com/szd-9bis-bocian-1e--con807211-constanza-kits-con807211-glider-aircraft-moldelling/product/?action=prodinfo&art=134788 Box art V.P.
