Yak-25/26/27/28 (the big twins)

[PR19_Kit]

I have a vacform Tu-14 - made by Sutcliffe Productions.

Hehe, I might have guessed it! 

Either them or Magna were possibles.

[Weaver]

There was a straight wing Yak-25.  The Yak-25RV "Mandrake".  

Alright then, how about a SHORT, straight, very thin wing Yak-25 with a -28P nosecone: sort of Ruskie Bristol-188.

Kit's First Rule of Whiffing says 'There's no aircraft in the world that can't be improved by fitting longer, straighter wings'  

So the answer is a Mandrake with even LONGER wings and the odd missile or two! I've been scrabbling about with something like this for a while, a Broplan Mandrake mated with an A-Model Yak 28 with wings from an U-2 or TR-1.

Can't make them all fit yet, but I'm working on it. It'll be a Yak-25PV, which translates to 'Perekhvatchik Vysotnyj (High altitude interceptor)' and it's NATO name will be Firedrake' (Firebar + Mandrake....... )

You know one of these days, I'm going to stick some Starfighter wings on a U2 fuselage just for you.... 

[PR19_Kit]

You know one of these days, I'm going to stick some Starfighter wings on a U2 fuselage just for you.... 

Hehe, LOVE that idea! 

If you want any spare U-2 fuselages, I think I have about four of them by now. 

[frank2056]

Thanks for that, I can't imagine where I  got hold of one of them, I can't recall seeing Red Hurricane kits anywhere!  

That Tu-14 must be the only kit of that aircraft ever produced, I don't even think Airmodel did it, and they surely did produce some odd-ball machines.

Kit, You definitely have the Red Hurricane Yak-25 kit. You're missing the painting decal guide, though. I'll scan it in later.
Do you have the canopy? It should be a long vacuformed job. If not, you may have the very rare Yak-25 UAV

I was tempted to get the Tu-14 when it was available, but after seeing the effort Ken Duffey went through to get a decent model, I passed.

Frank

[PR19_Kit]

Frank,

Thanks for confirming that. I do have a paint/decal guide drg but it's on the other side of the instructions in my piccie, and I don't have an X-ray camera. 

Not sure about the canopy, I'll have to dig deeper in the box. With two kits worth of stuff in there, there's not much room for air, let alone a canopy but I'll have a look. As for the UAV version, I rather like that idea........ 

After looking at the piccies of Ken's 'Bosun' I have to say the 'Beagle' is a better looking beast, but of course a Canberra is MUCH prettier. Me biased? You bet! 

[Daryl J.]

These should be released in 1/48.

Daryl J., pontificating for just a moment

[GTX]

These should be released in 1/48.

Daryl J., pontificating for just a moment

Couldn't agree more.

Regards,

Greg

[Jschmus]

I have a bunch of links on my computer that I don't read as often as I probably should.  One of these is Sentinel Chicken's "Aviation Trivia of the Day" blog.  Yesterday's entry concerned the demise of Yakovlev as a major producer of combat aircraft:

http://aviationtrivia.blogspot.com/2010/12/how-aleksandr-yakovlevs-rivalry-with.html

Buried within are a couple of pictures of the lone Yak-28-64, Yakovlev's attempt to build an aircraft to match Sukhoi's Su-15.

[PR19_Kit]

See, even Yakovlev was a Whiffer at heart! 

I do like that one, and it's well do-able too!

[Geoff]

Frank,

Thanks for that, I can't imagine where I  got hold of one of them, I can't recall seeing Red Hurricane kits anywhere! 

That Tu-14 must be the only kit of that aircraft ever produced, I don't even think Airmodel did it, and they surely did produce some odd-ball machines.

I have one of the Bosuns. its one of those kits you take out of the box - look at it - replace in box, and return to stash. I'll do a few more Amodel ones first I think.

[dy031101]

Buried within are a couple of pictures of the lone Yak-28-64, Yakovlev's attempt to build an aircraft to match Sukhoi's Su-15.

See, even Yakovlev was a Whiffer at heart!  

I do like that one, and it's well do-able too!

I seem to remember a book saying that the problem with Yak-28-64 is just that the layout is poorly executed, not that the idea behind layout is bad to begin with (the book is put away for moving though, so I cannot refresh that fragmented memory now).