PZL P7a 1/72 scale completed

[yak face]

Heres a neat little kit i picked up at Newark ,part of a 'four for ten pound 'deal from one of the traders. Its a simple enough kit by ZTS Mikro ,with neat details , not too complicated so i didnt bother with a build thread. The aircraft is the Polish PZL p7a fighter in romanian markings . The kit decals had very large areas of carrier film so i trimmed this a bit closer to the romanian crosses without realising there was a white outline to them and subsequently trimmed most of this off too ,so if the crosses look a bit dodgy its my fault not the decals!! cheers tony

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[flyjoe180]

Great looking model Tony. I've seen a few of these ZTS Mikro kits about, wondered what they were like. They have a range of rarer types from that era. An unusual wing for the time with the anhedral.

[Guest]

Magnificent build Tony!! Another of "your" special planes

The cables on the landing gear looks really good, and it's 1/72!!! Fantastic work!

Cheers

Polux

[Guest]

Great build cute little plane.

[Guest]

Very nice Tony, kinda reminds me of a Lysander I bet that wing & undercarriage were tricky in 1/72

[john i am]

Really like it. I love these obscure kits and you've really brought the best out in this one Tony

[Guest]

I hate it when that happens to me. I should have checked some detail i was working on, not realizing it was a mistake, and then proceeding to do half the kit that way.

Still, turns out pretty well. The markings are intact enough that my eye doesn't wander back over them. I try to sit back and take in the whole plane, and that still works.

[dave]

Great little build, always nice to see an unusual subject.

[papa 695]

Cracking work Tony a great little subject and a great finish

[Guest]

Great subject, interesting colours - excellent all round!

[monica]

great build and paint like the colors of the camo,nice and clean,

always nice to see some think alittle diffidence

[flyjoe180]

Tony, do you know anything about Mister Craft models? They also have a range of Polish and early war fighters. Very similar looking box tops.

Disregard my query, I just had a look on Scalemates and they are all related to the original kit by PZW siedlce. thought they looked similar.

[yak face]

Thanks for the great comments everyone , its a nice little cheap kit. Joe , ive seen the mistercraft kits and they look VERY similar to the mastercraft kits -even down to the style of the logo . The Mastercraft are usually re boxes of the old Czech made KP kits so can be a bit hit and miss , i dont know the providence of the mistercraft kits but I imagine theyre reboxes of eastern european kits from somewhere . The common thing about all these is that theyre not exactly Tamiya like to build but are very unusual subjects and with a bit of fettling can result in a nice model of something rarely seen , cheers tony

[flyjoe180]

Thanks Tony.

[Guest]

Great build Tony