Arma Hobby PZL P.11C

[SoftScience]

I love Arma Hobby kits. They've been doing great kits of interesting subjects for years now, and each new release is better than the previous. I can see a day when they're going to be as synonymous with modeling  and quality as Tamiya.

 

The PZL P.11C is one of their earlier releases, and doesn't have the finesse of their latest, but is still a great little kit, and very easy to build. I finished this model in a week. This doesn't happen often, but this kit is just such a joy to build, and the painting is very easy too.

 

I built my machine from no. 141 squadron flown on September 2nd, 1939 by Captain Florian Laskowski. Captain Laskowski was leading a strafing mission against Nazi motorized columns north of the city of Toruń (where Copernicus once lived) when his plane was hit by flak, and he was badly wounded. Laskowski crash landed in a field. But the Nazi marauders  reached him first and blocked civilians who attempted to pull him from the wreckage to provide first aid. Captain Laskowski bled to death.

 

Thanks Arma for kitting these markings, so we can remember what happened. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the P.11 with it's real life stablemate, the P.7 (also an Arma Hobby kit, I built about 5 or 6 years ago)

 

 

 

And my collection of Arma Hobby kits built to date (I have several more in the works. I love what these guys are doing!).

 

 

 

 

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Important piece of history, Thank you for building it. 

[Epeeman]

Very nicely done - love the last shot with all your other model aircraft which all look great.

 

Regards

 

Dave

[SoftScience]

Thanks for the kind words and "likes" guys. 

I forgot to mention above, that this was the first time I used Mig Productions Lucky Varnish. I'm not sure how I feel about it. While it imparts a nice flat coat (maybe TOO flat for aircraft), it also has a strange soapy feel to it. I've really been striking out with Mig paints. 

[François Escudé]

very nice  !! 

 

great job !! 

[Paul J]

Excellent build. I am thinking of making my very old Revell kit which for the time was a very nice tooling.   RE your story, my father came from a village just to the North of Torun. He might have seen the action take place. But I'll never know.

[Sky Keg]

A great way to detail a bit of history.  Nice collection of the acclaimed Arma Hobby kits.  

 

Mike

[kapam]

Beautiful build and a nice tribute to a brave pilot who died most tragically. 👍👍

I really haven't heard anything bad about Arma Hobby kits, so I must get one (or more) sometime. 🤔

Their new P-39 kit certainly looks nice!

 

[MACALAIN]

On 24/10/2022 at 00:03, SoftScience said:

I love Arma Hobby kits. They've been doing great kits of interesting subjects for years now, and each new release is better than the previous. I can see a day when they're going to be as synonymous with modeling  and quality as Tamiya.

 

The PZL P.11C is one of their earlier releases, and doesn't have the finesse of their latest, but is still a great little kit, and very easy to build. I finished this model in a week. This doesn't happen often, but this kit is just such a joy to build, and the painting is very easy too.

 

I built my machine from no. 141 squadron flown on September 2nd, 1939 by Captain Florian Laskowski. Captain Laskowski was leading a strafing mission against Nazi motorized columns north of the city of Toruń (where Copernicus once lived) when his plane was hit by flak, and he was badly wounded. Laskowski crash landed in a field. But the Nazi marauders  reached him first and blocked civilians who attempted to pull him from the wreckage to provide first aid. Captain Laskowski bled to death.

 

Thanks Arma for kitting these markings, so we can remember what happened. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the P.11 with it's real life stablemate, the P.7 (also an Arma Hobby kit, I built about 5 or 6 years ago)

 

 

 

And my collection of Arma Hobby kits built to date (I have several more in the works. I love what these guys are doing!).

 

 

 

 

Well done.

 

Alain