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Soviet Race to break Sound Barrier

Started by Ed S, September 01, 2010, 06:38:15 PM

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Ed S

September 01, 2010, 06:38:15 PM
The group build is started.  I will be building the Soviet rocket powered test vehicle that was built to beat the US X-1 breaking the sound barrier.  It was carried aloft under a Tu-4.

Ed
We don't just embrace insanity here.  We feel it up, french kiss it and then buy it a drink.

ysi_maniac

#1
September 01, 2010, 06:41:51 PM
hum ... looking for ... :o
Will die without understanding this world.

redstar72

#2
September 05, 2010, 04:52:22 AM
Very interesting! Will it be this?

Best regards,
Soviet Aviation enthusiast

frank2056

#3
September 05, 2010, 12:09:44 PM
Is it the DFS 346? The Huma kit is a beauty.

Ed S

#4
November 29, 2010, 01:17:58 PM
I finally had some time to work on this.  This is a Tu-4 converted from the 1/72 MPC (Airfix) B-29 along with a Bachem Natter converted to a rocket powered reseach plane.  The underside photo shows how the rocket plane is mounted below the Tu-4 wing root.





Ed
We don't just embrace insanity here.  We feel it up, french kiss it and then buy it a drink.

buzzbomb

#5
November 29, 2010, 02:02:42 PM
Kewl !!

:thumbsup:

ChernayaAkula

#6
November 29, 2010, 02:48:37 PM
This is gonna be epic! :bow:
Cheers,
Moritz

Must, then, my projects bend to the iron yoke of a mechanical system? Is my soaring spirit to be chained down to the snail's pace of matter?

PR19_Kit

#7
November 29, 2010, 03:54:12 PM
...and at first glance you think 'Yeah, it's a B-29 with a Natter underneath'......

And THEN you notice the wing is in the wrong place and the tail is at the front!  :thumbsup:

Nice thinking Ed, I'm sure you'll make your usual superb job of finishing it off.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

arkon

#8
November 29, 2010, 04:58:49 PM
really like the high mounted canards compared to the mid mount that most ppl do in this config
the plastic gods demand sacrifice

McGreig

#9
November 30, 2010, 03:32:21 AM
Totally and completely mad!!! :o And right at the top of the "Why-didn't-I-think-of-this?" list  :thumbsup:

pyro-manic

#10
November 30, 2010, 08:11:10 AM
I approve of this. :thumbsup:


Looking very promising, Ed - another great idea from you. :)
Some of my models can be found on my Flickr album >>>HERE<<<

Taiidantomcat

#11
December 01, 2010, 12:19:30 PM
Looks great!  :thumbsup: that Tu-4 is superb
"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.

Alvis 3.14159

#12
December 09, 2010, 02:51:49 AM
Wasn't the NATO aircraft reporting name for that little experimental rocket the "Nutter"? ;D :rolleyes: :blink:

I'll get my coat! :lol:


Alvis Pi

John Howling Mouse

#13
December 09, 2010, 07:55:58 AM
Very brave modeling!
Styrene in my blood and an impressive void in my cranium.

Ed S

#14
January 01, 2011, 07:55:09 AM
It's finished.  Not my best work.  I got a little rushed here at the end. 













Ed
We don't just embrace insanity here.  We feel it up, french kiss it and then buy it a drink.
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