Lavochkin La-304 Phantomski

[anthonyp]

COMRADES!!!!

Is one last GLORIOUS day in GREAT Soviet Union!!!

My OKB has one last, great gift to give to our Motherland's GLORIOUS Navy!

BEHOLD, the Lavochkin La-304 Phantomski.  Such an impressive fighter was tested off of the Sovietski Soyuz in the 70's as a possible front line naval fighter.  This handsome plane is the perfection of the lazy West's F-4J Phantom II.  

This design actually originated in the Soviet Union in the mid 50's, but it was stolen and then erased from the minds of Soviet designers by CIA psychics.  We still have no defense against this most heinous of spying, but the KGB and GRU are said to be working on something truly glorious to combat the CIA psychics.  (The countermeasure is rumored to be nothing more than a song, but a most insidious song.  The code phrase "It's a small world" is used when discussing said countermeasure.)

It was not until the war against our allies to the south, the North Vietnamese, that engineers and designers began to remember this glorious design.  Using defecting examples that had crash landed due to poor pilot training when they ran into celebratory welcoming SAM fire, our designers perfected the design into this.

Unfortunately, the Politburo was not enthused about using a plane that looked so much like it's lazier Western sibling.  They did not hold our designers responsible for the loss of the design to CIA psychics, and were happy to get it back, just it was uglied by the West's use of the design.

Only one regiment was built, and of those, only a dozen ever landed on a carrier deck.  This particular example is shown in the late 80's, testing new ordinance aboard the Sovietski Soyuz, with bomb racks in the aft missile wells, and AA-10's in the forward wells (once occupied by advanced AA-2's).

Comrades, such a plane could not be left to footnotes of history.  It's heritage lives on in such planes as the Mig-29K and Su-33.

Now, comrades, it is time to set sail for ice free waters.

Comrade Captain Anatoly Josef Pakizorich, Naval Aviation Bureau

(This model is one of those mutant 1/72 Hasegawa/Minicraft F-4J's from the 70's, I think.  The landing gear were a lot longer than any other Phantom model I've ever seen, and the paneling was so bizarre, it was almost random.  I toyed with the idea of cutting the wings and mounting them mid fuselage similar to the Su-15, but decided this was good enough.  I added a fin in front of the tail, and a top of the tail fairing similar to the F-4G, just because.  I also modified the intakes a little, but you really can't tell.  This was a fun build, if a little odd.)

[anthonyp]

another view of a most handsome fighter.

[anthonyp]

The decadent West FEARS the big honkin' bomb carrying Phantomski!!

[proditor]

Nifty build.  

My favorite line from your story: "Celebratory welcoming SAM fire"  

[Ollie]

Great excellent job comrade!

^_^  

[noxioux]

Groovy  

[lancer]

Once again comrade, your design bureau has done the motherland proud. Your commitment to furthering the glory of Soviet socialism is legendary.  
We salute our industrious fraternal socialist brothers in your bureau for thier magnificent contribution the the armed forces of the of our gloriuos motherland

ZA RODINA

Comrade Colonel Lancerov  -  GRU

[gooberliberation]

CIA psychics are easily distracted by sex(as all decadent yankees are.) OKB Goobervich has found that simply surrounding design offices with pornographic materials in plain view easily distracts mental intruders, incidentally improving worker morale(surely because they can rest easy knowing that their minds are safe..)

[SimonR]

ZA RODINA

Comrade Colonel Lancerov  -  GRU

Should be 'ZA RODINU', surely? 'Za' takes the accusative, hence Za Stalina, etc.

[Ollie]

Well, on the side of the glorious Yak fighters, you can sure read "Za Rodina" and "Za Stalina".

I believe you are confusing writing and pronounciation.

Drink some vodka, it'll pass you comrade.

B)  

[SimonR]

Well, on the side of the glorious Yak fighters, you can sure read "Za Rodina" and "Za Stalina".

I believe you are confusing writing and pronounciation.

Drink some vodka, it'll pass you comrade.

B)

It says 'ZA RODINU" on the Aeromaster sheet.

http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=AMD...D48642&PIC_NO=1

This was a dangerous bit of research as I ended up ordering the sheet!