Cheranovsky Bich 17. (project, prototype 60% construct before canceled). Kit Unicraft 1/72

[MACALAIN]

[GiampieroSilvestri]

Beautiful Cheranovsky 17!

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

[Armorrich]

Wow...now that's plane weird...pardon the pun. You find some obscure stuff my friend...looks great. 

 

Cheers...Rich 

[georgeusa]

Now that is an interesting plane as it looks like it is only 60% complete.  A very interesting prototype.  Thanks for sharing.

[Dennis_C]

Oh yes! Those BICh (BICh is from Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky) aircraft are my favourites from all of the Soviet prototypes. BICh-21 which is similar to this BICh-17 is my favourite. 

[JWM]

Very nice result.

BTW - what they were  taking to design such machine! 

Regards

J-W

[MilneBay]

Interesting. I was puzzled by the extensions on the rear of the wing until I researched the aircraft and discovered that they were parts of the recoilless cannon.

 

Another nice job on a very obscure aircraft. 

[MACALAIN]

19 hours ago, GiampieroSilvestri said:

Beautiful Cheranovsky 17!

 

Saluti

 

Giampiero

Thank you very much mate.

 

Alain

[112 Squadron]

Thank you for sharing Alain. This prototype is looking incredible and amazing. Although it looks a little bit like coming from a vintage old comic book it is a real aircraft. Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky was a designer who specialized in flying wing aircraft. His first projects date back to 1921. For his work in the aircraft industry he was highly decorated by the Soviets. He passed away in 1960.

[Dennis_C]

22 hours ago, JWM said:

BTW - what they were  taking to design such machine! 

Just a representative of aerodynamic experiments of the 20-30s. Quite successful as parabolic gliders and aircraft of Cheranovsky were flying okay. Today similar flying wing designs seem to work very well for UAVs.

BTW in the USSR it was probably easier to get money (or plywood and some metal tubes?) for real life experiments with non-traditional aerodynamical schemes as a lot of quite weird experimental aircraft were actually build.and flew.

[MACALAIN]

On 24/09/2024 at 12:54, Armorrich said:

Wow...now that's plane weird...pardon the pun. You find some obscure stuff my friend...looks great. 

 

Cheers...Rich 

Thank you very much Rich. This one is indeed a special one.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

On 24/09/2024 at 16:54, georgeusa said:

Now that is an interesting plane as it looks like it is only 60% complete.  A very interesting prototype.  Thanks for sharing.

Thank you very much mate. More next week.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

On 24/09/2024 at 17:19, Dennis_C said:

Oh yes! Those BICh (BICh is from Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky) aircraft are my favourites from all of the Soviet prototypes. BICh-21 which is similar to this BICh-17 is my favourite. 

Something quite different this time.

 

Alain

[bennyboi]

that is very different

[MACALAIN]

On 24/09/2024 at 18:22, JWM said:

Very nice result.

BTW - what they were  taking to design such machine! 

Regards

J-W

Thank you very much.

They certenely use this

 

Alain

 

[MACALAIN]

On 25/09/2024 at 00:48, MilneBay said:

Interesting. I was puzzled by the extensions on the rear of the wing until I researched the aircraft and discovered that they were parts of the recoilless cannon.

 

Another nice job on a very obscure aircraft. 

Thank you very much. Yes indeed, 2 cannons for this plane.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

On 25/09/2024 at 11:55, 112 Squadron said:

Thank you for sharing Alain. This prototype is looking incredible and amazing. Although it looks a little bit like coming from a vintage old comic book it is a real aircraft. Boris Ivanovich Cheranovsky was a designer who specialized in flying wing aircraft. His first projects date back to 1921. For his work in the aircraft industry he was highly decorated by the Soviets. He passed away in 1960.

Thank you my friend and welcome.

I am not finish yet with prototype.

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

On 25/09/2024 at 17:01, Dennis_C said:

Just a representative of aerodynamic experiments of the 20-30s. Quite successful as parabolic gliders and aircraft of Cheranovsky were flying okay. Today similar flying wing designs seem to work very well for UAVs.

BTW in the USSR it was probably easier to get money (or plywood and some metal tubes?) for real life experiments with non-traditional aerodynamical schemes as a lot of quite weird experimental aircraft were actually build.and flew.

Thank you for your comment

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

On 26/09/2024 at 15:28, bennyboi said:

that is very different

Yes indeed, completely different.

Someting for Batman 😉

 

Alain

[MACALAIN]

Thank you for your likes and your comments.

 

Alain

[Whofan]

Alain,

 

another fantastic model. And what a subject! The first photo I was convinced showed a plane 60% completed, i.e. with no fuselage or tailplane, till I looked closer and saw it is a flying wing!

 

I must also add that you must have spent weeks, if not months, scouring model shops for these obscure manufacturers and kit subjects.

 

 

 

[MACALAIN]

9 hours ago, Whofan said:

Alain,

 

another fantastic model. And what a subject! The first photo I was convinced showed a plane 60% completed, i.e. with no fuselage or tailplane, till I looked closer and saw it is a flying wing!

 

I must also add that you must have spent weeks, if not months, scouring model shops for these obscure manufacturers and kit subjects.

 

 

 

Thank you very much mate. I had find this kit at the IPMS show at Telford, yearssss ago.

 

Alain

 

PS : do you have seen my Polikarpox I 180 and I 190 proto ?

I have nearly finish with my Soviet prototype, I certainely follow with my Finnish Air Force collection of the Winter War and Continuation War.

[Whofan]

1 hour ago, MACALAIN said:

Thank you very much mate. I had find this kit at the IPMS show at Telford, yearssss ago.

 

Alain

 

PS : do you have seen my Polikarpox I 180 and I 190 proto ?

I have nearly finish with my Soviet prototype, I certainely follow with my Finnish Air Force collection of the Winter War and Continuation War.

Alain, 

 

I have, and again, excellent builds. 

[MACALAIN]

1 hour ago, Whofan said:

Alain, 

 

I have, and again, excellent builds. 

Thank you very much.

 

Alain