Tag: Polish aircraft
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PZL – The Karas Yet Again
You might have to avoid me on the street – I seem to have become slightly fixated with this old Heller kit. I may start babbling… At least I am logical maniac. I do not subscribe to conspiracy theories – I recognise the randomly idiotic nature of the world and do not attribute any of…
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RWD 5bis – Part One – The Dollar Flier
I have no idea where the original owner of this kit obtained it. Like as not, it was sent to the UK during the Warsaw pact era as a foreign-currency earner and was probably sold quite cheaply. I obtained it for a dollar – rough cardboard box and all. I have had a number of…
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PZL P.11c – Part One – 3.23 Złoty Bet…
When I decide to gamble, I do not hold myself back. Whether it is the race horses, the roulette table, or plastic model kits, I just open my wallet and let myself go. I spent 3.23 złoty on this Polish fighter plane and I am not ashamed to admit it. The gamble, of course, is…
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Petlyakov Pe-2 – Part Four – Yet Another Soviet Triumph
Pardon me if I start to sound a little cynical – I’ve been reading Soviet accounts of their air force in the Great Patriotic War. In various articles I’ve been told that three separate Soviet aircraft were the most produced planes of all time and won the war. The articles originate from within what was…
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