Tag: Uszhitmi

• Ilyushin IL-2 – Part Four _ Winter At Uszhitmi

  

  Uszhitmi Air Base is what is known in Russia as a winter wonderland. It’s the place that they send people who have been exiled from Siberia. Thus we see the Ilyushin IL-2 sitting on the tarmac on a bright day in midsummer. You can tell it’s summer as they have not put the snow skis…

  Dick Stein

  March 20, 2022

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Czech models, Decals, Model Airplane, Painting, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized

  Ilyushin, Uszhitmi

• Your Cabin Is Ready, Mr. Lincolnski

  

  I am a sucker for good ideas, and I occasionally have them. Not for long, because when I recognise one I immediately change it for a mistake. Not in this case, However… I am building two more diorama trays for the library exhibit – the first two of RCAF WET DOG seem to have worked…

  Dick Stein

  May 31, 2021

  1:72 scale, Chinese models, Dioramas, Military models, Model Airplane, Scale Model Buildings, Soviet aircraft, Uncategorized, Uszhitmi Aerodrome

  Log cabins, Siberia, Uszhitmi

• MiG 15 – Part Eight – Is Ready For Uszhitmi Air Show

  

  The Uszhitmi Air Show has always been the premier display of Soviet – and laterally Russian – air power since the early 20’s. Starting as it did with flying tractors and merry peasant dances on the tarmac between crashes, it progressed to formation passes made the giant creations of the 30’s that were ever larger…

  Dick Stein

  June 13, 2019

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Decals, Model Airplane, Russian models, Soviet aircraft, Stein’s Air World, Uncategorized

  MiG 15, Stein’s Air World, Uszhitmi, Zvezda