Part 1 The hero of my story was born in 1947. This is Vladislav Zhdan, a well-known ship modeler in Russia. He lives and works in Moscow. Today he is a recognized master of his craft. His models of old sailing ships are in demand in Russia and abroad. Vladislav’s childhood was usual for that […]
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This is a well-known WWI aircraft that was widespread in the armies of the belligerent countries. In addition to France, Nieuport 17 was in service with Russia, Great Britain, Belgium and Italy. The aircraft was built according to a one-and-a-half-plane scheme, which was unusual for that time, with the lower wing of a reduced area. […]
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I am continuing to review the construction of the Mukha-class hydrofoil. The construction of the ship’s superstructure continues. Superstructure of the second tier. Now it’s the turn of making doors. There are quite a lot of doors and Filindr, as a true master of his craft, develops the technological process of making doors. As a […]
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In 1927, at the Mechanical Plants “E. Plage i T. Laśkiewicz “in Lublin began the design of a new military aircraft, which was supposed to replace the outdated by that time Potez XV and Potez XXV, produced by factories under license. The work was headed by the pilot, engineer and aircraft designer Jerzy Rudlicki (March […]
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There is no need to prove that a good model needs beautiful and high-quality photographs in order to present the model to colleagues in all its qualities. However, as I already said, it is not always possible to take a simple photo of a model using a phone or even a camera. As a rule, […]
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The airplane AIR-1 had been designed by A. S. Yakovlev, a young assistant mechanic of the training and flight unit of the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy (VVA), who later became a famous Soviet aircraft designer. This was his first aircraft – a two-seater biplane of a very simple design, mostly made of wood. It received […]
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The Il-28 aircraft – according to NATO classification – “Beagle” – the first Soviet front-line bomber with turbojet engines, mass-produced. The first flight of a machine with English engines Nene (“Nin”) from Rolls-Royce took place on July 8, 1948. On August 8, 1949, the aircraft with new VK-1 engines passed tests, and soon its serial […]
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I will continue the story about Filindr’s build of the Mukha-class hydrofoil. I had to pause this story when I started developing a new version of my site. So, Filindr and his beautiful paper model. The continuation of the construction of the ship begins with the stern superstructure, through which the gas duct mines pass. […]
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Having entered the war with America on December 7, 1941, the Japanese command soon realized that the need to defend itself was not far off. Anticipating possible raids by American aircraft on the islands, the command of the Japanese Navy had ordered a technical assignment for the construction of a high-speed high-altitude interceptor fighter that […]
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St. Petersburg, Russia, every year hosted a convention similar to the Paper Modelers Convention before the pandemic. Once I visited this meeting of modelers and saw everything with my own eyes. The main difference from the American convention is that in the gathering of Russian modellers a competition is held between them. There is a […]
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Today I continue a story about a very interesting assembling of colleague Filindr. I would like to remind you about his hydrofoil ship Mukha. We stopped on assembling stern hydrofoils. It’s time to bow hydrofoils now. To prevent a skew of hydrofoils it is needed to assemble it on a template. Process of gluing of […]
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After the end of WW2 fightings, in Lublin a group of designers led by engineer Tadeusz Soltyk began developing a project for a light multi-purpose aircraft for the needs of the Ministry of Communications. It was needed a light reconnaissance aircraft, easy to operate. An important point was the construction technology: there were no aviation […]
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