Bonhoff Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 (edited) Hi All, Looks like I've got time to do a second one for this GB. This model screamed "Buy Me" when I visited Clifton Curios near the EMA - Mostly because of the box art and the voices in my head consequently going "What is that dangling down?" Obviously the product of a very fertile mind, the LT (also referred to as the Sam-23) is a compact ground attack aircraft with an armoured cockpit, a single pusher prop and twin boom tail. The intention was to fly the thing at 20 ft or so off the ground and I guess at that altitude the pilot's workload would be quite intensive, so the idea was that a pole with a wheel on the end would be lowered down - this pole was connected to the controls so it would maintain the necessary altitude whilst you strafed Nazis. That was the plan - Quite what happened if you hit a divot, rock or other such obstruction on the ground with the wheel is anybody's guess. I'm guessing there'd be a bit of a pitch up at the very least requiring immediate correction. I think you'd qualify for "Hero of the Soviet Union" just by taking off in the thing.... Further information is a bit scarce on the internet but some details can be found Here - Page is in Russian but Google Translate is your friend. GeorgeUSA built one on here a couple of years back, so I don't need to go into the nitty gritty of the build, when there's a good example on here already so mine'll be more of an overview. Box and Contents Cockpit together Quick tape together to test fit Change of plan - I want it flying at an altitude of 20 feet - Cockpit wouldn't fit with the brave pilot in place so something had to give.... Kind regards IanJ Edited October 2, 2017 by Bonhoff Completed Build 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Now that is something esoteric. But was it ever build or is it only a project which never saw the day of light? But I guess rules are here to be broken and your build is progressed well, so I love to see how it looks when completed. Cheers, Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 What a strange machine. I'm looking forward to seeing what the finished model looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted September 5, 2017 Author Share Posted September 5, 2017 Paint getting there... Custom mix of (Tamiya based) AMT-7 courtesy of the internet, Vallejo "Russian Green" for upper surfaces - All brush painted. Too small to mask up... KR's IanJ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted September 9, 2017 Share Posted September 9, 2017 Nice progress Ian. It does look indeed tiny when compared to the paint bottle! Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted September 10, 2017 Author Share Posted September 10, 2017 (edited) As mentioned previously, this one needs to be mounted as if in flight. And to give an idea of the subject's diminuitive stature, here it is in formation with a Spitfire. KR's IanJ Edited September 10, 2017 by Bonhoff Typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basilisk Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Interesting comparison with the Spitfire. Will look great in flight with the pole deployed! Cheers, Peter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonhoff Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Completed! All in a little vignette as well - Apologies for quality of photos, as well as the fact it's a bit dusty already. Kind Regards IanJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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