Lublin R-XIIID – the Polish reconnaissance and communications aircraft

A new reconnaissance and communications aircraft, now best known as the Lublin R-XIII, went into series production in July 1931. The first 50 specimens produced (Lublin R-XIIIB) were used in 1932 - 35 years. Production of an improved version, the R-XIIIC, began in 1933, and a year later - the largest version of the aircraft, the Lublin R-XIIID, reached the army. Several units of the original versions of the aircraft for the Maritime Aviation Division (R-XIIIbis, R-XIIIter and R-XIIIG) were also produced. At the start of the war, about 150 R-XIII aircraft were still in use in Polish military aviation, of which only about a third were in combat units. These aircraft formed the basis of the armaments of the 16, 26, 36, 43, 46, 56 and 66 Communication Squadrons. About 50 aircraft were lost in the September battles, including the entire former Marine Aviation Division. Some of the surviving planes were evacuated to Romania, some planes landed in Slovakia, Hungary and the USSR. All the other R-XIII fell into German hands.

The model depicts plane with the board number "6", originally owned by 33 and later by 36 Communications Squadrons from 3 Aviation Regiment in Poznań. A medium-sophisticated, well-designed and richly detailed model, suitable for modelers of any experience, only advanced beginners and those, with little experience should work under the supervision of a more experienced colleague. The model details everything, that is possible, but, at the same time, it is not complicated. You can choose a more complex and simpler option. The most difficult job awaits you, when you install a parasol-type wing. Some of the details are printed in silver ink.