Polikarpov I 188. Kit Omega models 1/72

[MACALAIN]

[François Escudé]

Hello Alain , you know what ?? , with your builds you gives us the opportunity to see models... more than rarely build any where !! 

Thanks for that !! Keep going my friend !! 

Good one again ! 👏🙏

 

take care 

Amicalement  ! 

[Armorrich]

I agree with Francois....you've been rolling out some really interesting Soviet types lately. They'll look great clustered in the prototype hanger!!! Well done. 

 

Cheers...Rich 

[GiampieroSilvestri]

Beautiful Polikarpov I-188!

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

[georgeusa]

Another great prototype from you.  This one sunk more by political means than performance standards.  Looks great and thanks for sharing.

[Whofan]

Gosh, the quality of these builds is excellent!

 

are they all resin kits? I suspect so😁

[MACALAIN]

23 hours ago, François Escudé said:

Hello Alain , you know what ?? , with your builds you gives us the opportunity to see models... more than rarely build any where !! 

Thanks for that !! Keep going my friend !! 

Good one again ! 👏🙏

 

take care 

Amicalement  ! 

Bien merci François.

More Soviet prototype to come next week.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

On 02/07/2024 at 13:01, Armorrich said:

I agree with Francois....you've been rolling out some really interesting Soviet types lately. They'll look great clustered in the prototype hanger!!! Well done. 

 

Cheers...Rich 

Thank you very much my friend and welcome.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

On 02/07/2024 at 17:15, GiampieroSilvestri said:

Beautiful Polikarpov I-188!

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

Grazie mille Giampiero.

 

Alain

[Dennis_C]

A very nice model of a truly unique subject.

Couple comments on what it is. Original I-185 had two optional engines M-71 and M-82. M-71 was preferred by Polikarpov and he was pushing this version through, but M-82 turned out much more reliable and after installed to LaGG-3 resulted in an excellent La-5.

I-187 and I-188 were the last attempts to rescue I-185 project in early 1943. These were the modification of I-185 with yet another experimental engine M-90. I do not see any real photoes of I-187 or I-188 so I suspect these remained paper prototypes.

On 02/07/2024 at 20:29, georgeusa said:

This one sunk more by political means than performance standards.

Very hard to say. There was a period of Polikarpovomania in post Soviet studies where 'evil' Yakovlev was accused of killing 'excellent' I-185 project. Reality was a bit different as Yak and LaGG fighters occupied production lines before I-185 was ready for any production launch and in super difficult 1942 nobody would replace what was already in production and what was totally satisfying the needs of RKKA.

 

On the other hand before the war I-16 was a blocker for any alternatives for quite a long time. I-16 was difficult in handling and by the end of 1939 was totally obsolete. Only removal of Polikarpov from Stalin's favourites made it possible to start trials of competitive projects of I-26 (Yak) and I-301 (LaGG). I-200 (MiG) was itself a variant of I-180 with axial engine and was not favoured by Polikarpov who was pushing his I-180. Project was passed to Mikoyan and Gurevich who were able to create an excellent design. 

Edited July 4, 2024 by Dennis_C

[MACALAIN]

On 02/07/2024 at 19:29, georgeusa said:

Another great prototype from you.  This one sunk more by political means than performance standards.  Looks great and thanks for sharing.

Thank you very much mate. You are totaly right about the political maens.

Have a nice National Day.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

On 02/07/2024 at 22:36, Whofan said:

Gosh, the quality of these builds is excellent!

 

are they all resin kits? I suspect so😁

Thank you very much. Yes mate, all resin kits.

Next one, or perhaps 2 (you will see) is in plastic.

 

Alain

[112 Squadron]

Thank you for sharing this interesting prototype Alain.👍

[MACALAIN]

22 hours ago, Dennis_C said:

A very nice model of a truly unique subject.

Couple comments on what it is. Original I-185 had two optional engines M-71 and M-82. M-71 was preferred by Polikarpov and he was pushing this version through, but M-82 turned out much more reliable and after installed to LaGG-3 resulted in an excellent La-5.

I-187 and I-188 were the last attempts to rescue I-185 project in early 1943. These were the modification of I-185 with yet another experimental engine M-90. I do not see any real photoes of I-187 or I-188 so I suspect these remained paper prototypes.

Very hard to say. There was a period of Polikarpovomania in post Soviet studies where 'evil' Yakovlev was accused of killing 'excellent' I-185 project. Reality was a bit different as Yak and LaGG fighters occupied production lines before I-185 was ready for any production launch and in super difficult 1942 nobody would replace what was already in production and what was totally satisfying the needs of RKKA.

 

On the other hand before the war I-16 was a blocker for any alternatives for quite a long time. I-16 was difficult in handling and by the end of 1939 was totally obsolete. Only removal of Polikarpov from Stalin's favourites made it possible to start trials of competitive projects of I-26 (Yak) and I-301 (LaGG). I-200 (MiG) was itself a variant of I-180 with axial engine and was not favoured by Polikarpov who was pushing his I-180. Project was passed to Mikoyan and Gurevich who were able to create an excellent design. 

Thank you very much, and thank you for your informations.

 

Alain

 

PS : I had already post a few soviet prototype of this period

and ùore to come.

[Dennis_C]

7 hours ago, MACALAIN said:

Thank you very much, and thank you for your informations.

 

Alain

 

PS : I had already post a few soviet prototype of this period

and ùore to come.

I'm looking forward those very much! A terra incognito in the modelling world!

 

P.S. as I'm looking onto this I-188 it gets to me more and more like a lowback radial engined version of MiG-3. Would ve very interesting to put them next to each other. 

Edited July 5, 2024 by Dennis_C

[MACALAIN]

15 hours ago, 112 Squadron said:

Thank you for sharing this interesting prototype Alain.👍

Thank you and welcome mate. More to come.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

2 hours ago, Dennis_C said:

I'm looking forward those very much! A terra incognito in the modelling world!

 

P.S. as I'm looking onto this I-188 it gets to me more and more like a lowback radial engined version of MiG-3. Would ve very interesting to put them next to each other. 

Here are some

 

Alain

 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235141599-yatsenko-i-28-jun-1939-resin-kit-omega-172/

 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235141322-pachinine-i-21-prototype-194041-kit-omega-172/

 

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235141015-polikarpov-itp-172-on-demand-of-whofan/

 

You had alreadi seen the last one. More to come in the future.

[MACALAIN]

Thank you for your likes and your comments.

 

Alain