Some time ago I got an IBG kit for Christmas. It was a 1:72 RWD-8, a Polish pre-war trainer and liaison aircraft. The kit only comes with one paint scheme, so I started looking for alternatives, and I’ve found out that an aircraft of this type was used before the WAR by the local aeroclub, not far from where I live (Poznań). One of its pilots back then was a female flyer, Wanda Modlibowska, who is now the patron of our aeroclub. So I decided to build it so, and I got custom decals from a friend, who sadly passed a few months ago. The blue paint scheme is somewhat hypothetical, and was a theory of my late friend (result of BW photo analysis), so that build is also a kind of a homage to him. So here are the photos:
I have a Spojnia 1/48 kit of the RWD-8 that one of my daughters gave me for Christmas in 1997. Her goal was to get me something I didn’t already have and she succeeded. I should build it and copy this scheme! Very nice!
@NavyGeo - thanks a lot! That’s interesting! Back in 1900 Poland didn’t exist as a country being divided between Russia, Prussia (Germany) and Austria… Lots of things happened since…
@missileman2000 - thanks Don! The kit is the first venture of IBG, who was manufacturing small scale AFVs up to then, into aircraft models. It’s simple - consists basically of a single fret - and prety nice - detail is good amd the fit even better. There is also a problem though - the one part wing is botched if you look at it closely, there is a problem with the number and placement of the wing ribs. That’s why, in my model I replaced the wing with a resin aftermarket replacement. Here’s a review discussing it:
It’s in Polish, but I hope you can auto-translate it with no problems.
Thanks again for your comments and have a nice day
Hello everybody!
Modellers in Poland are never happy with other people’s results… They talked me into working on the prop some more, so I “sharpened” it and painted it again. Now it looks like this:
In the next photo I have some funny glare on the trailing edge:
