PZL „P.11c“ – the Polish fighter

The Polish fighter PZL P.11c was the main fighter of the Polish AF at the beginning of World War II in September 1939, when Germany and the USSR invaded the country. "Polskie Zaklady Lotnicze" (PZL) began to construct the P.11 fighter back in 1930 under the leadership of Z. Pulawski. When he was killed in a plane crash, Wsewold Jakimuk took over the leadership of the aircraft's design work. How was the previous fighter P.6 used as a basis. Serial production of P. 11 has been organized since the spring of 1933 at the PZL factory in Warsaw. For some reason, the Polish AF delayed accepting this fighter into its arsenal for quite a long time, and this happened only in June 1934. The plane was really great in its time, but it was a real mistake to produce it until September 1939 - by then the plane was already obsolete both technically and morally. But the Polish pilots bravely fought for their homeland with these fighters against more numerous and armed enemies with new planes in the beginning battles of World War II. Some of the fighters taken over by the Axis powers fought even in 1944! P. 11c was modernized, with a changed fuselage structure (the pilot's place was raised higher and the gargoyle was enlarged), and a more powerful “Mercury” VS2 (later VIS2) engine was installed. The armament was increased to 4 machine guns, the trigger mechanism was changed from mechanical to pneumohydraulic. The "C" version was the most massive - 175 aircraft were produced.

A nice, medium difficulty model, designed by Pavel Mistewicz. This name guarantees maximum detail, excellent level of design, excellent textual and graphic instructions and... ease assembling. Well detailed interior of the cabin, engine, but the option to choose a simplified version is provided. The model represents the aircraft of the Polish AF 133 Fighter Squadron, which participated in the air battles of the company in September 1939. With the supervision of a more experienced colleague, this model can be glued together by both an advanced beginner and a modeler with little experience.