Tag: VVS

• VVS Tupolev SB2 – Part One – The Soviet Volunteer

  

  May not be worth ten pressed men, but I am not fussy… This Novo model of a Tupolev SB-2 is the second one I’ve essayed to build – the first was a gift from my daughter – found at Leonardo’s secondhand model shop in Tokyo just before Covid hit. I built it as a Spanish…

  Dick Stein

  October 15, 2025

  1:72 scale, Collecting, Colour Schemes, Decals, frugality, Model Airplane, Model building club, Painting, Russian models, Soviet aircraft

  Finnish War, Soviet, Tupolev, VVS

• Yak 23 – Part Two – The Target

  

  When there is nothing more left to get out of the toothpaste tube. The USAF had ways; ways of getting information from enemy air forces. In the case of the Royal Air Force they just bought the plans for the Merlin engine and turned them over to Packard for production. They boxed up all the…

  Dick Stein

  May 21, 2025

  1:72 scale, Czech models, damage control, Miniature Philosophy, Model Airplane, Painting, Self Reliance, Soviet aircraft

  Czech model, target drone, VVS

• Sukhoi Su-2 – Part Two – The Barbie Bomber

  

  That’s as in Barbie and Ken…not ” put another shrimp on the barbie “. The pink undercoat is still doing what it says on the tin. The coverage is superb and the final surface extremely smooth – no polishing sticks needed to get it ready for the colour coat. I did pick up a jar…

  Dick Stein

  April 14, 2022

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Soviet aircraft, Ukrainian models

  Mr. Color, Mr. SUrfacer, Sukhoi, VVS

• Ilyushin IL-2 – Part Six – Skiing Holiday

  

  The predictions about the Smêr model of the Ilyushin Il -2 proved 100% accurate. The kit has fallen together perfectly and the landing gear variation has proved to be the star of the piece. The gear is based upon the wheeled version, but you need to trim away some of the wheel hub support and…

  Dick Stein

  March 21, 2022

  1:72 scale, camouflage, Colour Schemes, Dioramas, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Modelling Supplies, Painting, Scale Models, Soviet aircraft, Uszhitmi Aerodrome

  Ilyushi, Uszhitmi Aerodrome, VVS, winter

• Polikarpov I-16 – Part Four – Stalin’s Falcons

  

  Well, they had to be different from the Adlers of the Germans and the Bald Eagles of the Americans. And these fighters were tiny things – so it was either going to be Falcons or Tits. And you can play with tits as much as you wish… Actually, I think the Falcon name was attached…

  Dick Stein

  April 12, 2021

  1:72 scale, Colour Schemes, Decals, Lacquer, Model Airplane, Painting, Scale Models, Soviet aircraft, Ukrainian models, Uncategorized

  colour, Stalin, Ukrainian, VVS

• North American Mitchell – Part One – The Lead Ship

  

  The purchase of the Airfix B25 Mitchell was a bit of a coup – a local shop supplied it and I saved the cost of postage from the eastern states. But I did not realise until I opened it that it was a trap*. Oh, I knew the model itself was good – I do…

  Dick Stein

  October 7, 2019

  1:72 scale, American aircraft, Colour Schemes, Decals, Dioramas, Model Airplane, RCAF Wet Dog, Scale Models

  Airfix, ALSIB, North American Mitchell, VVS