Review of Scale Plans No. 37 PZL P.11C
Mushroom Model Publications (MMP)
ISBN:978-83-65281-51-7
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $11.99
ISBN:978-83-65281-51-7
By Ray Mehlberger
MSRP: $11.99
HISTORY:
The PZL P.11 was a Polish fighter aircraft, designed in the early 1930s by PZL in Warsaw. It was briefly the most advanced fighter aircraft of its kind in the world. The PZL P.11 served as Poland's primary fighter defence in the Polish campaign of 1939, but with the rapid advances in aircraft design in the late 1930s (seen in such fighters as the Messerschmitt Bf 109), it proved outclassed by its rivals at the onset of the war.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Role: Fighter
Manufacturer: PZL & IAR
Designer: Zygmunt Pulawski
First flight: August 1931
Primary users: Poland and Romania
Number built: 325
Developed from: PZL P.7
Variants: PZL P.24
These scale plans are inside a soft cover portfolio. The plans can be removed or left inside the book for use.
The cover art shows a black and white photo of a PZL P.11C on a runway posed agains an all green background that has a yellow line drawing on it that appears to be a Spitfire. The plans in this portfolio are to 1/72nd, 1/48th and 1/32nd scale.
The sheets of plans inside are 15 1/2" x 11 1/2" in size, folded in the center to fit the portfolio.
The first sheet has a 9-view of the aircraft in 1/72nds scale and a illustration of its Bristol Mercury VS-2 engine in 1/24th scale.
The reverse side of the sheet has a 4-view of the aircraaft in 1/48th scale.
The next sheet has a 5-view in 1/48th scale and a repeat of the Bristol Mercury engine in 1/24th scale.
The reverse of the sheet has a 3-view of the aircraft in 1/32nd scale.
The next sheet has an above view of the aircraft in 1/32nd scale.
The reverse side of the sheet has a bottom view of the aircraft in 1/32nd scale.
The final sheet has a front and rear view of the aircraft in 1/32nd scale.
The reverse side has a front and side view of the aircraft in 1/32nd scale and a repeat of the Bristol Mercury engine in 1/24th.
These are pretty comprehensive and therough plans on this aircraft. There are kits available of this aircraft around too.
Highly recommended.
I want to thank Roger Wallsgrove, Editor-in-Chief of MMP books and the folks at Casemate who sent me this review sample.
Casemate is the U.S. distributor of MMP books and a complete listing of MMP books can be seen on their web site at:
www.casematepublishing.com
or
The PZL P.11 was a Polish fighter aircraft, designed in the early 1930s by PZL in Warsaw. It was briefly the most advanced fighter aircraft of its kind in the world. The PZL P.11 served as Poland's primary fighter defence in the Polish campaign of 1939, but with the rapid advances in aircraft design in the late 1930s (seen in such fighters as the Messerschmitt Bf 109), it proved outclassed by its rivals at the onset of the war.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Role: Fighter
Manufacturer: PZL & IAR
Designer: Zygmunt Pulawski
First flight: August 1931
Primary users: Poland and Romania
Number built: 325
Developed from: PZL P.7
Variants: PZL P.24
These scale plans are inside a soft cover portfolio. The plans can be removed or left inside the book for use.
The cover art shows a black and white photo of a PZL P.11C on a runway posed agains an all green background that has a yellow line drawing on it that appears to be a Spitfire. The plans in this portfolio are to 1/72nd, 1/48th and 1/32nd scale.
The sheets of plans inside are 15 1/2" x 11 1/2" in size, folded in the center to fit the portfolio.
The first sheet has a 9-view of the aircraft in 1/72nds scale and a illustration of its Bristol Mercury VS-2 engine in 1/24th scale.
The reverse side of the sheet has a 4-view of the aircraaft in 1/48th scale.
The next sheet has a 5-view in 1/48th scale and a repeat of the Bristol Mercury engine in 1/24th scale.
The reverse of the sheet has a 3-view of the aircraft in 1/32nd scale.
The next sheet has an above view of the aircraft in 1/32nd scale.
The reverse side of the sheet has a bottom view of the aircraft in 1/32nd scale.
The final sheet has a front and rear view of the aircraft in 1/32nd scale.
The reverse side has a front and side view of the aircraft in 1/32nd scale and a repeat of the Bristol Mercury engine in 1/24th.
These are pretty comprehensive and therough plans on this aircraft. There are kits available of this aircraft around too.
Highly recommended.
I want to thank Roger Wallsgrove, Editor-in-Chief of MMP books and the folks at Casemate who sent me this review sample.
Casemate is the U.S. distributor of MMP books and a complete listing of MMP books can be seen on their web site at:
www.casematepublishing.com
or