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Taiidantomcat

January 23, 2009, 11:01:26 PM
It would be an understatement to say that lots of Whiffers enjoy Russian/Soviet stuff, and there are always Camo questions. With plenty of exotic camouflages out there it is hard to keep track of them all, but I thought it would be a great idea to have folks post some of their favorite Russian/USSR/Eastern block, or even "Made in Russia" gear from all over the world, Along with markings, exotic emblems, vehicles, flags Etc. So to get us started:










"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

upnorth

#1
January 24, 2009, 10:01:11 AM
Here's some of mine:






Will post more shortly.
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Pickled Wings: http://pickledwings.com/

Beyond Prague: http://beyondprague.net/

upnorth

#2
January 24, 2009, 11:32:02 AM Last Edit: January 24, 2009, 11:33:59 AM by upnorth
Here are some examples of the current camo that the Czech air force uses on a few different aircraft types such as the Hind, Hip and W-3 Sokol helicopters as well as the Antonov 26 and some of the Let 410 Turbolet tansports, I'm quite partial to it myself:






A few others:
This gloss "sand and spinach" scheme is fleet standard for Czech L-39s in the strike training role:


This rather eyecatching three tone green camo was used on Polish AF Antonov 26s. I'm not sure if the Polish still use the Antonov or have managed to replace them all with CASA transports by now. And the greens were as bright in life as you see them in the picture.

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Pickled Wings: http://pickledwings.com/

Beyond Prague: http://beyondprague.net/

Spey_Phantom

#3
January 24, 2009, 12:31:50 PM
the all green camo was also used on russian planes, like this Yak  :mellow:





or the chocolat camo'd yak  :mellow:



of course, as Upnorth mentioned, that polish 3-tone rocks  :wub:



or, you could always go for the all-metal  :mellow:



the Bulgarian Green/brown camo



but enought with da plane no, this time for ships of glorious soviet navy  :mellow:
these 2 were spotted by Comrade Nils in Zeebrugges naval base last summer  ;D

on the bench:

-all kinds of things.

pyro-manic

#4
January 24, 2009, 12:40:29 PM
There are no modern vessels that scream "firepower" quite like Russian ones, eh? ;D
Some of my models can be found on my Flickr album >>>HERE<<<

Taiidantomcat

#5
January 24, 2009, 04:33:09 PM Last Edit: January 24, 2009, 04:36:30 PM by Taiidantomcat
Quote from: pyro-manic on January 24, 2009, 12:40:29 PM
There are no modern vessels that scream "firepower" quite like Russian ones, eh? ;D

LOL no joke! And Excellent pics UpNorth  :wub:











"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

Taiidantomcat

#6
January 24, 2009, 04:50:59 PM
Ok a few more... :rolleyes:













"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.

rallymodeller

#7
January 24, 2009, 11:34:04 PM
Love them Yaks!

Is it just me, or are the ex-WP countries' (Czech, Polish, Hungarian) aircraft in MUCH better shape now than back in the old days? They're clean, looking sharp...
--Jeremy

Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...


More into Flight Sim reskinning these days, but still what-iffing... Leading Edge 3D

Mossie

#8
January 25, 2009, 05:05:11 AM
Someone mention Soviet Naval firepower???



I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

Mossie

#9
January 25, 2009, 05:15:12 AM
Soviet aircraft aren't always angular & ugly, but bear in mind that these two never got to production! :lol:

BICh-26


Sukhoi T-4MS


Soviet Air Force trials new airborne plasma weapon.  (Done this joke before!) ;) ;) ;)

I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

upnorth

#10
January 25, 2009, 06:03:40 AM
Quote from: rallymodeller on January 24, 2009, 11:34:04 PM
Love them Yaks!

Is it just me, or are the ex-WP countries' (Czech, Polish, Hungarian) aircraft in MUCH better shape now than back in the old days? They're clean, looking sharp...

That's because the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, SLovakia and a few others are NATO mambers now and NATO actually has STANDARDS they have to comply to.

The fact that they all have professional militaries now rather than conscription also helps as the morale is actually there in the people to bother keeping the equipment going.
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Pickled Wings: http://pickledwings.com/

Beyond Prague: http://beyondprague.net/

upnorth

#11
January 25, 2009, 06:14:57 AM
Here's a few more, these are all preserved at the Kbely air museum in Prague:





These are at the Brno Technical Museum








And here are some from the air museum at Kunovice:


My Blogs:

Pickled Wings: http://pickledwings.com/

Beyond Prague: http://beyondprague.net/

upnorth

#12
January 25, 2009, 06:19:20 AM
Here are some armor pics:











My Blogs:

Pickled Wings: http://pickledwings.com/

Beyond Prague: http://beyondprague.net/

Taiidantomcat

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January 25, 2009, 05:09:31 PM














"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality." -Jules de Gaultier

"My model is right! It's the real world that's wrong!" -global warming scientist

An armor guy, who builds airplanes almost exclusively, that he converts to space fighters-- all while admiring ship models.
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