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Psilander pretty nice work, not in FD style but in unique Psilander style but still nicework.
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Cplnew83 lad you only need to read this and everything will be fine.
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... ?f=5&t=402
Psilander pretty nice work, not in FD style but in unique Psilander style but still nicework.
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... ?f=5&t=402
Psilander pretty nice work, not in FD style but in unique Psilander style but still nicework.
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Thanks a bunch, the picture looks way better.Rhade wrote:Cplnew83 lad you only need to read this and everything will be fine.
http://www.shipbucket.com/forums/viewto ... ?f=5&t=402
Psilander pretty nice work, not in FD style but in unique Psilander style but still nicework.
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Worklist, FD scale submarines and ships :
- Project 971 "Akula" (80%)
- Project 705 "Alpha" (10%)
- Project 371 (70%)
- Project 1459 (30%)
- Projekt 151 Sassnitz (To be redone)
Worklist, FD scale submarines and ships :
- Project 971 "Akula" (80%)
- Project 705 "Alpha" (10%)
- Project 371 (70%)
- Project 1459 (30%)
- Projekt 151 Sassnitz (To be redone)
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Nice work, guys! Love the helis, DP. And Psilander's jet seaplane looks quite cool too Any plans on doing it in regular FD style?
Any plans on doing it in regular FD style?
Pretty awesome. Is that a gun in the tail? How come, it seems to be a civilian livery?Cplnew83 wrote:IL-76MAeroflot-1.png
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Yes, it is a military cargo plane (the registration is real) which was in Aeroflot scheme, a common method in the USSR to cancel VTA aircraft. The tail turret is equiped with a 23mm dual gun.
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Je pardonne à tous ceux qui m'ont offensé... mais je garde la liste!
Worklist, FD scale submarines and ships :
- Project 971 "Akula" (80%)
- Project 705 "Alpha" (10%)
- Project 371 (70%)
- Project 1459 (30%)
- Projekt 151 Sassnitz (To be redone)
Worklist, FD scale submarines and ships :
- Project 971 "Akula" (80%)
- Project 705 "Alpha" (10%)
- Project 371 (70%)
- Project 1459 (30%)
- Projekt 151 Sassnitz (To be redone)
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Nice. Not an expert on Russian cargo-planes, but looks okay to meCplnew83 wrote:[img]
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Re: FD Scale Aircraft 3
Cplnew83 maybe you will try my personal favourite Antonov An-12.
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To add to that, most of the post war soviet airliners were designed with placement for a tail gun so that if the Cold War turned hot, the civilian aircraft could be rapidly converted into additional military transport and in some of them bombers.
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But why a tailgun? It seems like such a WW2 thing...
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Most bombers continued to have tail guns until the 1960s and in a few case even until the 1970s. Before effective counter measures were developed and accurate guided missiles, air combat was still considered to be a close combat, gun vs gun affair. The Vought Crusader was the last of the gun fighters. It was only with good missiles that the gun was abandoned temporarily (early F-4s had no guns which many crews complained about).
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Who wouldn't? There's nothing to fall back on when you run out of missiles.denodon wrote:(early F-4s had no guns which many crews complained about).
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