Ka-17 "Flying Tank"

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Ka-17 "Flying Tank"

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Here's what I'm working on now:
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Nice model! look like a Howard Hughes production.
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:) Thanks, It's not entirely finished yet and I'm looking at some other image material to make sure I get the details right ;)
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I hope you put this one in a scene for us, really nice model!
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i think the tail of the aircraft would be better if it were an extension of the fuselage and not shifted.
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Believe it or not, the original (called Ka-7) used to be that way early in design but they decided to go with the bi-plane design since it made it more stable in the air. The image however is not a real image, it a very well-made CGI picture created (I think) by Russian historians who were recreating various prototypes based upon the original.
Here is the original:
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But it is more real like that:
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Very cool looking model. Question, should the propellers be bigger? Seems for such a big plane the props should be bigger.
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@Marcel
Yes you are right, I've also seen that image, it's rather confusing since there aren't that many images of this aircraft and they are all slightly different. Since I went for a version based upon the original K-7, mine might be a bit different. Unfortunately, I didn't find the website with those images (yours being one of them) until today...
Anyway, it's not finished yet so I can still change it ;)

@rjeff
I think they should actually be a bit smaller (on my model), if you look at the image anyway... Then you are probably right about it being more realistic if they are bigger.
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sure it is more interesting to do something different. why not a helicopter propeller to help take off this big baleen? :lol:
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