PZL P.24 - the Polish fighter

Designed in parallel with the adopted PZL P.11c fighter-bomber, the P-24, despite the external similarity, was an original and completely different aircraft. Construction requirements raised the new double star shape until 1000 h. p. power motor installation requirement. Due to the fact, that the Polish military authorities were not interested in this fighter, the factory tried to sell its product abroad and sell licenses for its production there. Those efforts were successful, after the pilot Captain B. Orlinski in 1934 achieved the international FAI-recognized speed record of this class of airplanes, reaching 414 km/h. Aircraft sales and license acquisition deals have been concluded with Turkey, Romania, Greece, Bulgaria and even Ethiopia. Compared to the "eleven", the P-24 developed a significantly higher speed (both horizontal flight and climbing) and reached a higher takeoff height. In addition, it had a closed cabin, installed more powerful armament and was produced in two main variants: with 4 7.7 mm caliber machine guns or with 2 20 mm cannons and 2 7.7 mm machine guns. Also, the fighter could carry up to 100 kg of bombs. In the Greece-Italian War of 1940-1941, Greek pilots, flying P-24f and P-24G fighters, were very successful in destroying Italian bombers participating in bombing operations. In one of the flights pilot Lieutenant G. Laskaris shot down two enemy planes - a Savoia SM 79 bomber and a FIAT CR 32 fighter. Every third shot down Italian plane was accounted for pilots, flying by P.24 fighters. But at the beginning of the Second World War, the P.24 was already outdated and significantly inferior in its combat characteristics to enemy aircraft.

A medium-complexity, well-designed and moderately detailed model of a fighter, suitable even for beginners (not as one of the first models) and for modelers with little experience, working under the supervision of a more experienced modeler. Excellently restored engine and exterior detailing, cabin equipment is minimalistic and trouble-free. The model reproduces the appearance of one of the several Polish P.24 fighters, that took part in the September 1939 campaign, requisitioned from the shipment, intended for Romania. Antiquarian publication.