LWS (RWD – 14)„Czapla“ – the Polish communication and reconnaissance aircraft

RWD - 14 "Czapla", also designated LWS "Czapla" (Polish: Czapla - winch) is a Polish close-in reconnaissance, fire control and communication aircraft, mixed-structure umbrella-type monoplane with retractable undercarriage. Built by DWL (Experimentaln Aviation Workshop) UNDER Stanislav Rogalski and Jerzi Drzevecki. It took off for the first time in December 1935 and serial production began in 1938 at the LWS - Lublin aircraft workshop. Production ended in February 1939 with 4 prototypes and 65 production aircraft. The aircraft was in the arsenal of the Polish AF since 1939, after the defeat of Poland at the beginning of World War II, several aircraft were flown to Romania, where they were used by the Royal Romanian Air Force, a few intercepted were used by the German Luftwaffe.

A simple and small model, that, under the supervision of a more experienced colleague, can be freely assembled even by novice modelers, but not as one of the first more complex models. The most difficult stage is the installation of the wing. Antiquarian publication.