Diskusní fórum modelářů

od **LazyCat** » stř kvě 28, 2014 2:21 am

It has been ages since last kit of this airplane was released in 1/72.
Highly anticipated kit from Azur is a mix of good and not so good.

Starting from good:
First, we have new kit of "Jedenastka" in 1/72.
Second, it is so far best kit in 1/72 of this airplane.
Third, plenty of nice resin and PE details.
Forth, nice representation of the engine (just needs more exhausts detail).

For those who only know few pictures of this airplane it can be build in few very attractive markings from kit decals.

Not so good - molding of kit is less good than was of PZL P.24 from few years ago.
Using wings from P.24 kit didn't correct ridges on the surface (the "ribs" should be an indentation - not risen a detail), but that can be easy corrected filling them flat. Frankly the very pretty texture in reality can be completely obliterated in 1/72. But it makes model look unique so why not to keep it.
Fuselage is this same length as P.24 so it needs to be shorten by about 2mm. However not having any other version of this airplane (like P.7a or P.11a) makes this just an option for those who like to have better accuracy.

The only bad part is in the part of fuselage in a front of the windshield; it is made to accommodate wings from P.24 kit and it is completely Si-Fi ("slope" - has to be changed to pyramid shape).
At that point some extension has to be added to connect existing wings.

I was building model of PZL P.11g "Kobuz" using parts from Azur kit of PZL P.24 and Hellers kit of P.11c. All I used from Heller was the fuselage (it needed reshaping). The missing shape of pyramid come from that kit.

I have been tinkering with this kit for a while. Not because of the kit, but because I had not much time for my little hobby.
Here is a summary of this:

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Fuselage from Heller and from Azur, you can see "the slope".

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I cut fuselage aft cockpit and shortened it by 2mm.

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"Ribs" on the upper wing surface got filed down flush.

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After sanding down detail in fuselage I started to build interior.
Kit detail is carried from P.24 and very different than P.11.
Only part of the "floor" got used.

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Fuel tank is scribed and more detail added to that section.

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Comparing before and after.

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Improving undercarriage.

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Thankfully recently were found well preserved struts from that airplane.
- That makes less difficult to match the paint.

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Engine needed some improvements.

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I have chosen #10 from 161 flight after pulling out from KOP (border patrol) over painting white lightnings on the wings and adding 161 eskadra insignia on the fuselage.

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More detail.

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Current state.
Plenty of detail has to be added but it looks like PZL P.11c to me

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Naposledy upravil LazyCat dne úte čer 10, 2014 1:13 am, celkově upraveno 1

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