"1/72 scale Heller Polikarpov I-153" Topic
9 Posts
All members in good standing are free to post here. Opinions expressed here are solely those of the posters, and have not been cleared with nor are they endorsed by The Miniatures Page.
Please be courteous toward your fellow TMP members.
For more information, see the TMP FAQ.
Back to the WWII Aviation Gallery Message Board Back to the Pulp Gaming Message Board Back to the Interwar (WWI to WWII) Message Board Back to the 20mm WWII Message Board Back to the Blogs of War Message Board Back to the Biplanes Message Board Back to the What I Did This Week Message Board
Action Log
04 Feb 2021 10:04 a.m. PST
by Editor in Chief Bill
- Removed from Historical Wargaming in General board
Areas of InterestGeneral
Fantasy
World War One
World War Two on the Land
World War Two in the Air
Science Fiction
Featured Hobby News Article
Featured Recent Link
Featured Ruleset
Featured Showcase Article
Featured Workbench Article When you have several hundred Marines that need painting, who do you call?
Current Poll
Featured Book Review
|
Please sign in to your membership account, or, if you are not yet a member, please sign up for your free membership account.
| Anton Ryzbak | 01 Feb 2021 10:40 p.m. PST |
I was looking for something to do today so I built this little beauty, the venerable Heller Polikarpov I-152 link |
| Disco Joe | 01 Feb 2021 11:46 p.m. PST |
|
| King Cobra | 02 Feb 2021 6:31 a.m. PST |
Wonder how much better the pilot's view is improved by the gull wings on the top-planes? Diminutive model, nice change of pace from monoplanes.
Two-tone camouflage scheme? |
| Anton Ryzbak | 02 Feb 2021 6:46 a.m. PST |
King Cobra,
I started out wanting to paint it as an "all white" but then found out that they weren't really white at all. The metal surfaces were painted very pale gray and the fabric surfaces were painted with lacquer that had been tinted with powdered aluminum. It seems that in any sort of sunlight they would look white The Gull-Wing had a bit of a following in the mid-late 30's with the French and Polish producing gull wing monoplane fighters. The idea was that the pilot's forward view would be better. It seems that the difficulty was in building a strong enough wing joint as speeds and G-forces became greater. It made for some interesting-looking aircraft |
| Cuprum2 | 02 Feb 2021 8:06 a.m. PST |
|
79thPA  | 02 Feb 2021 9:40 a.m. PST |
|
 ColCampbell | 02 Feb 2021 11:42 a.m. PST |
Another nice job from Anton's Aeronautics, Inc. ! Jim |
 Yellow Admiral | 02 Feb 2021 11:38 p.m. PST |
Better keep that one in a separate case than the Fokker you just Finnished… |
| Anton Ryzbak | 03 Feb 2021 9:10 a.m. PST |
Yellow Admiral, I see what you just did there, and yes, they are safely sequestered in different cabinets |
|
uses a painting service to reduce his lead pile.
