Wow, a lot has happened in this thread when I was busy putting glue and filler to plastic
As always some great information which is much appreciated as my knowledge on the subject is very limited which is the reason I can't really contribute much to the discussion.
It would be good to know if the protrusion of the tube had some function.
My guess is that its purpose was to prevent gunpowder gasses entering engine compartment and cockpit...
That does make sense as the Yak-1 had no fire-wall and so the gases (I assume) could enter the cockpit freely. But it doesent explain why the pipe did extrude and wasn't flush
Yak-1b preserved in Saratov museum is representative for early Yak-1b, similar to those Yak-1s flown by Normandie Squadron. So protruding tube cut at angle is almost certainly what was on Yak-1s flown by the French pilots.
Now that I added a flush pipe to my model, you tell me that it should be as on the Saratov museum aircraft
Fortunately not too late to change it, but a bit more callenging as I have now the part with the gun opening attached to the fuselage. Also had to order some larger brass tubes as 1mm (the largest size I have) looked too small.
Hi,
the manifold could be to prevent the engine's heat from below to cause warping of the barrel.
Regards
Massimo
Maybe, but how about the canon placed between the cylinder blocks?
this is a part of Marc Chassard work .
don't take care of the AII and AMT painting suposiiton at this time he worked with pilawskii who was in those time the only VVS specialist known in France.
All his work his very reliable. He wrote a paper about the NN first campaign.
I can give the PDF for those who can read in french
Xan
Thank you Xan for providing this list. I am surprised to see that the aircraft supplied to the "Normandie" squadron came from so many different batches (series) even when delivered at the same time and some aircraft from earlier batches had been delivered later. I would appreciate a copy of the PDF, even though my French is a bit rusty.
Consequently, Durand's Yak (6th plane of 118th series) was made in late January 1943. It was definitively camouflaged in temporary winter white MK-7 in Saratov factory.
Great to know that 06 was from batch 118 and was delivered with temporary winter white in place. But am I correct in saying that it was painted in the black / green camouflage before the white winter white was applied?
One of the remaining puzzles I have to work out is how the fish skin effect was painted onto the nose.
After removing the white winter camouflage, the nose should have been in black which would meent that the lighter colour (green) was painted on to create the skin effect.
But to my eye, it loos that the darker colour (black) was used to paint the skin effect, which would mean that the nose had to be painted in the lighter colour (green).
Was there some repainting done when the temporary white was removed and the nose could have been painted green instead of black?
In addition, what was the colour of the spinner? I would think white as yellow was rather unlikely as it was a colour used widely on Luftwaffe aircraft.
Any opinions and suggestion would be much appreciated.
Cheers, Peter