Yak-9R question

[ReccePhreak]

I am gathering all the data I need, to build a 1/48 Yak-9R photo-recce version. I have come across this painting of what is said to be a Yak-9R, but I want to know if it is really that version, or just incorrectly named.



TIA,
Larry

[John Thompson]

Hi, and welcome to the forum!

It's a Yak-9R, of 427 IAP, according to this profile:
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww2/f/15/1/5/69

The profile originally appeared in the magazine Aviatsiya y Vremya, issue 68 (2003/No.6). Pilot's name not known. I don't know if there's any photographic evidence to back up the profile, though.

John

[ReccePhreak]

Hi John,

Thanks for that info and for the welcome. I have been lurking here for awhile, trying to gather info on VVS aircraft, especially paint colors.
Now that I know that's a real profile, I can eventually get started on it.

Cheers,
Larry

[learstang]

Dobro (Welcome) Larry!  This is certainly the place to learn about VVS colours.  Regarding your Yak-9R, I have a profile drawing of this version (it also includes a cutaway) you might be interested in.  I could post it here, but I'd have to shrink it down quite a bit (it's over 700KB) so some of the detail would be lost.  If you'd like, I could e-mail it to you.  Good luck on your project - I have a 1/72nd scale Yak-9M that's waiting for me to get over my Shturmovik fetish so I can finish it.

Regards,

Jason

[ReccePhreak]

Hi Jason,

Thanks for the welcome!

I already have a bunch of different drawings of the Yak-9, including cutaways of the Yak-9R. Thanks for the offer.

Cheers,
Larry

P.S The other 1/48 recce-modified VVS aircraft I have in the works are the Pe-2R (Finnish markings), IL-2KR and the LAGG-3. If I can uncover good data on other recce-modified VVS aircraft, then I will attempt them.

[learstang]

Larry, I have a Shturmovik I wish to do as an IL-2KR (of course - I'm kind of the Shturmovik guy around here, although Mr. Thompson seems to know a thing or two about them, as do some of the other folks on this site).  It seems to me that all of the 'KR's were arrows (swept-winged).  Do you have any evidence to the contrary (specifically photographs)?  This is just something I would like to know as general information as the IL-2KR I have I'm doing as an arrow.  Thank you for any information you can provide me!  By the way, nice list of recce aircraft.  I'd forgotten about the recce LaGG-3.

Regards,

Jason

[ReccePhreak]

Jason,

I Don't have any info on the IL-2KR to contradict your info. All I have is what other people have sent me, or is available in various books or online.

Larry