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rossjools
 Post subject: Tupolev Ant-5
PostPosted: Sun May 03, 2009 3:35 am 
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:D, Here are some shots of my Tupolev Ant-5 model. The Ant-5 was the prototype of the I-4 series of fighters, about 300 of which served the VVS from 1927 to 1937 and was the USSR's first all metal stressed skin fighter.Image
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Steve Nelson
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Nice! I can't help but wonder why they even bothered with the lower wing.

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Cool, what scale is it?
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:D,
G'day Steve N, there was a version with no lower wing and one with an even shorter wing than this. A number of aircraft of this era had a sesquiplane layout. It allowed shorter take off and landing runs and also better manouvrability due to a lower wing loading. The version of this aeroplane used in Vakmistrov's Zveno (Link) experiments had the shorter lower wing or none at all seeing they were air lauched from the TB-3 bomber.

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It's the Encore moulding of the 1/72 Zvesda kit.

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Tom Crawford
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Very nice work Ross.. A lot of detail for 1/72. I never knew the Russians had an entry in the all metal stressed skin design. Thanks for posting your pictures.
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mazdaP5 wrote:
Cool, what scale is it?


iddy-biddy scale :wink:
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How blind am I? I hadn't noticed I'd already posted it.

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