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Just finished up this Soviet T34 built from plans by LA Design. Minifigs are from battlebrickcustoms.com and the dry transfers are from Archer Fine Transfers.
The Soviet flag flown in front of the Karl Marx Statue in Teatralnaya Square during a communist rally in Moscow.
The kit and its assembly:
I always thought that the tubby Dassault Ouragan had something “Soviet-ish” about it, looking much like one of the obscure early Yakowlew jet fighter prototypes (e .g. the straight-wing Yak-25 [first use of this designation in 1947] or the swept-wing Yak-30) around 1950. With this idea I had stashed away a Heller Ouragan for a while, and recently wondered about an indigenous North-Korean aircraft that could have emerged after the Korean War? The Ouragan looked like a good basis, and so this project started as a simple conversion of the Heller kit.
While most of the airframe was retained, I made some cosmetic changes to change the aircraft’s looks and add a Warsaw Pact flavor. The characteristic wing tip tanks disappeared, and the wings’ ends were rounded off. The fin tip was extended with a piece of 1.5 mm styrene sheet and a different fin shape was sculpted from it. The original stabilizers were replaced with what I think are stabilizers from a VEB Plasticart 1:100 An-24 – they better match the wing shape than the OOB parts!
The cockpit was taken OOB, I just replaced the ejection seat with a different piece from a KP 1:72 MiG-19. The air intake was modified with the opening from a Heller 1:72 F-84G, extending and narrowing it slightly, even though the internal splitter plate (which also bears the front wheel well) was retained. The landing gear was also basically taken OOB, but the main wheels were now mounted on the outside position (with an adaptation of the covers), and the front wheel was moved 3 mm further forward, to compensate for the slightly longer nose section, and its cover was modified accordingly. The flaps were lowered, primarily because this modification is easy to realize on this kit and it makes the simple aircraft look “livelier”, and the canopy was cut into three parts for open display.
Pylons were added under the wings, together with drop tanks from a Hobby Boss 1:72 MiG-15. The same source provided the swept antenna mast behind the cockpit and the small but characteristic altimeter sensors under the wings. As a final twist of “Sovietization” I added small fences to the wings, made from styrene profiles – they would not be necessary on the aircraft’s straight wings, but they help change the model’s overall look. 😉
Building the Heller Ouragan was a straightforward affair, even though the plastic of the recent re-boxing I used was pretty soft and took long to cure after gluing parts together. A real problem occurred when I tried to close the fuselage halves, though, because the parts did not align well behind the cockpit, as if they were warped? The walls were rather thin, too, and as a result a lot of PSR went into the spine and the ventral area behind the wings, which mismatched badly. The rather thin material in these areas did not help much, either. I have built the Ouragan before, and I do not remember these massive troubles?!
Less well known than the T-34 was the Russian heavy tank KV1 - the Klimenti Vorishilov. It mounted a useful 76mm gun and its armour was so heavy that many German anti-tank guns simply 'bounced off' when they fired at it.
See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov_tank
My full set can be found here in approximate chronological order of service: www.flickr.com/photos/barryslemmings/sets/72157594476965425/
Although they weren't direct competitors, and even were designed for different purpose, both had an influence on each other. Yak-141M was designed to be VSTOL interceptor, Mig-29K as multi-role carrier based fighter. Unfortunately for Yak-141M, carriers it was projected for, did not materialise and Kuznetsov was able to carry much more versatile, multi-role aircraft such as Fulcrum. So Freestyle as no longer needed. Both aircraft are similar in terms of weight, with empty Fulcrum weighing 12600kg empty and Freestyle 11650kg. The main difference in terms of performance is the weapon payload, where Fulcrum was capable to take twice as big ordinance as Yak. Both models are in 1:58 scale. Fulcrum is slightly improved, compared to that from few months ago. It has better landing gear (you can check it on other photos) and a few minor changes in fuselage.
Two Soviet era subminiature cams. The one to the left is a Kiev-30 (1974-1983), the other one is a Kiev Vega 2 (1961-1964).
Kyiv or Kiev (Київ) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine, located in the north-central part of the country on the River Dnieper. The population in 2015 was 2,887,974, making it the 7th most populous city in Europe.
Kyiv is an important industrial, scientific, educational and cultural center of Eastern Europe. It is home to many high-tech industries, higher education institutions, and historical landmarks. The city has an extensive system of public transport and infrastructure, including the Kyiv Metro.
The city's name is said to derive from the name of Kyi, one of its four legendary founders. During its history, Kyiv, one of the oldest cities in Eastern Europe, passed through several stages of great prominence and relative obscurity. The city probably existed as a commercial center as early as the 5th century. A Slavic settlement on the great trade route between Scandinavia and Constantinople, Kyiv was a tributary of the Khazars, until its capture by the Varangians (Vikings) in the mid-9th century. Under Varangian rule, the city became a capital of the Kievan Rus', the first East Slavic state. Completely destroyed during the Mongol invasions in 1240, the city lost most of its influence for the centuries to come. It was a provincial capital of marginal importance in the outskirts of the territories controlled by its powerful neighbours; first by Lithuania, followed by Poland and ultimately Russia.
The city prospered again during the Russian Empire's Industrial Revolution in the late 19th century. In 1918, after the Ukrainian National Republic declared independence from Soviet Russia, Kyiv became its capital. From 1921 onwards Kyiv was a city of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, which was proclaimed by the Red Army, and, from 1934, Kyiv was its capital. During World War II, the city was almost completely ruined, but quickly recovered in the post-war years, remaining the third largest city of the Soviet Union.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and Ukrainian independence in 1991, Kyiv remained the capital of Ukraine and experienced a steady migration influx of ethnic Ukrainians from other regions of the country. During the country's transformation to a market economy and electoral democracy, Kyiv has continued to be Ukraine's largest and wealthiest city. Kyiv's armament-dependent industrial output fell after the Soviet collapse, adversely affecting science and technology. But new sectors of the economy such as services and finance facilitated Kyiv's growth in salaries and investment, as well as providing continuous funding for the development of housing and urban infrastructure. Kyiv emerged as the most pro-Western region of Ukraine where parties advocating tighter integration with the European Union dominate during elections.
Information from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiev
Not sure how it translates but I'm sure it's along the lines of stop the Nazis.
In the Imperial War Museum, North.
Царцаа ногоон, Зил-130, Беларусь... гэхээр сүүлийн үеийн залуус мэдэхгүй билээ. Эдгээр тээврийн хэрэгсэлүүд бол социалист орнуудад хамгийн нэрд гарсан түгээмэл "гайхал"-ууд байлаа. Одоо бол хоцрогдсон гэхдээ сонгомол техникүүд байв. Гэтэл өнөөдөр ч Монголд тэдгээрийг хэрэглэсээр байгаа гэрэл зургийг Орхон голын савд авсан нь энэ. Ойн хортон шавьжийг устгахад эдгээр өвгөн техникүүд нийлж "тулаан"-д гардаг. Өглөөний "тулаан"-ы бэлтгэлд "өвгөд" гарч байгаа нь... Interesting aircraft. They are preparing it for forest pest spraying.
Red Dog Saloon - Juneau, Alaska
Due to many popular requests... ok, it was just one, I'm posting the Soviet Union Flag being displayed on the ceiling along with other flags from all over the world. Sailors bring them in as a sign of Friendship!
Also, if late at night they happen to "fall" off the bar stool due to a state of alcohol induced bliss, while lying on the floor, they proudly salute their flag, and the flags of other fallen sailors..... who are also still on the floor!
Hey, that's the story we were told, and "We" are sticking to it!
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