Sunday 6 March 2011

Tupolev SB-2 - part 3 - old vs new

In the spirit of Soviet Socialist self-criticism, I finally got round to comparing my new SB-2s with my earlier sctatch-bodged effort and was pleased to see that the latter actually stands up pretty well.
My earlier effort is on the left - wings all wrong and generally too chunky but green paint and big red stars can disguise much!
There are pics of my other Russian aircraft on an earlier post at http://megablitzandmore.blogspot.com/2010/11/red-sky-at-night.html

11 comments:

Wg Cdr Luddite said...

Well done comrade! The proletariat commends you for your earlier effort.

Tim Gow said...

Thanks Comrade - forward to the West!

Don M said...

I must say seeing the side by side...well done Tim!

Tim Gow said...

Don
It's not bad is it? Still, the newer models are a lot nicer.

Don M said...

well looking through the gun sights
of a BF 109G they'll both end up looking pretty much the same....)

Tim Gow said...

Don
Quite - when the wings are ablaze nobody cares what shape they are!

Paul´s Bods said...

Very nice pair of planes comrade
Cheers
paul

Tim Gow said...

Paul
Thanks - all the better to bomb the Hitlerite hordes back to the viper's lair.

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Nice, very nice

Paul said...

I think it is a decent effort myself. What were the donor kits?

Tim Gow said...

Geordie & Paul
Thanks guys. My original SB-2 started off life as a Nakajima Ki-49 'Helen'. My usual modelling techniques were employed - a couple of photos, one sharp knife, one blunt knife, one tube of filler, lots of swearing.