1/72 A82 Choroszy PZL-45 Sokol
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
This is a superb high-definition resin model that is highly detailed. Features a very good cockpit and much more. Includes full decals and paint guide. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags. The P.Z.L. P.45 Sokol (Falcon) was a lightweight fighter designed to replace or supplement the increasingly outdated P.Z.L. P.11 that had almost reached the prototype stage when the Germans invaded Poland in 1939.The idea of producing a lightweight fighter came from Kazimierz Korsak, a member of P.Z.L.'s fighter team, who was inspired by the success of the lightweight and low powered RWD 9 and P.Z.L.26 touring aircraft in the Challenge International de Tourisme 1934, which was won by the Polish team.During 1935 Korsak came up with a design for all metal low wing monoplane, to be powered by a 400-600hp inverted vee engine, and with an emphasis on dog fighting and manoeuvrability instead of speed or heavy firepower.In 1936 Korsak was given permission to carry out a preliminary design study, and the new aircraft was given the designation P.45 and named as the Sokol (Falcon). After many delays, re-routing of the project and testing, in the autumn of 1938 the construction of two prototypes was ordered, the P.45/I with a fixed undercarriage and the P.45/II with a retractable undercarriage. A gull scale mock-up of the P.45/I was built by January 1939. Construction of the P.45/I prototype was approved. At the same time P.W.S. and D.W.L. were asked to produce designs to fit the same requirement, coming up with the P.W.S.42 and the RWD 25, both of which used the same Mars engine. All three aircraft were to be armed with four guns, and they were to be evaluated in the spring of 1940. In June 1939 the first Mars engines were delivered. In August it was decided to put the P.45A into production at P.Z.L. and P.W.S., well before the original trials were due. By the start of September work on the prototype was quite far advanced and it was expected to be completed by November. However the German invasion stopped all work, and the P.45/I never flew.
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