SAM-9 Another Soviet oddity in 1/72

[Pin]

Not much is known about Moskalev SAM-9. It was built and successfully tested in 1937, allegedly the first ever successful delta wing design.

Article in Russian with blurry heavily retouched photo:

http://www.airwar.ru/enc/xplane/sam9.html

The kit itself was already mentioned on Britmodeller:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234961223-172-moskalev-sam-9-strela-resin-kit-by-prop-jet-released/

As usual with Prop & Jet - a little resin wonder.

Took me about a week to complete - I fell like I have beaten Usain Bolt

Along with another abomination

[MikeW]

Curiouser and curiouser,

Nicely rendered.

Cheers,

Mike

[Winenut]

I like them both . What interesting oddities!

[Notty]

and that actually flew?? Rather you than me! Any case though a delightful little pair of exotica and your finish is lovely.

[rotorheadtx]

Moskalev and Arthur Sack were clearly hitting the same bottle of absinthe....

[Snitok1983]

Interesting object! Great build!

[Learstang]

Beautifully done little Soviet aircraft! First time I think I've seen the "Duck" modelled.

Regards,

Jason

[Graeme H]

Very nice, a Delta and a Canard, how very modern

I wonder if this kit competes with the BD5 as the smallest 1/72 kit

[Viking]

Now those really are unusual, but that canard pusher looks quite like a Burt Rutan design from the 70's/80's.

Great stuff Pin, and very nicely built.

Cheers

John

[Natter]

I don't think either of those are abominations, though they're definitely unusual. They're both beautiful models.

[Pin]

Thank you, fellows

I don't think either of those are abominations

Of course they are not. I was just a bit sarcastic

[AdrianMF]

Beautiful little model! I love the colour scheme - very inter-war. Mind you, compared to the Fly 1/72 Rotochute, it's a monster...

Regards,

Adrian

[Spitfire31]

Perfect conversation pieces and impressively neat builds of the tiny little gems!

Kind regards,

Joachim

[F-32]

Looks like a massive moth!

Very cool pair.

[HOUSTON]

AWESOME .....COOL pair of SUPER looking aircrafts