Sovietwarplanes

Hi,

I was hoping someone could help.  I'm building an RC Yak-1 and wanted to do Baranov's White-1.  However in viewing the Osprey Yakovlev Aces of WWII book #64 in the close up Black & white pic's. of his plane.  It looks like it could be a Red-1 as it seems to match the Red star on the fuselage.  Is that possible?  Any thoughts?
I appreciate any help.

Thanks,
MtFlyR

Hi, :)
I think that it's possible. They look really of the same shade, at a first look.
I'm uncertain on the writing. It looks white, but on the star it looks lighter. I have seen some examples of red writings thar become white on the star. I can't exclude this for this plane. ???

Any thoughts?
Massimo

Take a look here.

ftp://ftp.redrodgers.com/Video/redstars/

ftp://ftp.redrodgers.com/Video/redstars/RedStars07.avi

It looks interesting

Hi, :)
it looks an interesting menu, but 200 Mb each is by far too much for my connection. Has anyone downloaded them?
Massimo

I did ;D Actually, great chronicle videos, espetially if you would switch the sound off...

Hi Oleg,
have you managed to extract static images from those videos? Maybe there is something particularly interesting...
Massimo

Hmm ???. I'll think of it...

Thank You for providing those links, I'll have to download the rest of them when I have a spare week !? LOL !
Massimo, the reason they take so long is because it runs 53 minutes long.
that's why the files are so big.

it looks to me that the '1' was originally white and then later the red? might have been added to look like a red 1 with a white border around it.
the inscription also has some mysteries about it.
it seems white in some images and yellow in others.
anyone building the new Eduard re-issue of the Accurate Miniatures kit will be pleasantly surprised as they provide both versions on the decal sheet.

personally I think I will do mine in yellow to to see how it goes.
as for the number Eduard makes the red one the same size as the white one so I think I will have to scavenge the decal box to see if I can find a suitable replacement.

It was my pleasure ;) Did You see the Baranovs plane?

who could miss it?

for anyone interested in them this is the list:
film 01 fighters before the Great Patriotic War
film 02 Polikarpov U-2/Po-2
film 03 Tupolev TB-1 and 3
film 04 Lisonov Li-2
film 05 petlyakov Pe-2
film 06 Ilyushin Il-2
film 07 Yak-1,3,7 & 9
film 08 Ilyushin DB-3 and Il-4
film 09 Petlyakov Pe-8
film 10 MiG LaGG-3 La-5/7
(this translated from the readme.txt file)
the rest are civilian or post-war aircraft

How do i attach an image?

Check this out: http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?topic=9.0

BR Audrius

I'll let Massimo attach the file... ;)

Hi, :)
this one, you mean?
(http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/images/CTCMS 2006-09-19 01-17-56-43.jpg)
Thank you for shating it.
If you can obtain further interesting images from that movie, they will be highly appreciated.
Massimo

hi MtFlyr
have you read this thread http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?topic=77.msg479#msg479 on same board, under "Model kits" ? There is some info on Baranov's Yak1.
I would repeat that if I were you I would make inscriptions red with white outline, the number would leave white.

BR Audrius

Hi Audrius,
Great stuff! Thank you for all the info.  I got side tracked and I'm also working on a Bf-109b Spanish Civil War Black 6 in bare metal finish.  Like my scratch Yak -1 WS will be 28"/29".  I did send in some pic's. of my RC I-16 and Yak -1b you can see them on this sites Gallery though one is labled wrong it says Yak -1b and it's my I-16.  I'll try and post some Flying pic's. of my Yak-1(Blue 9), LaGG-3 (Red 30) & my La-5 (White 99) as soon as I can figure out how to.

Thanks again to all.

MtFlyR

hi
there is a perfect picutre of Baranov's Yak1 showing what I mean by red inscription with white outline same for the victory stars.
Enjoy! :)

(http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f301/senux/Yak1white1Baranov.jpg)

The only that makes me wonder is the shade of the star on the fuselage. It seems to be quite weathered without any outline.

BR Audrius

Audrius,

Great picture thank you. Awesome... My scratch built RC Yak-1b and LaGG-3 also was posted on this web site on the first page What's New October 23rd.  I didn't remember where I saw it posted.

Pete

MtFlyR