Corsair & Ducks à la BV P170, red : hybrid aircraft/animals e.a.

Started by ericr, April 21, 2013, 12:04:29 PM

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steelpillow

Cheers.

ericr


Rheged

Quote from: steelpillow on January 29, 2020, 02:30:14 AM
As somebody once wrote to radio 4, "I prefer listening to the radio over watching TV, because the pictures are so much better".

Agreed!! 
"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you....."
It  means that you read  the instruction sheet

ericr



Quote from: zenrat on November 01, 2019, 10:51:26 PM
I eagerly await the piston engined Su-22.

it was this comment about my single-engine Do338 that got me there :
eventually the fromt engine of the 1/48 Dornier was too large for the nose of the 1/72 Su-22,
so I found an alternative in a CL215 engine ; the other one will find a use sometime ...








PR19_Kit

MAGIC!  :thumbsup:

The  World's ONLY swing wing piston engined aircraft!  ;D
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

zenrat

Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 02, 2020, 03:15:52 PM
...The  World's ONLY swing wing piston engined aircraft!  ;D

Is that a challenge?

Looks great Eric.
:thumbsup:
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..


steelpillow

This is actually the Sukhoi Su-12 long-range air-sea rescue type which went into service with the Soviet Navy. It carried a range of payloads such as dinghy, medical, food, water and radio packs. All these were in short supply and so it dropped only the one/s necessary. The order of release could not be predicted, so to maintain the lateral balance of a narrow airframe these were distributed along its centreline. The swing-wing solved two problems: adjusting the centre of lift to maintain balance when supplies were dropped, and allowing a lower-powered engine to be used for carrier operations, thus usefully extending its range. It served for almost twenty years, between around 1950 and 1970.
The Su-12 designation originated in a failed late-WWII reconnaissance design but, as was Sukhoi's habit, was re-used for the later requirement. Also originally a reconnaissance plane, the Navy re-purposed it before its first flight due to the supply problems with rescue equipment. It was during this phase of development that its straight wing was given variable sweep.
Pavel Sukhoi's design bureau later developed its long and narrow airframe into the more familiar Su-17 jet fighter-bomber. The rescue variant was only withdrawn from service when military exercises showed that it was too easily mistaken for the fighter-bomber and was a sitting duck for enemy attackers.
Thank you Eric for uncovering this forgotten minor masterpiece of the cold war, to which countless Sovet air- and seamen must have owed their lives.
Cheers.

Tophe

Congratulations: one more marvel! :wub:
(And steelpillow is right: the red bright color is perfect for an air-sea rescue plane) :thumbsup:
[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

ericr


thanks a lot for the backing story !
I like to be inspiring, it inspires me  ;D

McColm



ericr


got those two kits together ... they both have a charm,
and called for a kind of swap ...






Tophe

[the word "realistic" hurts my heart...]

PR19_Kit

I can already imagine the opposite version, a twin finned Superfreighter with a rotor!  ;D ;) :thumbsup:
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