After a long break from paper models in which I spent time volunteering at the US Air Force Museum and also building 4 plastic models, I am back!
My clean desk
I decided to finally build the Orel kit of the first generation version of the Suchoi Su-9.
This is a complicated kit from the Ukraine written in Russian. It does have some nice views and sketches to assist in the construction. However, I had a hard time using the construction method shown in the instruction and had to test build parts to modify it.
Some of you may recall that I was asking for information as to how others built it, but all pointed to suspicious web sites which I did not dare enter.
Orel Su-9 Anyone built it
This is the only safe pictures I saw
As a quick description, this Su-9 first generation is a derivative of the German WW2 Me-262 jet fighter. The Russians used the captured data and even used the Jumo 004 jet engines to test the aircraft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-9_(1946)
My reason for building it is that I already built the Me 262
and the Japanese Kikka and this one will round out that collection.
More soon
Isaac