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  1. Excellent Avanti Dennis - beautifully made and finished. I built both the Avanti and Beech Starship - here they are for comparison...... Some stats.... Starship.... 6 passengers + 2 crew, max speed 385mph, range 1,742 miles - all composite Avanti... 7-9 passengers + 1 crew, max speed 460mph, range 1,738 miles - all metal Ken
  2. I thing these are the M-Hobby drawings - downloadable. http://www.airwar.ru/other/draw/tu14t.html Ken
  3. That image is reversed - the door on the An-2 is on the port side - look at the reg - RF-ooo...... It still illustrates the point though. Ken
  4. I built it some 9 years ago - so the memory is a bit rusty.... But I don't recall having any problems with the decals - they were applied over a gloss finish. Ken
  5. The Academy F-89J kit has markings for an ADC gray machine of the 124 FIS, Iowa ANG...... It is part of my Scorpion family (6 so far).... More on each one here :- http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/model_f-89_scorpion-01.html Cheers Ken
  6. Excellent model - great realistic finish. 01-925 is the Harrier that had a brake fire as it taxied in to its spot on arrival on the Wednesday. Lots of dramatic smoke as the fire tenders arrived - I took a few photos if anyone is interested. Ken
  7. Here ya go - all 70 of them! http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/model_m-55_modelsvit.html#Walkround_Photos Happy modelling Ken
  8. That would be my article - here (minus the walkround photos) http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/model_m-55_modelsvit.html I still have the walkround photos on my PC - I could resize them and upload them to my website if anyone is interested ?? Ken
  9. I'll be following your build with interest, tegethoff - especially how you fix the forward fuselage to the main body. I had a lot of trouble with mine.... http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/model_m-55_modelsvit.html I took a few pics of it at MAKS.... it is a large machine.. Ken
  10. A Su-27 of the 'Russian Knights' landed with its gear up after an airshow in Bratislava. The missile launch rails under the engine intakes acted as skids - later the aircraft was raised up and the undercarriage was lowered. After a few dents were hammered out, the aircaft took of to its home base of Kubinka in Russia. There are loads of images and video of the event - just Google 'Russian Knighs landing'..... Ken
  11. IIRC, the port side entry is a hangover from the days of mounted cavalry. Early fighters (WWI) were piloted by young cavalry officers who were used to mounting their horses from the left hand side. Left foot in the stirrup, right leg over the horses rump to sit upright in the saddle. Swap the horse for a Camel or SE 5 - and there you have it. At least that's what I read..... Ken
  12. Lucius - where are the attched fighters? The Zveno label means 'flight' or 'Link' and refers to the experimental flights of the TB-1 Bomber with two I-4 fighters attached... (Zveno 1) The TB-3 was used to carry various fighters including the I-16 (Zveno SPB) The final one was the 'Aviamatka' - a TB-3 with FIVE fighters attched.... There's more on my (now rather clunky) web page - here... TB-1 Zveno : - http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Modeling/Tupolev/TB-1/Duffy/index.php TB-3 Aviamatka :- http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Modeling/Tupolev/TB-3/Duffy/index.php Hope this helps Ken
  13. I can think of two modern(ish) jets that are entered from the starboard (right) side..... The SAAB Jas-39 Gripen and the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. Make that THREE - the Blackburn Bucanneer ! Ken
  14. I also did one..... (way back in 2007) - not as good as Bill's - but OK for me... More here..... http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/modl_m-50.html Ken
  15. PS - some more (Non-RSR) pics taken at MAI are here (scroll down past the Khodynka pics) ...... http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/mos2006_day02.html Enjoy.... Ken
  16. Stunning conversion - you really pulled it off. A bit late for you now, but I've found some more pics of the RSR - taken by me during a visit to the Moscow Aviation Institute in 2006. The fuselage section and wing panels are just gathering dust in a corner... Ken
  17. River Avon (Avon means river) - so you're saying River River. Same goes for Naan bread -(Naan means bread) - so you're saying Bread Bread. As for 'Almost exactly' ...............
  18. During one of my many aviation visits to Russia, in 2006 we went to the Moscow Aviation Institute -not only were we allowed inside this once top-secret place, we were given free access to the Structures Faculty, where they had dozens of airframe and parts stripped dow. We were given permission to photograph anything we liked. They have the remains of the Tsybin RSR - the centre section with a four-wheel bogey.... I have a couple more pics that I can dig out and upload if you want - they don't give much detail though. Other photos of the visit can be found here :- http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/mos2006_day02.html Scroll down to find them....... We were supposed to re-visit the place in 2007 - but when we arrived at the entrance, they wouldn't let us in !!! I wonder if somone got into trouble for allowing us access in 2006? Great progress with the conversion.... Ken During one of my many aviation visits to Russia, in 2006 we went to the Moscow Aviation Institute -not only were we allowed inside this once top-secret place, we were given free access to the Structures Faculty, where they had dozens of airframe and parts stripped dow. We were given permission to photograph anything we liked. They have the remains of the Tsybin RSR - the centre section with a four-wheel bogey.... I have a couple more pics that I can dig out and upload if you want - they don't give much detail though. Other photos of the visit can be found here :- http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/mos2006_day02.html Scroll down to find them....... We were supposed to re-visit the place in 2007 - but when we arrived at the entrance, they wouldn't let us in !!! I wonder if somone got into trouble for allowing us access in 2006? Great progress with the conversion.... Ken During one of my many aviation visits to Russia, in 2006 we went to the Moscow Aviation Institute -not only were we allowed inside this once top-secret place, we were given free access to the Structures Faculty, where they had dozens of airframe and parts stripped dow. We were given permission to photograph anything we liked. They have the remains of the Tsybin RSR - the centre section with a four-wheel bogey.... I have a couple more pics that I can dig out and upload if you want - they don't give much detail though. Other photos of the visit can be found here :- http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/mos2006_day02.html Scroll down to find them....... We were supposed to re-visit the place in 2007 - but when we arrived at the entrance, they wouldn't let us in !!! I wonder if somone got into trouble for allowing us access in 2006? Great progress with the conversion.... Ken
  19. When I was at infants school (many years ago), I put my hand up and asked 'Please can I go to the toilet Sir?' He replied 'You may - I don't know if you can or not'. I sat down not knowing whether I could go or not. Ken
  20. Check out my photos of various Flanker wheels - then decide exactly what colour they use.... Scroll down about halh was :- http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/flanker fins.html Ken
  21. I added a toilet-roll, a first-aid box and some reading material - just to be a bit whimsical. None of which can be seen of course.
  22. The Su-27UB fin had a 425mm plug at its base - making it taller than the single seater.... Su-27 fin... Su-27UB fin.... For more info on Flanker Fins check out my webpage.. http://www.flankers-site.co.uk/flanker fins.html Ken
  23. Two of the 'Paravane' Lancasters were retrieved by the Soviets and put into the service as long-range recce aircraft...... I made a model of one of them in Soviet service. Details of the build -and the story behind the 'conversion' is here :- http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Modeling/Avro/Lancaster/Airfix/FullBuild/Duffy/index.php Ken
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