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Sometimes things don't go as planned: I finally managed to get hold of a second kit of this impressive ground effect vehicle to start a double project on the subject - and then I realised that essential components were missing from one of [...]
The mysterious aircraft presented here is surprisingly difficult to categorise. Although it flies at a speed of several hundred kilometres per hour and is reminiscent of a classic aeroplane in many parts, it also moves with a spray or dust [...]
(I finally finished this one a few months ago. It was one of those projects that you are inspired to start, then get distracted by something else, but eventually come back to.)
The Alekseyev ekranoplans were designed to fly in ground [...]
Unusual for me to scale and theme. But it was interesting to build a ekranoplan (WIG).
Best regards, Vlad.
There are a few weird models on my shelves, but this is one of the strangest. I couldn't find a scale on the instruction sheet, but it looks at home on my "1/144th & other" shelf, next to the other Soviet stuff. Not really [...]