Tag: Soviet design

• Tupolev SB2 – Part Two – One-Man Pit

  

  If you were a front gunner in a Tupolev SB2 you were wise to take a flask of tea and a novel with you for the flight. As you entered by a hatch under the nose, were out of touch with the rest of the crew, and were not given the key to the toilet,…

  Dick Stein

  March 7, 2025

  1:72 scale, design, Model Airplane, Scale Models, Self Reliance, Soviet aircraft, Ukrainian models

  ICM model, single crewing, Soviet design

• Grigorovich IP-1 – Part Two – The Soviet Engine

  

  I might not have been paying attention in the past to the details of aero engineering…but I do now that the kit makers are making much more detailed efforts. For instance, I always built the Airfix and Monogram fighters with radial engines that fit inside cowlings. In many cases they were just engine fronts inside…

  Dick Stein

  January 5, 2023

  1:72 scale, design, Model Airplane, Soviet aircraft, subassembly, Uncategorized

  engines, heating, Soviet design, weight distribution