Ekranoplan Database

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Two become one, one becomes two: a strange modelling story about an even stranger flying vehicle,: A-90 "Orlyonok" Ekranoplan, part II

by Roland Sachsenhofer on August 14, 2024 · in Aviation · 13 ≡

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 [...]

Two become one, one becomes two: a strange modelling story about an even stranger flying vehicle,: A-90 "Orlyonok" Ekranoplan, part I

by Roland Sachsenhofer on August 13, 2024 · in Aviation · 10 ≡

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 [...]

Alekseyev KM “Caspian Monster”

by Jeff Thomsen on August 1, 2017 · in Aviation · 27 ≡

(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 [...]

A-90 Orlyonok 1/144 Zvezda

by Korolev Vlad on October 13, 2014 · in Aviation · 30 ≡

Unusual for me to scale and theme. But it was interesting to build a ekranoplan (WIG). Best regards, Vlad.

Revell (1/144th ?) Ekranoplan A-90 Orljonok

by Joe Caputo on August 12, 2013 · in Aviation · 4 ≡

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 [...]