Tupolev Ant 7/R-6

Hi everyone....

This is a patrol Tupolev Ant 7 of the 1930´s. It is made of wood and cardboard. I am in the porcess of
painting it and will soon have it ready for the shelf.

Amazing!!! Shocked

Can you post larger images?

solid, what's the scale? my guess it's 1:72 (the sheets of paper gave it up). definitely this is calling for more pictures, please
what references have you been using?
good luck!

Hi, solid!
The model looks nice, but the pictures are too small.
Could you describe more details of building process? How did you imitate the corrugated surfaces?
And where is the rear turett? Shocked

Best regards, Mikhail

Hi!
Good scratchbuild! We're waiting for more photos and information... Rolling Eyes

P.S. I'm pleased to know that foreign modelers are so interested in soviet aviation! Smile

solid Nice work done!!! Definitely want to know more about this project

P.S. Welcome aboard Wink

Thank you gentlemen for your nice words about my model...
I make "solid" wood models like the ones below but this one is made like a "kit" with cut out parts of balsa wood.
It is in 1:72 scale. The floats are a made of card with wood tops and the rigging, float holders and antenna in the wings
of Bamboo for strength. The corrugations are thin strips of card. I will take some more pictures and place them later on.

My main interest are "Solid Wood" models of Mahogany wood which cuts almost like soap and lasts for centuries!!! Smile

some follow...

1940s USAAF B-18 " Bolo"

IL -26

SM-71

SM-81 "Pipistrello" 1937 Spain.

Thank you for your patience and have a nice evening building your models...

Gera:wink:

Congratulations for you, Solid! Your ANT-7 is very amazing and impressive piece of work. Does it have corrugated covering?
Unfortunately your IL-28 is not so well Crying or Very sad

. It reminds more a cartoon than real aircraft.

I think you'll be interested to see this model of Tupolev Tu-16:
http://gallery.rumodelism.com/gallery/img133/m2665.shtml
It's a "solid" wooden model like yours. It is made in 1/100 scale by Russian modeler Andrey Andreev.

And a little correction about the aircraft index. The name R-6 was used for the military version on wheels. The float military version was designated MR-6, and the civil aircraft on floats was MP-6 (МП-6 in Russian).

Hi Redstar 72....

Laughing

...you are right about the Il 28!!!! it is not so hot!!!! Embarassed

The Ant 7 is made of balsa and card, the corrugation you see in top of the fuselage is made from thin slivers
of card as are the divisions on the wing. I choose materials as I go along the project. I have several Russian models
I want to make but at present I am making a SM-79 and a Ca 101.

The TU-16 is beautiful great job....

Thank you

Gera