Warbird Information Exchange

Posted: **Sun May 03, 2009 3:35 am**

, Here are some shots of my Tupolev Ant-5 model. The Ant-5 was the prototype of the I-4 series of fighters, about 300 of which served the VVS from 1927 to 1937 and was the USSR's first all metal stressed skin fighter.

Cheers,
Ross.

Posted: **Sun May 03, 2009 2:05 pm**

Nice! I can't help but wonder why they even bothered with the lower wing.

SN

Posted: **Sun May 03, 2009 2:07 pm**

Cool, what scale is it?

Posted: **Sun May 03, 2009 2:38 pm**

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G'day Steve N, there was a version with no lower wing and one with an even shorter wing than this. A number of aircraft of this era had a sesquiplane layout. It allowed shorter take off and landing runs and also better manouvrability due to a lower wing loading. The version of this aeroplane used in Vakmistrov's Zveno (Link) experiments had the shorter lower wing or none at all seeing they were air lauched from the TB-3 bomber.

MazdaP5,
It's the Encore moulding of the 1/72 Zvesda kit.

Cheers,
Ross.

Posted: **Mon May 04, 2009 5:07 pm**

Very nice work Ross.. A lot of detail for 1/72. I never knew the Russians had an entry in the all metal stressed skin design. Thanks for posting your pictures.
Tom

Posted: **Tue May 05, 2009 12:03 am**

mazdaP5 wrote:Cool, what scale is it?

iddy-biddy scale :wink:

Posted: **Tue May 12, 2009 3:22 am**

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How blind am I? I hadn't noticed I'd already posted it.

:roo:

Cheers,
Ross.