jstar

Have looked all over for this discontinued etch but no luck so far. Not even on Ebay. Anyone have any leads?

This what you're looking for?

I remember watching those fly into and out of Burpleson AFB, back when Gen. Ripper was CO, before the troubles.

Recently found this build, and am very impressed. Any additional progress?

As long as we have included transports in this thread, what were the cockpit colors of Soviet bombers of the Cold War era? Mostly i get black, with some greenish quilted padding?

I have a Trumpeter TU-16, Italeri TU-22, and an Amodel Myasishchev 3M, and none of their instruction sheets show what color the inside of the engine intake trunk is painted ( I know, the TU-16 kit doesn't have any trunks, but...). Can't find much on the internet..any pictures either have the intake covers in place or are deeply in shadow. Anyone out there have any knowledge of the correct colors? joe

Hello, Steve. Thank you. PM inbound.

Looking for copies of "Air International" Vol 49, no's 4 and 5, October and November 1995. These would be the issues with the article on the Myasishchev M-4/3M Bison. Can pay reasonable price, and postage to the US. Jstar

Let me see...15'2'' is 182 inches. 13'1'' is 157 inches. 182 minus 157 is 25 inches. Divided by 2 for the radius, and length of one prop blade is 12.5 inches. Divided by 72 for scale is .173 inches. I know it won't be true scale, and in your place I'd be looking for actual blades...but you think any one will really notice? Look Here: You won't need the C-82 after all if you do the Paul Mantz movie version....:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallmantz_Phoenix_P-1

The Yefrem Gordon book "Myasishchev M-4 and 3M" has quite a lot of photos of the M-4, maybe even more than those of the 3M. And even though it's not of a M-4, here: http://mmb-avia.narod.ru/avia/myzei/3m/3m.htm is a terrific site, with the only actual interior diagram of a 3M I've ever been able to find. Hope you find it useful.

Don't have to cross the pond to see one. There are three in the United States, one at the Strategic Air and Space Museum in Ashland, Nebraska. One in Louisana, and one in California. Possibly closer, there is one at CFB Goose Bay, in Labrador. Maybe not all next door, but still fairly close.

The Strategic Air Command Museum (now actually the Strategic Air and Space Museum) in Ashland, Nebraska, in addition to having a great collection of U.S. Cold War bombers also has a Vulcan, as representative for the British. Now if I could only figure out a way to convince them to speak with the Soviets and get an old TU-95 (no chance of a Mya 3M) donated and delivered, to represent the competition. Surprised it's never been discussed. That would be the neatest thing. joe

Thank you, Ken. Yes, I have been following your build, and Alexanders as well as this one : http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewto...36_start_0.html In rereading Gordon, I think the "navigator/radio operator and dorsal gunner" are in fact the same crewmember. This would put only three crew in the after compartment. Pretty sure there were four there in the prototype and maybe in the M-4, but changed with the improvements turning it into the 3M. Now, if only I could find a kit I could afford. By the way, have you seen Amodels TU-95M/U? Any thoughts? I really would like an early -95 as opposed to the Trumpeter 95 and 142's. Some how it just looks nicer/meaner/better. joe

According to several sources, the Myasishchev 3M Bison had four ejection hatches for the seven crew in the forward compartment. From the vectorsite on the 3M " All crew sat on downward-firing ejection seats; there were five ejection hatches for seven crew, with a pneumatic system shunting the navigator / bombardier and the two pilots around to fire through the same hatch in succession. " I believe he means four hatches for seven crew in the forward compartment, and the fifth hatch for the tail gunner, as he mentions eight crew earlier in the article. Any additional details or drawings/photos of the actual arrangement and sequence of ejection would be very much appreciated.