Designed pre-war and built by Samuel White Co, she went into service in 1937. At the time she was one of the largest, fastest, and most heavily armed destroyers in the world. To prevent capture or destruction, Blyskawica and her sister ship Grom were sent to the UK where they served with the Royal Navy.
Designed for the Baltic, she was too top-heavy for the Atlantic and immediately had superstructure removed. In a later re-fit the original 120mm guns were reduced to 105mm and other armament changes made.
Blaskawica served in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, North Sea, and at Normandy, returning to Poland in 1947
Good references include:
-- Wikipedia
-- The museum
The Model
It's a simple kit, not many parts - and no photoetch !! It represents the ship as it exists today and probably very similar to 1947. I am doing nothing to try and research the history and backdate it to a pure WW2 configuration.
Here are 2 of the 3 pages of instruction, reinforcing how simple it is.
Early on, I made some comments about the camouflage. Once I sat down with the color diagram and my references, I figured out that the color keys were scrambled. I did find that the upper scheme, like the boxart, was also worm by HMS Hardy although slightly different colors.
The Wikipedia article has a photo, albeit grainy, of the lower scheme. I am not sure which one I will do.
