It's time for me to start building again. My last bild was the Mig15 bis back in February before my relocation back to the USA.
I decided to take a break from the Migs and really of jets and go back in time. Looking thru my stash, I looked intently at the Modelik model of the Tupolev R-6.
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The kit is printed on a large A3 card and has lots of pages.
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I purchased the kit at a Warsaw hobby shop ( PAW ) located right opposite the Pawiak prison during a trip to Poland in 2009. I got lots of kits and the shop is full of completed paper and plastic models.
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And some pics inside the PAW hobby shop.
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A bit of a side trip info on the prison:
Muzeum Niepodleg?o?ci w Warszawie
Here is a picture I took:
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My family lived close to the prison in the 1930's and there is a not so pleasant connection to the place.
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Some airplane history .
Tupolev was a prolific designer and his bureau was cranking lots of designs from the 1920's thru today.
At the end of WW1, there was a need for large "air cruisers" fighter like escorts and multi purpose aircraft. The Tupolev bureau assigned the ANT-7 designation and the military named it the R-6 when it flew in 1930.
Tupolev ANT-7 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and here from the Tupolev site:
http://ift.tt/1n7mb47(r-6)
I'm not sure why Modelik selected this relatively obscure aircraft to model, but anyhow, here it is.:confused:
I tried to get more reference and I have found some in my book of the Tupolev design bureau. However, no details of the interior or close up of the external details.
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Attachment 214148Attachment 214149
So that's the background.
Building blog will commence soon.:cool:
Isaac
I decided to take a break from the Migs and really of jets and go back in time. Looking thru my stash, I looked intently at the Modelik model of the Tupolev R-6.
Attachment 214143Attachment 214144
The kit is printed on a large A3 card and has lots of pages.
Attachment 214152
I purchased the kit at a Warsaw hobby shop ( PAW ) located right opposite the Pawiak prison during a trip to Poland in 2009. I got lots of kits and the shop is full of completed paper and plastic models.
Attachment 214151
And some pics inside the PAW hobby shop.
Attachment 214153Attachment 214154
A bit of a side trip info on the prison:
Muzeum Niepodleg?o?ci w Warszawie
Here is a picture I took:
Attachment 214155
My family lived close to the prison in the 1930's and there is a not so pleasant connection to the place.
==================================================
Some airplane history .
Tupolev was a prolific designer and his bureau was cranking lots of designs from the 1920's thru today.
At the end of WW1, there was a need for large "air cruisers" fighter like escorts and multi purpose aircraft. The Tupolev bureau assigned the ANT-7 designation and the military named it the R-6 when it flew in 1930.
Tupolev ANT-7 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
and here from the Tupolev site:
http://ift.tt/1n7mb47(r-6)
I'm not sure why Modelik selected this relatively obscure aircraft to model, but anyhow, here it is.:confused:
I tried to get more reference and I have found some in my book of the Tupolev design bureau. However, no details of the interior or close up of the external details.
Attachment 214145Attachment 214146Attachment 214147
Attachment 214148Attachment 214149
So that's the background.
Building blog will commence soon.:cool:
Isaac
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