http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:42:20 -0500 MyBB http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=848 Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:39:56 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=848
Does anyone have an extra set of these Propag Team decals so I can double-up some of the markings? Unfortunately (fortunately?) they adhere extremely well to the model so removing them at this point only means I'll ruin the underlying paint - something I don't wish to do.

TIA!]]>
Does anyone have an extra set of these Propag Team decals so I can double-up some of the markings? Unfortunately (fortunately?) they adhere extremely well to the model so removing them at this point only means I'll ruin the underlying paint - something I don't wish to do.

TIA!]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=847 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:02:34 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=847
If you're interested about the kit, it's all resin, with the fuselage/wings/tail/"canopy" all one piece and you just add the spinner/props and landing gear. However, I still have to cut out the gear wells as the main piece of resin is solid resin.]]>
If you're interested about the kit, it's all resin, with the fuselage/wings/tail/"canopy" all one piece and you just add the spinner/props and landing gear. However, I still have to cut out the gear wells as the main piece of resin is solid resin.]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=846 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:30:48 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=846 http://www.scaleautosport.com/tx/ipms08/

The category most likely to be of interest to VVS GPW enthusiasts is obviously "Aircraft - Props". There are about 630 models in this section; of these, only about 30 (or less!) are VVS aircraft. Obviously we have a lot of "propaganda" to spread before the I-16 or the MiG-3 becomes as popular as the Bf-109! :(

John]]> http://www.scaleautosport.com/tx/ipms08/

The category most likely to be of interest to VVS GPW enthusiasts is obviously "Aircraft - Props". There are about 630 models in this section; of these, only about 30 (or less!) are VVS aircraft. Obviously we have a lot of "propaganda" to spread before the I-16 or the MiG-3 becomes as popular as the Bf-109! :(

John]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=845 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:31:17 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=845 I want build P-39Q-15 flown by famous ace Reckhalov, but i found big problem. Very many publications and books draw his Q-15 (code 42547) with 4x 30. machine gun in wings. I think it is false. This arnament is for P-39N (and previous) no for Q! Q have only 2x 50. gun pods (Q-1, Q-5, Q-10, Q-15) or nothing (Q-20 and next) in wings. Very many modelers made his Q-15 with arnament as in N-serie. I don´t belviele it!
Where is true? I think Reckhalov´s airacobra has two gunpod or nothing under wings.

(Sorry my English)]]> I want build P-39Q-15 flown by famous ace Reckhalov, but i found big problem. Very many publications and books draw his Q-15 (code 42547) with 4x 30. machine gun in wings. I think it is false. This arnament is for P-39N (and previous) no for Q! Q have only 2x 50. gun pods (Q-1, Q-5, Q-10, Q-15) or nothing (Q-20 and next) in wings. Very many modelers made his Q-15 with arnament as in N-serie. I don´t belviele it!
Where is true? I think Reckhalov´s airacobra has two gunpod or nothing under wings.

(Sorry my English)]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=844 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:44:28 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=844 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=843 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:27:41 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=843
I hope somebody can help me on this matter.I would like to know if the Polikarpov I-16 Type 5 had a wheel brake system and how this system was actuated (I mean pneumatically or hydraulicaly) in latter types.Thanks in advance,best regards:

Martin]]>
I hope somebody can help me on this matter.I would like to know if the Polikarpov I-16 Type 5 had a wheel brake system and how this system was actuated (I mean pneumatically or hydraulicaly) in latter types.Thanks in advance,best regards:

Martin]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=842 Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:22:16 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=842 I want build ICM 1/72 I-16 type 17. I want make I-16 (white 26) from 728th IAP piloted by famous pilot Arseniy Vasilievich Vorozheikin (late 1942, early 1943). But, I have no information or photo about this. Please help me somebody. It isn´t must be White 26 from 728.IAP, Vorozheikin from Chalkin Gol is good too...just, i want build I-16 piloted by Vorozheikin...]]> I want build ICM 1/72 I-16 type 17. I want make I-16 (white 26) from 728th IAP piloted by famous pilot Arseniy Vasilievich Vorozheikin (late 1942, early 1943). But, I have no information or photo about this. Please help me somebody. It isn´t must be White 26 from 728.IAP, Vorozheikin from Chalkin Gol is good too...just, i want build I-16 piloted by Vorozheikin...]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=840 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:26:55 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=840
Photos from the time period show H-562 in what appears to be overall bare metal. One reference says that the same aircraft was overall "gray" with red wing markings. We know for certain that H-396 was overall orange.

Thank you for your assistance.]]>
Photos from the time period show H-562 in what appears to be overall bare metal. One reference says that the same aircraft was overall "gray" with red wing markings. We know for certain that H-396 was overall orange.

Thank you for your assistance.]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=839 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:43:34 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=839
I´ve just found a link to a new Polikarpov I-153 kit in 1/48 scale,in the Hyperscale forum:
http://scalemodels.ru/modules/myarticles...d_966.html
Quoting the post in the Hyperscale forum,the name of the manufacturer is Arsenal Model Group and they´ll release only 1000 kits.
Best regards:

Martin]]>
I´ve just found a link to a new Polikarpov I-153 kit in 1/48 scale,in the Hyperscale forum:
http://scalemodels.ru/modules/myarticles...d_966.html
Quoting the post in the Hyperscale forum,the name of the manufacturer is Arsenal Model Group and they´ll release only 1000 kits.
Best regards:

Martin]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=838 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:51:28 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=838 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=837 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 14:43:46 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=837
I would like to know if there is an equivalent to the AEh-9 grey in the Tamiya or Humbrol range of paints.Thanks in advance,best regards:

Martin]]>
I would like to know if there is an equivalent to the AEh-9 grey in the Tamiya or Humbrol range of paints.Thanks in advance,best regards:

Martin]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=836 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:24:54 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=836 One more question: When the flaps are in open position (or down) its inner colors are the same color of the boton color of the fighter (neutral grey) ?
Thanks,
Rogerio.]]> One more question: When the flaps are in open position (or down) its inner colors are the same color of the boton color of the fighter (neutral grey) ?
Thanks,
Rogerio.]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=835 Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:25:25 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=835 There is a very good article regarding Kuzedub's La-7 "Lost in time", as well as thread about Popkov.
In both cases there is a discussion regarding camouflage color - there are pros and cons for both single tone AMT11 as well as for 2 tones AMT11+AMT12.
I found recently a statement in the MBI book "Lavockin La-5" from Milos Vestsik and Jiri Vrany, page 78, scan of that you can find in the attachment.
So, could someone, please, provide a text of the Order NKAP N 5590/0207 or comment it?
According to that it seems (least for me) 2 tones AMT11/AMT12 camoflage was standard and single tone AMT11 (or AMT12) was an exception.
Thank you.

Regards,
Misos66]]> There is a very good article regarding Kuzedub's La-7 "Lost in time", as well as thread about Popkov.
In both cases there is a discussion regarding camouflage color - there are pros and cons for both single tone AMT11 as well as for 2 tones AMT11+AMT12.
I found recently a statement in the MBI book "Lavockin La-5" from Milos Vestsik and Jiri Vrany, page 78, scan of that you can find in the attachment.
So, could someone, please, provide a text of the Order NKAP N 5590/0207 or comment it?
According to that it seems (least for me) 2 tones AMT11/AMT12 camoflage was standard and single tone AMT11 (or AMT12) was an exception.
Thank you.

Regards,
Misos66]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=834 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:59:15 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=834 However, things might be changing. I just discovered a short review at scalemodels.ru, on a new 1/48 multimedia kit of the I-153, representing an early production machine, with large spinner and colour schemes for the 1938/39 period:
http://scalemodels.ru/modules/myarticles...d_966.html
The model seems better indicated for those used to "adventurous" builds: the niceties include the need to open the cowling shutters. Several smaller parts such as the machine-gun blast tubes or the engine exhausts, as the reviewer points out, must be made from scratch or replaced with aftermarket items.
I keep thinking the I-153 deserves to be kitted by a major, full-run firm, in both scales (Zvezda, are you listening?)... ;-)]]> However, things might be changing. I just discovered a short review at scalemodels.ru, on a new 1/48 multimedia kit of the I-153, representing an early production machine, with large spinner and colour schemes for the 1938/39 period:
http://scalemodels.ru/modules/myarticles...d_966.html
The model seems better indicated for those used to "adventurous" builds: the niceties include the need to open the cowling shutters. Several smaller parts such as the machine-gun blast tubes or the engine exhausts, as the reviewer points out, must be made from scratch or replaced with aftermarket items.
I keep thinking the I-153 deserves to be kitted by a major, full-run firm, in both scales (Zvezda, are you listening?)... ;-)]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=833 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:25:29 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=833
Should they be underside blue? Or should they be green? If green, what's a good acrylic paint match?

Although a little farther along than the picture shows, this is where I was at a couple of weeks ago. I have since attached the entire tailwheel assembly and the main gear legs. I just painted the tires and prop blades and hope to assemble the blade/spinner assembly tonight.

My thinking was to build this out of the box, to show people the areas that need fixing (wing tips and stance of the landing gear) - plus I'm lazy. I have way too many in-progress kits I just want to start finishing them with no longer (for these in-progress kits) worrying about what needs to be accomplished. Nah, I'm just lazy. ;)

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Should they be underside blue? Or should they be green? If green, what's a good acrylic paint match?

Although a little farther along than the picture shows, this is where I was at a couple of weeks ago. I have since attached the entire tailwheel assembly and the main gear legs. I just painted the tires and prop blades and hope to assemble the blade/spinner assembly tonight.

My thinking was to build this out of the box, to show people the areas that need fixing (wing tips and stance of the landing gear) - plus I'm lazy. I have way too many in-progress kits I just want to start finishing them with no longer (for these in-progress kits) worrying about what needs to be accomplished. Nah, I'm just lazy. ;)

[attachment=777]]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=832 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:11:34 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=832 [attachment=776]]]> [attachment=776]]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=831 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:19:14 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=831
Does anybody know something about the Alanger 1/48 La-5 and La-5F ?
Apparently, there is a Zvezda 1/48 La-5 (4803) which arrives during Fall or Winter 2008...

Regards
Steph40]]>
Does anybody know something about the Alanger 1/48 La-5 and La-5F ?
Apparently, there is a Zvezda 1/48 La-5 (4803) which arrives during Fall or Winter 2008...

Regards
Steph40]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=830 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:25:46 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=830
I found only a handful of photos of this thing on the web (and those blury you-tube films), but not much more. Do some of our Russian friends, or anybody else for that mater, know of any other references for this big Ekranoplan? Thanks.]]>
I found only a handful of photos of this thing on the web (and those blury you-tube films), but not much more. Do some of our Russian friends, or anybody else for that mater, know of any other references for this big Ekranoplan? Thanks.]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=829 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:14:52 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=829 this forum does not seem to have a page for external links to models built by other people that are not in this websites gallery.
so I decided to post this here because I do not know where else to put it.

http://www.hyperscale.com/2008/galleries...48sg_1.htm]]> this forum does not seem to have a page for external links to models built by other people that are not in this websites gallery.
so I decided to post this here because I do not know where else to put it.

http://www.hyperscale.com/2008/galleries...48sg_1.htm]]> http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=828 Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:21:32 -0500 http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Forum/showthread.php?tid=828
Can anyone comment on the accuracy of the markings provided on the 1/48 AeroMaster decal sheet #48-525 (Falcons of the Red Star) for the Yak-9T flown by Maj. I.N. Stepanenko late '43 to late '44? I want to build this a/c, but am curious if these marking are accurate. Thanks.]]>
Can anyone comment on the accuracy of the markings provided on the 1/48 AeroMaster decal sheet #48-525 (Falcons of the Red Star) for the Yak-9T flown by Maj. I.N. Stepanenko late '43 to late '44? I want to build this a/c, but am curious if these marking are accurate. Thanks.]]>