My other hobby.

Thanks LG!!8)

 

Soviet equipment too??? Funny history lesson, the Soviets had model kits of our SR-71 Blackbird BEFORE the aircraft was announced publicly to the American people. Thought that was sort of interesting.

 

That "Soviet" plane is an American P-39 Airacobra.LOL

The Bell P-39 Airacobra had a terrible reputation amongst British and American pilots, but it rapidly became one of the favourite fighters in the Soviet Union. Of the top six Soviet air aces, four scored the majority of their victories in the Kobra.

The first Airacobras to reach the Soviet Union were British Airacobra Is. By the time the Airacobra I entered service with No.601 “City of London” Squadron it was already clear that they would not be needed by the RAF. Although that squadron did not replace its Airacobras with Spitfires until March 1942, Churchill offered Russia the RAF’s stock of surplus Airacobras soon after the German invasion, and the first 20 aircraft reached Murmansk by the end of 1941. Eventually the British dispatched 212 Airacobras to Russia, although 54 were lost on the voyage, leaving 158 intact aircraft (Soviet sources claim that less aircraft were lost). Eventually nearly 5,000 Airacobras would reach the Soviet Union, all but the first 150 from the United States.

 

Right i remember that. It was a sloth of a plane. The US outfitted them with under-powered engines. They had poor maneuverability as well. The Soviets thought its was great because technologically they were decades behind after killing or driving out most men of any sort of intelligence or ability. Gotta love Communist revolutions.

 

...the details in the figure gets me going...nice work..almost looks like real leather gloves!
Awesome Vinny...simply Awesome. K+ : )

 

Ditto,the craftmanship on the soldier is amazing.

And the youtube vid Ingtar posted has an ad for russian mail order brides at the bottom,lol.

 

WOW, very impressive jobs. The attention to detail is outstanding.

 

I always admire an artist with a good grip of how to apply ink washes.

 

Thank you!!

Thanks Grinder. Buy one get one free.LOL

Thanks!!

They really help bring out detail.