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in 1/72 scale Travers makes the decals for that Soviet Pe-2R with the tiger on it.

Nice job on that P-40 , Pip ! mine is mostly built with under-surface color and base-coat for top and ready for 2nd layer camo as soon as I whip up some masks.

WWII or modern ???

both of those are early Tu-2 powered by M-82 engines ( no bumps) the ICM kit has the bumps for the M-82FN (ASh-82FN) engines -- you can sand them down if you are doing an early version like this my worst complaint about the VEB Plasticart kit is that the propellers turn in the wrong direction AAARRRGGGHHHH !!! 🤩

here's what I recommend if you are primarily interested in the aircraft themselves. (other books are available about pilots, units and battles/campaigns) Soviet Combat Aircraft of the second world war volume two : twin-engine fighters ,attack aircraft and bombers by Yefim Gordon ,Dmitri Khazanov with Alexander Medved ISBN 1-85780-084-2 $39.99 USD Volume one is about single engine fighters and is ISBN 1-85780-083-4 and is also $39.99USD they are both from: Midlands Publishing Limited 24 The Hollow , Earl Shilton Leicester , LE9 7NA England after you have whetted your appetite with these I (and others) can recommend books on specific aircraft you may have further interest in.

Okay ! Thanks , Bob.

is there anything in the reprint that is not in the original? in other words...I have the book ...should I buy the reprint?

I have 2 copies of the Airfix Spifire FR 46/47 and a few months ago I got the Airfix Spitfire F22/24. one of the reasons I like the 47 over the 46 is the option of camera ports (although no cameras ) the MK 24 should be listed as an FR 24 as it has camera ports ,too (guess what mark I'm building) the Trumpeter MK 14 Spiteful kit has a camera port and a camera. so yes I am including it. so as you can tell I like Spitfires with guns as well as cameras. I Thank all of you for your help and interest. stay safe - don't catch that damn coronavirus !

you will probably want this as a reference. it not only gives size and shape , but color. http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Research/Ordnance/RS_Rockets/index.php

I would think Nick Millman would be the man to ask. he used to have a blog devoted to SEAC aircraft , but sadly it does not seem to be online anymore.

Yak-7 and Yak-9 used a different type landing gear that is not suitable for your needs. but Yak-1 , Yak-1b and Yak-3 are the same . (Yak-11 was derived from Yak-3) the other solution is to do it wheels-up ???

great idea !!! now if we can just get the USA to do the same (it costs more than one cent to make a penny) did you do something to replace it? or just make everything rounded up or down to the nearest 5 cents? (sorry if this is seen as thread hijacking -but I thought the answer might be valuable to others)

and if that is not good enough I have two of the kits and I could send you the instrucions from one of them.

HUH !!!! much of the Yak-9U program was stolen from the Yak-3. the problem in the conversion is that the two kits actually have different cross-sections ; in the end I think I will keep the ICM fuselage and will have to use a lot of filler putty and sandpaper to smooth it out.

I thought about a Yak-9V conversion but in the end I decided there were more D's,T's,K's and M's that I wanted to do more. however , I am still going for a Yak-9U conversion using Eduard's Yak-3 and ICM's Yak-9T (got some nice decals for the finish of it)