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1/72 - Beriev Be-6 "Madge" by Trumpeter - released - Constanza resin detailing set


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A test build from the future Trumpeter 1/72nd Beriev Be-6 "Madge" - ref.01646 - was on display at the All Japan Model & Hobby Show 2014.

Source: https://www.facebook.com/519867854709332/photos/a.934505229912257.1073741856.519867854709332/934513623244751/?type=3&theater

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Hey look! Actual physical evidence of the long ago announced Trumpy BE6! Wonder if the MiG19 Might really turn up too?

Paul Harrison

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I notice there are two DH Hornets by Trumpeter (1/48?) in the facebook pics

Not two but three... http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234953190-148-de-havilland-dh103-hornet-f13-sea-hornet-nf21-kits-by-trumpeter-test-build-f1-release-november-2014/?p=1748037

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Wow, what an Age to be alive! A new-mould Be-6 and a new Be-12! Now if only someone would do the Be-10 (only Ken [Flankerman] would know this interesting aeroplane). Good idea about the turboprop Chinese version, Ken.

Regards,

Jason

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Wow, what an Age to be alive! A new-mould Be-6 and a new Be-12! Now if only someone would do the Be-10 (only Ken [Flankerman] would know this interesting aeroplane). Good idea about the turboprop Chinese version, Ken.

Regards,

Jason

The Be-10 would be most welcome but maybe that won't be a kit we'll see for a long time..!

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I'm afraid you're correct about that, Radleigh. There was a vacuformed kit, that Ken of course built, but that's the only one I can remember. Still I shouldn't be too greedy - a "Madge" and "Mail" in the same year (2015?)! Woo-hoo!

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Jason

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I'm still waiting for a kit of the Beriev Be-40/A-42 'Mermaid'....

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It has to be the most elegant flying boat ever made.

I've got my walkrounds at the ready.............

Ken

PS - Don't forget the Beriev Be-200 from Amodel....

Funny how the Be-40, which has never entered service, got a reporting name - but the Be-200 which is in service, never did.

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Typical, just started chopping up my old VEB !

Jason, a Be-10 would indeed be welcome,(Come on Modelsvit!), though I did hear that a 1/144th one was due, the Deka vac is hard to come by......not fussed if it's a Be-6, 8, 10 or 12 they're all welcome though I agree with Ken, a Be-40 would be especially nice ..

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Have to disagree there, old bean! I think with the gull-wings and the twin tails it's quite fetching (certainly no worse than the Mariner or Marlin), but then again I am rather fond of Soviet aeroplanes.

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Jason

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Will members please stop posting inappropriate links. This a family friendly site and younger members, plus children of members may click on the links. I've had to edit two posts in this thread already.

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Typical, just started chopping up my old VEB !

Jason, a Be-10 would indeed be welcome,(Come on Modelsvit!), though I did hear that a 1/144th one was due, the Deka vac is hard to come by......not fussed if it's a Be-6, 8, 10 or 12 they're all welcome though I agree with Ken, a Be-40 would be especially nice ..

I got a Veb one a few months back too coz Trumpy were taking so long! I'd love to have a Be10 and Be40 kit come out, the Mermaid is a beaut. Often wonder why they didn't do a civil Be 40 instead of the smaller Be200.

Paul Harrison

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Often wonder why they didn't do a civil Be 40 instead of the smaller Be200.

They did - or at least they proposed one.

According to my "Big Boys Book of Beriev's", in 1994 they proposed the A-40P for 105 passengers - and the A-40PM powered by CFM56 engines carrying 121 passengers.

There were also SAR variants - and one to refuel submarines at sea.

I photographed this proposed propfan varaint at Gelendzhik in 2006.....

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Sadly the Be-42 came along at the wrong time - during the breakup of the SU - so there was no money around to capitalise on the design - it was even offered to the RAF as a Nimrod replacement - and appeared at RIAT in 1996.

Similar versions of the Be-200 have been proposed - ASW, SAR, Passenger etc - but so far no takeup.

Here's a size comparison between the Be-42 and Be-200......

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Ken

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Great pics Ken! Thanks for the info too, love those contra-rotating prop fans.

Paul Harrison

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