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Title: Polikarpov Seat - Pavla Post by: John Thompson on December 01, 2007, 01:44:53 AM Does anyone know which Polikarpov aircraft used this seat, as presented in 1/72 resin by Pavla:
http://www.pavlamodels.cz/katalogy/detail.php?k=seats&c=S72038&styl=styly.css Are there any photos which show this seat in the cockpit of those aircraft? I don't think I've seen a seat which looks like this in any 1/72 kit. Thanks! John Title: Re: Polikarpov Seat - Pavla Post by: marluc on December 01, 2007, 10:54:16 PM Hello John:
It looks like the unarmored seat used in the I-152 (I-15 bis).But I?m not so sure,greetings: Martin Title: Re: Polikarpov Seat - Pavla Post by: John Thompson on December 02, 2007, 07:39:33 PM Thanks, Martin! I tried doing a search for I-16 cockpit images or anything else that might be helpful, but found very little. I did see images of 1/32 (Contact Resine) and 1/48 (NeOmega) resin sets for the I-16. The 1/32 set has a typical seat with a rounded back; the 1/48 set appears to have the narrow back, like the Pavla seat I linked above. Now I see that the Azur 1/32 kit seat has the narrow back, too:
http://vvs.hobbyvista.com/Modeling/Polikarpov/I-16/Type10/Azur/Preview/index.php More investigation needed, I guess! John Title: Re: Polikarpov Seat - Pavla Post by: marluc on December 02, 2007, 09:53:00 PM John:
As a matter of fact,I?ve never found a photo of the I-16 seat.But there is a drawing of it in Maslov?s book and it don?t looks like the Pavla?s in 72.In my opinion,the rounded back is the armored plate and should be separated from the seat.Greetings: Martin Title: Re: Polikarpov Seat - Pavla Post by: Renato71 on December 04, 2007, 05:45:59 PM Hi all,
Well, first of all, Pavla's seat is the same one the comes with their I-15: http://kits.kitreview.com/i15eviewse_1.htm There are few pics of restored I-15bis here: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/AWA1/501-600/walk546_I-15bis_Abbott/walk546.htm It looks like Pavla's seat depicts one with(out) two details: first one, there is no headrest, and the second one - a bit unusual - is that the seat is "naked", ie without back cushion. The second detail is kinda cool, but you have to build rather complicated cushion on your own. Btw, I ran into nice pic of restored I-15 in Spain: http://www.fpac.org/aviones/polikarpov_I_15_chato_replica.php?lang=eng Cheers Title: Re: Polikarpov Seat - Pavla Post by: John Thompson on December 05, 2007, 03:36:59 AM Thanks once again, Renato! If my brain wasn't totally mush, I would have associated the Pavla seat with the Pavla I-15 kit, which I do have. Thanks for waking me up! ;)
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