Caudron CR.714C1 – the light fighter

The plane Caudron CR.714 was built in the second half of the 1930s at the “Societe Anonyme des Avions Caudron” factory. The machine was built by Marcel Rifard and he borrowed the design from the light and fast sports planes he built in the mid-thirties. The aircraft was built according to the popular French "light fighter" concept at the time - it was supposed to be cheap, equipped with low-power engines, able to climb to a high altitude and attack enemy bombers. The CR-714, despite its graceful "fighter" silhouette, was not really a full-fledged fighter: it took off slowly, with a low - "non-fighter" - maximum speed due to its low engine power. Due to these characteristics, it could only be used as a training fighter, but fate determined, that it had to "sniff gunpowder" in the French company. Polish pilots also flew on CR - 714 in this company and even shot down 11 (according to other data - 8) enemy planes. But they had to pay for it with their lives - 4 pilots were killed.

A simple, but perfectly designed model in terms of graphics and construction, which depicts the Polish pilot Lieutenant Aleksander Gabszewicz, who fought with the Germans in France in May 1940. It is intended for modelers of all experience, so a version without a cockpit interior and with an included chassis is provided, which, under the supervision of a more experienced colleague, will perfectly stick even a beginner and modeler with little experience.