Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
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Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
Here's what I'm working on now:
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Re: Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
Nice model! look like a Howard Hughes production.
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Re: Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
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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Re: Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
I hope you put this one in a scene for us, really nice model!
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Re: Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
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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Re: Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
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:
Here is the original:
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Re: Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
But it is more real like that:
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Re: Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
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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Re: Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
@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.
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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Re: Ka-17 "Flying Tank"
sure it is more interesting to do something different. why not a helicopter propeller to help take off this big baleen?
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