PZL P.23B „Karaš“ – the Polish reconnaissance - bomber aircraft

Lightweight single-engine all-metal construction bomber with excluded chassis. The crew consisted of 3 people. Constructed in the design office Panstwowe Zaklady Lotnicze (PZL) under the leadership of S. Praus and later F. Misztal. The test aircraft PZL P.23 / I first took off in August 1934. Serial production at the new PZL plant WP-1 (Wytwornia Platowcow - 1) began in December 1935. A total of 307 units of PZL P.23 and similar PZL-43s were produced. In Polish military aviation since June 1936, in Bulgaria since December 1937, in Romania since October 1939. Modification PZL P.23B with more powerful engine Bristol “Pegasus” VIIIA and the modified horizontal tail planes formed the basis of the units of the Polish Military Aviation Light Bombers and were widely used by the company in September 1939. Romanian planes took part in battles against the USSR, Bulgaria used PZL-43 in the battles against the Germans in 1944-1945. Production of the aircraft ceased in September 1939 when the factory was hijacked by the Germans. The plane was withdrawn from the Bulgarian AF in late 1945, and the Romanian AF in 1946.

A small, well-designed and well-detailed model of a bomber, but not so complex, that it could not be assembled by a mid-experience modeler, working under the supervision of a more experienced colleague. Well, for beginners and inexperienced - a cool nut ... the model is full of cabin details, a bomb compartment with bombs hanging in it, an engine. From the publication, two complete models can be assembled, one reproducing a plane, that had been involved in the Polish Air Force's warfare in September 1939, and the other an interned plane, that had fled to Romania after Poland's capitulation and later served in the Air Force of Romania. The publication is completed with laser-cut carcass parts and other parts, cut from 1 mm thick cardboard for two models and an additional 1 mm thick cardboard sheet.