Stanley Ipkiss Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 (edited) Hello all after long break! Today I wanted to show you mine latest work which is polish pre-war recon plane RWD - 14b Czapla. I built this model about month ago, but because it was participating in forum competiotion project I couldn't show it earlier (it was one of the competition's rule). About the plane. It was obsolete when starting the duty. There were plans to replace it with much better and new planes like LWS-3 Mewa, but begining of the war stopped those actions. So RWD-14b was used in September 1939 and was doing recon flights for polish army HQ. A lot of them were lost (mainly on ground) or captured by germans. There are not many pre-war photos of that plane. Well known photos are usually of wreckes destroyed by Germans. About the kit. Model was manufactured about 30-40 years ago... Quality and fitting of the parts isn't very good kindly speaking. To be honest the kit is bad in every part Many modellers resign making that kit because of it's disadvanteges. It was one of the reasons why I tried to built it. I wanted to have that "impossible" model in my collection To upgrade the kit I used Part's photoetched sheet with great cockpit and few exterior details. I also used resin engine. It's hard to note every change I made in this kit. I changed almost everything! Only fuselage and wing, after few surgeries, are straight from the box Okay , maybe enough talking. Here are some photos for you. Hope you will like it! And two pics of whats inside. 110 parts It's about 3cm long, 1cm high and 1cm wide. And with the rest of my polish planes. PS. Czapla is a big bird called heron in english. Cheers Stan Edited April 19, 2010 by Stanley Ipkiss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Very unusual subject, (one I've never heard of), very nicely done. Like the base it sits on too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackLight Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Original work and well built...nice pics too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deon Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 lovely model, well worth the effort! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChancerUK Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 Great to see such an unusual subject, lovely build. I can well believe that that the Luftwaffe would have made short work of them in combat. The courage of the crews must have been desperate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nico Teunissen Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 I can hardly believe it's 72nd scale! Very well done, also like the base. Cheers, Nico Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Handy Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 Well this is great job. Stanley, you are bringing to me some beautiful memories from my childhood. I still have one of these and I'm looking forward to build it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted March 3, 2013 Share Posted March 3, 2013 They all look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn_Simpson Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I've just made this kit, and the instructions say to paint the leading edge of the engine cowling in copper, presumably to simulate an exhaust collector ring as in the Jupiter engined polish aircraft. But this model kit (and the real thing) has an exhaust collector at the rear of the engine. So is this instruction just a mistake by the kit maker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Very, very nice nice to see some Polish aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Great modl and a wonderful line up of polish types. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savenosouls Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 (edited) Nice - can I ask what the other types (and model kits) in your picture are - I assume I see a Pair of PZL 7 or 11s - I have built a PZL 11, 23 and 37 - I am currently doing a PZL 11 and would like to add other Polish types if possible. Edited August 9, 2013 by Savenosouls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Hello @Stanley Ipkiss I'm really interested in this model. I wondered if you could point me to where the pictures are showing your model? I would be interested to know how you dealt with the too narrow fuselage? All best regards TonyT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Tony - the photo you search - I think it is here http://zszachownica.blogspot.com/search/label/Wrzesień '39 Cheers J-W 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Thank you J-W ! What a simple but elegant solution. The PART set utterly transforms the kit. Also the replacement engine, wing improvements; show this kit is still OK, just fine. Now I can pull my fluorescent blue ZTS out of the stash. But not before I order the PART photo-etch from Jadar . Best regards TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
303sqn Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 Just been released by Mirage. They nothing about it being a new tooling so assume it must be the old ZFT kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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