Alekseïev A-90 Orljonok: what if the Luftwaffe had taken over NVA Ekranoplanes?

[Tophe]

Wonderful model

[sletch]

Hi all,

Sorry for this looong silence. I was veeeery busy during last weeks

So...

Like Gondor said - "Marine" would have been better than "Heer", but when you look at todays Luftwaffe, there is not much left of the Marineflieger at all.

That's the idea. I took me a long time to choose between "marine" and "heer". Finally, I took the second one  ... anyway, I didn't have any decals for the Kriegsmarine  Anyway, next time I will take the time to translate the story which goes with the photos 

Interesting.  Nicely done.  I wonder though, would you need markings under the wing?  Who'd see them, it flies so low!   

Nervous sub drivers? ..........

Interesting.  Nicely done.  I wonder though, would you need markings under the wing?  Who'd see them, it flies so low!   

The Russian Ekranoplanes actually can climb well high into the air - nor for long distances, but a kind of "dash and jump". The A-90 has a "service ceiling" of 3.000m!
=> That's right 

Anyway, nice idea, even though I agree that "Marine" and the anchor emblem would have been more suitable than "Heer", which is really just Germany's ground force - could make sense if the A-90 was used as a troop transporter or for quick delivery of light vehicles, but it is a bit out of place.
=> That's right  too  But, please have a look on my comment above 

The livery looks flashy, but is debatable - but that's personal taste. To me, it is too much SF, IMHO, a German vessel would either be all-grey (like a normal surface ship), or one of the final Marine aircraft patterns could have been used (e. g. from the Marine Tornados in RLM 7009, 6012 and 7021 or from the German Seakings, the so-called "Alberich" livery)?
=> That's right, it's debatable:  http://www.jpsmodell.de/dc/draw/f4f_n72int1.jpg   

To me, (most of) the ekranoplanes are really udge and impressive. It is some kind of a combat ship more than a plane


In the same time, I always found really nice the splinter camouflages used during  the two world wars 


You will find a lot of informations on those two sites:
http://www.shipcamouflage.com/
http://www.laboiteverte.fr/le-dazzle-camouflage-les-bateaux-furtifs-de-la-premiere-guerre-mondiale/

I merged the two ideas to create a "flying combat ship". After another looooog brainstorming phase, I decided to use this scheme:

(source : http://www.steelnavy.com )

Thank you very much for you nice comments 

Regards et a bientot

Frederic

[Dizzyfugu]

Great and inspiring piece! 

[TallEng]

Nice model
And interesting To See The Background information, and how you used it

Regards
Keith

[reddfoxx]

VERY nice!

[sletch]

Hi,

Great and inspiring piece!  

VERY nice!

Thank you very much  

Nice model And interesting To See The Background information, and how you used it Regards Keith

Tanx Keith. I am used to show my kits on a french forum wich is not dedicated to what-if creations. The explanations helps me to get my models more understandable by... hum... the "classic kit modelers" (eg. people addict to german Bf 109, US F-16, Japanese zero fighter... do you see what I mean ?)

Regards et a bientot  

Frederic

[Geoff]

Very nice.


(Thinks - Hmmm a Volksmarine ekranoplan - cool!)