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  1. Flankerman
    How about the Soviet Nikitin-Shevchenko IS-2 Biplane/Monoplane ??? Not only did the main landing gear retract into the lower wing - but that lower wing could then retract into the upper wing - morphing from a biplane into a monoplane. That's pretty goofy. Then there's the Fairey Barracuda.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Barracuda From Wiki...... The hydraulically-actuated main landing gear struts were of an "L" shape which retracted into a recess in the side of the fuselage and the wing, with the wheels within the wi
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    It's all very confusing - this is from 'Sukhoi Su-30 Flanker in Indian Service' by Phillip Camp with Simon Watson...... About the Su-30K....... It talks about the first 8 delivered....... then .... "These were supplemented in June to December 1999 by an additional 10 Su-30K (SB009 tp 018) .... These aircraft arrived with Russian avionics and were an improvement over the first eight aircraft, having updated electronic warfare systems and precision-guided weapons capability" and later............ "The first eight aircraft were very emasculated, lac
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    The first batch of 8 (SB 001 - SB 008) - later supplemented by an additional 10 (SB 009 - SB 018) - were visually the same as a Su-27UB - with the addition of an offset IRST and IFR probe. They were designated as Su-30K and wore Russian - style camouflage. The fins were the same as the Su-27UB - only the later, definitive Su-30MKI with the canards had a fin with an increased-area rudder. Four of the Su-30K's were painted in a special commemorative scheme representing the Indian flag..... Happy Flankering.... Ken
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    Visually.... the Su-27SM has an offset IRST ball on the starboard side of the windscreen - but no IFR probe on the port side. It also has RWR antenna halfway along the leading edge slat that is not present on the Su-27. I think the SM also has twelve hardpoints - the 'standard' Su-27 only has ten. That's external visible differences - internally - and in the cockpit - there are other differences. Ken
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    I've made a start....... Being a limited-run kit, all the parts need 'fettling' to fit... edges need trimming to square them up, some of the parts have flash in awkward places, delicate parts need careful trimming and are prone to breakage ......etc All par for the course for this type of kit. The four seats have sides that are way too thick - and benefit from being thinned down...... (as moulded left, half trimmed middle, fully trimmed right).. What's the collective consensus on seat belts??? - just lap straps - or full 4 - point over-
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    My Mikro-Mir Kalinin K-7 has survived the current vagaries of the international postal services and has finally arrived into my eager hands.... Ordered on-line from the Ukraine from :- https://amarket-model.com/ the kit was packed inside a stout carboard box with the contents cocooned in bubble wrap and although it took a while, it arrived undamaged - excellent service The impressive box art shows what the finished model should look like.... The massive wing is made from hollow fibreglass-resin with a superb glass-like surface finis
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    Thanks Tomcat Fan........ Revell do a 1/144 scale A-90 - http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/modl_a-90.html It has issues around the nose intakes and cockpit windows - but they are fixable..... Ken
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    WIP Here :- Some pics of the finished model........ The contraprops came from an old Contrail vacform Tu-95, the number 21 was painted on using a cutout mask and the eagle emblem was made by a friend who scaled up the Revell 1/144 A-90 kit decal. My 1/72 scale Orlyonok at speed across my lounge carpet... Closeup of the cockpit glazing - note the rear view mirrors and simple 'artificial horizon'. The rough red outline is deliberate! Note the large anti-
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    After casting around for a piece of tubing of suitable diameter to make the engine nacelle for the NK-12 turboprop - I hit upon the idea of using a section cut from the circular fuselage of an old Airfix Il-28 kit...... With a rear pen nib fairing added and the front end modified, it made a decent nacelle. The main hydroski - with its ten beaching wheels - was made from plastic card with resin copies of a suitable wheel from the spares box cast by a friend.... The whole airframe was primed with Halfords Grey Plasti
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    The wings are made in the same way as the fin - a shaped balsa core skinned with thin plastic card.... The fuselage / fin joint in progress.... After adding a simple cockpit interior - a long session of filling (using Milliput and Squadron 'Green Stuff') - followed by sanding and re-filling until a smooth finish was achieved... Milliput for the larger areas, Green Stuff for the smaller, final gaps..... Making the horizontal tailplane - using the same balsa and plastic card method...
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    Fin and separated rudder skinned........ Narrow plastic card strips are used to form the curved roof..... Just like making a flying model...... with balsa ribs and stringers - but in solid plastic..... Filling in the surface between the rear fuselage and fin. It looks crude but it will all be filled and sanded smooth later... Adding the fillet at the top of the fin leading edge... The starboard side still needs 'planking' in...... The nose sectio
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    Here's one I made earlier........... During a computer cleanout, I 're-discovered' my photos of a scratchbuilt A-90 Ekranoplan that I made some 20 years ago..... so I thought I'd share the build with you.... Excuse the quality of the photos - they are now quite old - and not the best I have ever taken. The build was inspired by the release of the Revell 1/44 scale A-90 - plus some drawings I found in the Russian magazine 'Aerohobby'.... The drawings are excellent - and most importantly - they have cross-sections, so they were scale
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    You're correct Mario - I had a 'Senior Moment' there - my eyes read Viktor Pugachev - but by the time the signal got to my brain it read Anatoly Kvochur..... My entire post refers to Kvochur..... I'm going to lie down in a darkened room now...... Ken (who is rapidly losing it!!) PS - I also got Pugachev's signature at a previous MAKS - he signed a Sukhoi brochure for me....
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    I got him to sign Andrei Fomin's Su-27 book at Zhukovsky - he was standing there talking into his mobile phone when I approached him. He had a female assistant(?) with him and she held the book open whilst he tucked his phone under his chin and carried on talking whiilst autographing the book... Great times.....Nice guy.... I liked his 'dismount' from the Su-27 - he would put his legs outside the cockpit, parallel to the ground whilst holding on the the windscreen on one side and the seat head box on the other - like a gymnast on the parrallel bars......
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    Once you know what to look for, it's obvious......... Is this what you mean, Gabor???? Ken
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    Does this illustrate the 'break' in the nose section contours, Gabor??? It is the 10th prototype T10 I photograped at Lugansk in 2006 - fitted with a final shape production radome (I think?).... Ken
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    Just for interest......I've found a couple of my close-ups of Su-27 noseprobes...... The 'standard' probe - note the changing shape along its length.... The Su-33 probe is different - 'cos it folds down for carrier stowage...... The Su-27P flown by Anatoliy Kvotchur of the LII Gromov Flight Test Centre has a probe with small 'winglets' at its root...... I think these are there to generate vortices - maybe for when performing a high AoA 'Cobra' ???? Anyway - I thought they may be of i
  18. Flankerman
    Excellent stuff Gabor - really interesting close examination of the Flanker and kudos to you and your fellow researchers and GWH for including such detail and explaning the differences. Your English is excellent - but may I just point out that you are using the word 'brake' instead of the correct 'break'........... Brake is a device for slowing down - as in air brake. Break is a change in contour - as in a break in a line or curve. I hope you don't mind - just trying to be helpful....... Regards Ken
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    The Su-33 has a bigger wing than the rest of the Flanker family - as well as having the wing fold and double-slotted flaps. Not a good starting point for the T10M-1... Ken
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    Tu-22

    Flankerman replied to signals's topic in Jet Modeling

    The State Aviation Museum at Zhulaniy in Kiev, Ukraine has examples of 3 Backfires - the M0, M2 and M3. I photographed them in 2010..... Tu-22M0 (prototype).......... Tu-22M2 'Backfire-B'.... Tu-22M3 'Backfire-C'...... There was a one-off 'M4' - a proposed upgraded Tu-22M3 fitted with NK-32 engines from a Tu-160 'Blackjack' - which I photographed at Ryazan in 2005. Note the 4 rows of auxiliary intakes (the 'standard' Backfire has only 3..) The Air Force museum
  21. Flankerman
    I agree Ryan - I built it dozens of years ago........ I'll try to find my photos of it... Stay Safe Ken
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    It's finished - but I'm not happy with it..... It was a struggle all the way through - but I finally beat it into submission..... Sukhoi Su-17 Type R :- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-17_(1949) The whole front fuselage section could be detached in emergencies to act as an escape capsule..... As well as the undercarriage being ill-fitting and rather weak, the final indignity is that it's a tail sitter !! - so I had to make a prop from clear rod....
  23. Flankerman
    Thanks Gabor..... Following a final rub-down of the grey primer, I sprayed the whole model using a rattle can of Halfords 'Aluminium'. The front end was polished to highlight the detachable nose section and the decals (six red stars) applied....... The whole lot weas sealed in using a rattle can of Games Workshop 'Purity Seal' - a great satin acrylic varnish..... All it needs now is the addition of the wingtip navigation lights and the undercarriage........ .... which I am dreading..........
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    I've done most of Mikro-Mir's 1/350th submarine kits - see :- http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/model_submarines_link_page.html They are limited run with a modicum of flash - but their range is comprehensive - and growing..... http://mikro-mir.com/en/ships-1-350.html They are almost single-handedly providing us with excellent models of 1/350 scale subs........ Their homepage is here:- http://mikro-mir.com/en/ I'm awaiting delivery of their latest 1/72 scale Kalinin K-7..... Fibreglass-resin wing (29 inch span) with the rest injection-moulded........
  25. Flankerman
    Primered....... .... ready for the silver overall.... Ken
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