Lublin R-XIII ter/hydro...

This is the naval version of R-XIII army-cooperation plane used by Polish Army at the beginning of therties.
According to Wikipedia, "In the Naval Air Squadron, 11 R-XIIIter and R-XIIIG floatplanes were used in 1939. One of them made a night bombing raid on Danzig on September 7, searching in vain for Schleswig-Holstein. On September 8 all planes were bombed, while stationed on the sea near Hel on the Hel Peninsula.".

This little bird became a very interesting subject in the shelf. The kit is the 1/72 Aeroplast. Is a little disappointing when one open the box for first time. It cause bad impression to look at the wing and pontoons bracing in the sprues.
But, surprisingly, with little effort -replacing the tiny braces with wire- and attention on the rigging, we get a very attractive subject, so much so, I hope to build the army version with it's very colorful camo scheme.