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  1. What were you doing in 1985? The Polish were making delightful kits. Among them the one that concerns us today, a ZTS Plastyk rendition of the RWD-5 (and RWD-5 bis). I love these old but sound kits, that with a little care can be turned into very nice models. I have built a number of ZTS kits, and all brought satisfaction and good entertainment, being very appealing subjects out of the beaten-to-exhaustion-path, nicely engineered and very affordable. All that said, modelers can still improve quite a bit through some simple actions (otherwise called real modeling). The kit provides an interior that is convincing, including the additional fuel tank for the Atlantic crossing (RWD-5bis) in the rear position. My plan is to build the machine that crossed the Atlantic (SP-AJU) and eventually reached Buenos Aires (the city where I was born). It's not particularly colorful, but with a few touches (open door, some refinements) it should be a nice little model. My boxing is quite old, but the company is still alive and well: https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pl&u=http://www.modelarstwo.net.pl/&prev=search So let's see what we got: Very nice instructions in two colors and a sort of vintage box (old release, now they have pretty boxes): Contents: Very nice transparencies: Overdone fabric effect: This is too much and is better toned down: The wheels come integral with the pants, a blast from the past that won't do for me: The nose front, part of the fuselage sides, won't do for me either: Nice detail is present, but again has to be subdued a bit: Refreshing to see something that is not made in china: Sanding the "fabric" a bit (leaving detail, but not too prominent). The nose (metal in the original) is masked to protect it: The elevators are separated: Now the surface is much more credible: The nose tips are cut off and the exhaust (rendered as pips in the kit) are drilled: Those naive wheels won't do: The wheels are removed and cavities carved: Small parts removed to be cleaned, there is some minor flash: Wing central lower part glued: A view of the parts (door has been cut open): The tie down holes are drilled (only marked in the kit): The decal sheet is well printed, and I got a double sheet. The carrier seems thin, but the color of the registrations could be wrong, as it seems that has been established that they were red: The separated nose tips are glued together and the air intake, vent hole and prop location drilled as per photos:
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