Hi all!

July 1st marks the start of the "Stars of the VVS" Campaign. Remember, to participate, you have to build a model of a Soviet/Russian aircraft which wears... red stars! The precise rules for the Campaign can be found in the Official Campaign page here.

I will be the Campaign Leader for this one and my co-pilot will be Mark Robinson (oleander13) who submitted the idea for this Group Build. I hope we will have many participants and don't forget to enlist if you want to receive this ribbon at the end!

Za rodinu!

Jean-Luc

Hi Jean-Luc

finally .. I will start my La-5 soon.

Всего для фронта !

Very nice ribbon!!!

cheers

Steffen

I have just joined up. Am I correct in assuming modern aircraft, such as, say, a MiG-29, are eligible, as long as it has red stars on it?

Yes,

it has to be Russian or Soviet and have a red star on it. Type of aircraft is free (so also lend and lease a/c or e.g. L-29 Delfin or L-39 Albatros .. but no Chinese, North Korean or Vietnamese (etc.) markings

cheers

Steffen

Excellent, thank you Steffen, that answers my question.

Now, to decide what to build........

Da Komrades!
I remember when I was an instructor pilot and I met Kossack kutie back in 1919. We had a wonderful Konversation. Eduard's kit 8073.


My choices will be either a Fokker D.VII or a Nieuport 24 -27. I will have to check my decal stash. (Maybe both.)

The image in the upper right corner is a Russian pilot's badge from 1920.

Hi Ted,
Good ribbon.

I build ICM Alanger Yak-9K in 1/72 scale. I think.
Let me introduce yours incredible Alanger kit .
Good box art.


Kit contains approximately 25 parts.


Clear and other parts badly molded.



Only good side decals. Very thin.


Sorry for my bad english.

Hi all!

It seems there is some movement on the Russian front!

Steffen, thanks for answering Tony's question. Again, for precise rules, go to the Official Campaign page.

Stephen, don't forget the red stars on your Russian biplans!

Ayhan, nice one!

I will build the LaGG-3 from South Front (review here)...



Jean-Luc

Hi all!

Great introduction and a very nice ribbon, Jean-Luc!

I have already enlisted for this Campaign, but as I have a P-47 Thunderbolt (Down Low Campaign), and a F-14A Tomcat (Tomcat Campaign), to build I´ll be a bit slow in the start.
Or should I put It; I´ll give you a bit of a handicap?

Good thing, though, as I have not decided what to build yet!


Hmmm.... , Pe-2 (MPM 1/48), Il-2 (Eduard 1/48), Yak-3 (ICM 1/48), MiG-15 (Tamiya 1/48 or Trumpeter 1/32), Mig-19C (Trumpeter 1/32), Mig-21F-13 (Trumpeter 1/32), Su-27 (Academy 1/48), MiL-2 (special Hobby 1/48), MiL-24 Hind (Trumpeter 1/48).... Ohhhhhh...Help!

Looking forward to this Campaign, Camrades!

Cheers!

Stefan E

I have plenty in my stash to participate (2x Mig-29 in "Stormy Petrel" display team colours, LA-5and an IL-2 Stormovick) However i'm not going to commit myself until I have some of my other projects and commissions out of the way.

Loads of Campaigns to get stuck into, and luckily Im just starting my summer break,,(its like the summer school holiday when I was a kid!)
I bought the Hasegawa Hurricane MKIIB Red Star ages ago from Ebay.
I presume this will be eligible Jean Luc?
This must be a rare old kit as I havent been able to find the box art anywhere on the web to post a photo.
Nige

I'm in with a 1/48 Academy Mig-21

Wow! The ribbon looks great!

I am going to participate with the Eduard Yak-3. There will be red stars all right Maybe even with a silver lining.

This campaign is going to be great!

Heres a photo of the boxart for my entry.Hasegawas Hurricane IIB in 1:72 scale.

Ive made a start painting the cockpit area.Hardly any detail in the kit.Just a seat,control stick and a decal for the instument panel.But seeing as the canopy is in one piece with no option for displaying it open Im just going to paint it up and add some seatbelts from Tamiya masking tape. The wings are also glued together and curing.
I'll be working on this in between wrestling with parts on my old Airfix Tiger Moth trying to clean them up and get them to fit,and Im also doing a quick oob of one of the RAF refuelling set for the Best Of British campaign on Armorama.( A good incentive for building a vehicle now and again,,they may come in handy for a diorama one day)
Nige

As usual Im a bit confused,,but Im sure your all used to that by now.
The colours called for on the instruction sheet for this Hurricane are..dark green/ocean grey topside, medium sea grey underside.
Would these be the same colours as used on RAF fighters?
My research so far not surprisingly is only turning up photos of models,and there seems to be quite a mixture of greys and greens in the photos.
Secondly,,would these machines have been delivered in RAF markings,,( minus squadron codes if they were new), and have these painted over before application of the red stars?
Nige

Hi Nigel

research a bit more and you'll find that some were even operated by British pilots (and of course in that case wore the appropriate markings) ... no you cannot build those as you have to put on "Red Stars" .

I would think that most were delivered in RAF colors. Maybe have a look at the AML decal sheet. There is also a two seater conversion with an additional gun for the backseater:

Soviet Hurricanes Part 1: http://www.aml.cz/en/AD7209-1.html
Soviet Hurricanes Part 2: http://www.aml.cz/en/AD7210-1.html

btw AML has lots of nice Soviet WW2 decals!

HTH a little

best wishes

Steffen

Here is a picture of my entry - the Eduard Yak-3.

Looks like a very nice kit with masks, lots of decals, PE in one box at a very reasonable price. So many great colour schemes to choose from. Good there are two planes in the box

Thanks Stefan.
I already have the Red Stars for my kit
During my research I came across the site dedicated to modelling the VVS
Very interesting reading.
It seems that a lot of the Hurricanes delivered to the VVS were either new or refurbished airframes. These would have carried roundels and fin markings but no squadron codes. These would have been painted out on arrival and I intend to replicate this on my Hurricane.
The only Tamiya paints I could find to match the shades of grey are listed as spray cans with no pot of acrylic equivalent, so Im going to have to use Humbrol enamels on this model for the first time in well over a year.
Jesper,,that Eduard Yak looks a great kit!
Im working on bits and pieces of my entry at the moment but I have the Airfix Tiger Moth (troublesome as always) and another campaign entry (no wings!) to finish first.
Nige

Hi all

I daren't commit (I've made that mistake too often! ) but I'd love to join this Campaign... if all goes well I'll either submit a Rest Models kit or - in view of all the Lavochkins, this could be the perfect excuse to finish the Vector La-5F:



All the best

Rowan

Here's my entry(ies). I'm not fully comiting to the 1/32 MiG-21 just yet but its a possibility. My primary will be the Academy 1/48 MiG-21MF

This campaign will be so cool!


I'm in but I have no idea what to build. I've been eyeing Eduards P-40...... but my goodness.... I think I have a cockpit zoom for Gavia's La-7.

-Derek

For a site that has some great info on the Red Air Force tween the wars, here is a bit of fun. Check out their selected back issues section.
http://www.chandelle-jah.com/

There is also World at War website.
http://www.worldatwar.net/

A quick thumbnail look at conflicts post WWI.
November 11th 1918 - the War to end all Wars ends with an armistice
Finnish civil war 1917-18 Finns with German support vs. Russians
Russian Civil War
(Bolshevisk vs. White Factions) 1918-24
1920-22 Caucasus
Far East
Arabian civil war 1919-26 Saudis vs. Hashemites
Baltic wars 1919-20 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania vs. Soviet Union
incl. Allied, German and Freecorps
Polish-Russian war 1920
Greek/Turkish War 1920-23
Irish civil war 1921-23 Anti-Treaty (DeValera) vs. Free State (Collins)
Nicaraguan Civil War 1925-32 Sandinista vs. Government, US intervention
Chinese Civil War (I) 1926-28 Nationalist (Kai-shek) vs. local Warlords
Chinese/Japanese War (I) 1931-32 Manchuko
Chaco War 1932-35 Bolivia vs. Paraguay
Chinese Civil War (II) 1934-35 Kai-shek vs. Langsi Soviets (Mao) - Long March
Ethiopia 1935-36 Abessinia vs. Italy
Spanish Civil War 1936-39 Nationalist vs. Republicans
Chinese/Japanese War (II) 1937-45 The Japanese occupation
Kansas-Lake and Kalchin Gol 1938-39 Japanese-Soviet borderclashes
Finnish Winterwar 1939-40 Finland vs. Soviet Union
Second World War - Europe 1939
1939-45 Poland
1940 Denmark/Norway
1940 Netherlands/Belgium/France
1940 Great Britain
1940-42 Northafrica & Malta
1940-41 Balkan
1941-45 Russia
1943-45 Italy
1940-45 Convoy Battles - Naval Warfare in the West
1940-45 Air Battle over Europe
1944-45 The Second Front
1941-45 Resistance and Partisan Warfare
1939-45 The Secret War
Second World War - Asia/Pacific 1941-45 Carrier Battles - Warfare in the Pacific
China - Burma - India
Greek Civil War 1944-49
Chinese Civil War (III) 1946-49 KMT vs. Communists
India-Pakistan 1947-49 Conflict for Kashmir
Arab-Israel war 1948-49


Colonial Conflicts 1918-1948
November 11th 1918 - the War to end all Wars ends with an armistice
Irish war of Independence 1919-21
Morrocan uprising 1921-27 Rif-Kabylen vs. Spain, later also France
Java 1926-27 Communist vs. Dutch Colonial
Indonesia 1945-50 Indonesian vs. Dutch Colonial
Indochine 1946-54 Viet-minh vs. French Colonial

Hi all!

Wow, there are some interesting projects here!




Rowan, I would have thought that you would have chosen the Polikarpov R-5sss instead of the La-5F...

Keep the entries coming guys!

Jean-Luc

Hi Jean-Luc

You're wicked and you know me too well! That is the other big contender to build! But the La-5 is a more realistic option if I have any free time to build something.

All the best

Rowan