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Aircraft Modeling / Spitfire Sweep
« on: May 10, 2022, 09:47:13 AM »
This kit finally come on work bench, its Eduard, 1/48, Spitfire Mk. V dual combo

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Warplane Art / Boeing C-135
« on: April 27, 2022, 01:32:13 PM »
Now something big, in flying tanker version :-ok

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Warplane Art / MiG-27
« on: March 18, 2022, 09:58:12 AM »
Absolute new subject, never did it before... so the very start :-razz

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Aircraft Modeling / Hawker Hurricane, Eduard 1/72
« on: February 14, 2022, 04:09:54 PM »
This kit look so simply and with Eduard add, look like amazing built to be!!! Kit no. 7099

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Warplane Art / Raytheon T-6 Texan II
« on: January 16, 2022, 04:06:22 PM »
Something interesting and miss in my work  :-razz

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Warplane Art / Northrop T-38 Talon
« on: January 16, 2022, 12:26:20 PM »
Very start of this trainer :-razz

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Combat Warplanes / MiL-1
« on: January 13, 2022, 08:28:56 PM »
Mi-1 helicopter on the icebreaker "Leningrad", bringing out the diesel-electric ship "Penzhina" in the Bay of Baikal in the Sea of Okhotsk.

photo by Yuri Sadovnikov, May 1966

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Aircraft Modeling / Eduard A6M2 no. 11155 1/48
« on: January 08, 2022, 12:12:14 PM »
Photos from few days behind but did not managed to process em before. Build also start, photos come soon :-ok

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Miscellaneous Subjects / Bell X-1
« on: December 09, 2021, 09:37:40 PM »
Already in the middle of the Second World War, it became clear that the future of combat aviation was jet propulsion. Therefore, in 1943, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) began the MX-524 program to overcome the sound barrier. A year later, Bell Aircraft received a contract for the construction of the X-1 aircraft. On December 9, 1946, the first flight of the experimental Bell X-1 aircraft with a running engine.

The X-1 was a mid-plane with a retractable landing gear. It was equipped with a Reaction Motors XLR11-RM-3 rocket engine with a thrust of 27 kN. The maximum speed was 2594 km/ h, there was enough fuel for 5 minutes of flight.

The flight with the engine running was preceded by launches of the aircraft as a glider from the carrier - bomber Boeing B-29 Superfortress. On October 14, 1947, pilot Charles "Chuck" Yeager (Chuck Yeager) developed a speed of 1066 km/h on the X-1, exceeding the speed of sound for the first time. A total of 7 Bell X-1 aircraft were built as part of the MX524 program.

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Combat Warplanes / Heinkel He 162 Volksj?ger
« on: December 06, 2021, 07:20:28 PM »
Losing the war, by 1944 Germany had focused on the production of jet fighters. The Messerschmitt Me.262 was considered expensive and unreliable, so on September 8, 1944, the requirements for a simple and cheap fighter in production were published. Among all the projects, we chose the He 162 Volksj?ger ("people's fighter") from Heinkel, developed and tested in just 90 days. December 6, 1944 - the first flight of the Heinkel He 162 Volksj?ger jet fighter.

It was a single-seat high-wing aircraft with a retractable landing gear and a V-shaped two-keel tail, made mainly of wood. It was equipped with a BMW 109-003E-1 engine with a thrust of 7.85 kN. The maximum speed is 900 km/h, the flight range is 970 km. Armament ? 2 ? 20 mm guns.

320 fighters were built before the end of the war. They were difficult to pilot, often broke down and crashed. After the war, the Allies tested the captured He 162 and came to the conclusion about their unsatisfactory flight characteristics.

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Combat Warplanes / Sh-Tandem / Ш-Тандем
« on: December 05, 2021, 06:45:59 PM »
In the mid-1930s, work was underway in the USSR to create an armored attack aircraft, which eventually led to the development of the famous Il-2. But in parallel, there were projects of small light attack aircraft. One of them was the Sh-Tandem aircraft, designed by designer Peter Grushin in the workshops of the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI). December 5, 1937 - the first flight of the experimental light attack aircraft Sh-Tandem (aka Sh-MAI, MAI-3, MAI-Tandem).

As you can guess from the name, the Sh-Tandem was designed according to a tandem scheme with a two-keel tail and a retractable landing gear. With the M-87 engine (930 hp), it developed a maximum speed of 488 km/h. The armament consisted of 5 ? 7.62 mm SHKAS machine guns and 200 kg bombs.

The tests revealed a number of problems for the Sh-Tandem ? insufficient stability, poor handling, difficulties with takeoff. The designer was offered to modify his aircraft, but in May 1940 the project was closed. Only 1 prototype of the Sh-Tandem was built.

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Combat Warplanes / Lior? et Olivier LeO H-43
« on: December 04, 2021, 09:23:40 PM »
In 1933, the French Navy announced a competition for the development of a seaplane for operation in coastal waters. It was to be operated both from coastal bases and launched from shipboard catapults. Among the 5 projects submitted for the competition was the LeO H-43 seaplane from Lior? et Olivier. December 4, 1934 - the first flight of the Lior? et Olivier LeO H-43 reconnaissance seaplane.

LeO H-43 was a 3-5-seat medium-sized plane with a float non-retractable landing gear. It was equipped with a 650 hp Hispano-Suiza 9Vb engine. The armament consisted of 2 ? 7.5 mm machine guns + up to 150 kg of bombs.

Based on the results of the tests, the commission chose a seaplane from Lior? et Olivier, taking into account further improvements. This process was delayed ? the first pre-production copy was ready only in July 1939, and only in February 1940 the aircraft began to enter service with squadrons. By this time, the Leah-43 was obsolete, so only 21 seaplanes were built.

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Aircraft Modeling / Tempest Mk.II Eduard 82125
« on: November 29, 2021, 06:12:30 PM »
This will be nice recovery after long absence from model work, primary reviews :-adore so here is parts of Tempest Mk.II, Eduard 82125

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Combat Warplanes / Fairey Hendon
« on: November 25, 2021, 09:58:18 PM »
In 1927, the British Aviation Ministry published the specification B.19/27 for a night heavy bomber. Among the 8 projects submitted for the competition was Hendon (until 1934, simply called Fairy Night Bomber) from Fairey Aviation. November 25, 1930 - the first flight of the Fairey Hendon heavy bomber.

The Hendon was a low-wing aircraft with a non-retractable landing gear and a two-keel tail. The fuselage frame was made of steel pipes and covered with canvas. 2 ? Rolls-Royce Kestrel VI engines (600 hp) allowed to reach a maximum speed of up to 245 km / h. Flight range - 2190 km. Armament ? 3 ? 7.7 mm Lewis machine gun + 753 kg of bombs.

Testing and launching into serial production of Hendon was delayed. The first serial bomber was built only in 1936. By this time, the more advanced Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, Vickers Wellington and Handley Page Hampden were introduced. Therefore, only 14 Fairey Hendon aircraft were produced.

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Warplane Art / Pilatus PC-9
« on: November 17, 2021, 02:14:57 PM »
Beauty one :-adore and this is very start :-razz

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