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Lucky13

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What a beauty!
Arma Hobby, Mirage Hobby or IBG, if you're reading this, we need one in styrene, 1/48 and/or 1/32....please! 😍🥰😎

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PZL P.1 - polish fighter plane from 1929
 
I hadn't seen the Arma kit: will have to take a look now. Even better, it's resin!
 
The PZL P-1 was a prototype only. There were made two only. Because the Army considered the inline engine to be too expensive in usage and difficult to maintenance at the field they decided to use the radial one instead. It resulted in designing of the PZL P-6 that was the PZL P-7a and P-11c predecessor. Z. Puławski returned to the idea of powering by the inline engine with the PZL P-8. But again the Army gave the idea up and used the radial unit for the P aircraft series obstinately.

Why is not too popular ... why do most modellers build the serial Hurricane, Spitfire, Fw 190A or Bf 109E but not their prototypes? Certainly there always are the freaks of the planes who have to have them for their model collection obligatorily. But the most of the guys prefer the fighting machines. Also not only here in Poland. In other words the prototypes have no "charisma" or something like that. ;)
 
My first large controlline flying model was a balsa kit of the P.1, simply called "Polish Fighter", bought in 1956. I still have it and try to fly it once each year.
 
Lucky13 said:
Shame that they're resin!

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Actually not a shame. As I told you , there is no large requirement for such models. Here in Poland we call these kits "niche". The number of customers is really very limited. So the same, small number of the kits but made of polystyrene would be very expensive. Therefore the cheaper material was used to keep the kit price at the same level the plastic kits are of. The resin kits don't need the expensive metal moulds and the thermal injection machines. Also the plastic isn't too cheap if you want to keep the high level of quality. So again the supply and demand affect the whole matter.
Personally it doesn't matter for me what kind of the material a model is created with. It can be the cardboard, wood as well. The most important thing is the joy and pleasure. I agree with Saberjet to the certain extent of course. Why won't give it a try. It may be a good experience upgrading your skills.
 
Any idea as to why the P.1 didn't enter production, was it just because they wanted a radial instead for an inline engine, was the inline engine in the prototype too weak, or something else, ease of maintenance?

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Actually the PZL P-1 should be considered the test kite than a prototype for the mass production plane. However, it seems that the main reason for not putting into the production was the decission made by the Aeronautics Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs. They decided not to produce the high power inline engines in Poland but only the radial ones. Also earlier it was said the all or most of flying stuff for the Polish Air Force should be made in Poland. Having licenced radial Jupiter engines, Puławski decided to re-designed the P-1 into the P-6 and P-7. Pulawski got back to the idea of the plane powered by the inline unit in 1930/1931. But again P-8 was going to be a comparision with the P-7 only. Because the Army ordered the P-7 fighter with the radial engine and Puławski , who was on the defence of the idea of the inline engine, was already dead, the PZL gave up the work on the P-8 in 1932.


Lucky13 said:
I quite like this version of the P.7....

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Actually it is not a P-7 version but the P-7/I prototype.
 
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