Sunday, March 21, 2010

1/144 scale K-7 Kalinin - Soviet Giant (1935) (upd)

Bonus Kits:
Techincals:


Its been a little a while since we heard much from Anigrand, but oh boy! are they back with a vengence.
This aircraft is a very interesting items and it did reach prototype stage, but did not enter final produciton due to a fatal crash and technical issues (It might also have been rubbish?)

These were still early days in aviation and aero engine technology, so aircraft never often never quite worked in the metal as they did on the drawing board?

111 resin parts + Clear resin canopies, decal

Span 447 mm x Length 402 mm


Plus 3x Bonus Kits

Bonus Aircraft (Left to Right):
Left: Cheranovsky BICh-17
Middle: Kalinin 12
Right: Moskalev Sigma SAM-7

http://www.anigrand.com/AA4047_K-7.htm
Price : 88USD
Available: April 2010 (Pre-order : March 2010)

other Links:
http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/aircraft/Kalinin-K7.html
http://www.pilotfriend.com/photo_albums/potty/8.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinin_K-7
http://www.ctrl-c.liu.se/misc/ram/k7giant.html


scratch build
http://www.internetmodeler.com/artman/publish/aviation/Scratchbuilt_Kalinin_K-7.php


4 comments:

Russ said...

Of the bonus aircraft- the middle one is also a Kalinin design, the Kalinin 2. The other on the right is a Moskalev Sigma series design called Sam-7.

bluedonkey99 said...

Thanks Russ.

Russ said...

Quickie correction, the twin engine middle plane lists as a Kalini 12 in most sources. There are some calling it Kalinin 2, but the Kalinin 12 is about 2 to 1.

I wonder why the K 7 was picked instead of the Maxim Gorky?

bluedonkey99 said...

Russ

Maybe the Tupolev ANT-20 "maxim gorky" is a future option?

perhaps, you should email arnold and ask/suggest?

cheers
BD99