Orlyonok

Bruce Huxtable
Strange indeed, so must be one of Robert's 😉 Very nice build 👍🙂

Robert Podkoński
😄

Guy Rump
Nice! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thanks, Guy 🙂

Robert Blokker
Awesome work on this flying boat aircraft vessel thing 😄 ever since reading an article in a scientific magazine about these things I've been interested. Did not know there was a kit available. Great job on yours

Robert Podkoński
Thanks, Robert, much appreciated! Now I am waiting impatiently for this one to start work on:
Lun-Class Ekranoplan (Takom 3002, 1:144)

Robert Blokker
My god what a beast. 51cm long in 1:144 that's amazing. Did the Russians actually ever used them?

Ben M
I love ekranoplans!

Villiers de Vos
Robert, well done.

Alex Rodionov
Very nice Orlyonok 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thanks, Villiers and Alex 🙂
@Robert - surely, few such monsters were constructed and on prolonged trials, some of them were on active duty, but only on Caspian Sea, as far as I know:
Book: Russia's Ekranoplans (by Sergey Komissarov)

Dominik Weitzer
oh, this is special. well done - an outstanding aircraft

Lochsa River
very very cool floatplane

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Dominik and Lochsa R., much appreciated 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
What a nice build. Is the kit nice as well? 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Łukasz 😉 Generally, yes - the kit is well executed, no fit issues (save windscreen), but I would advice to think over the order of assembly before glueing any parts together (installing the propeller and guns is a bit tricky). Only the nose intakes need some effort to get rid of prominent joint lines (if one cares here 😉 ) All in all a fun and quick build.

John Hughes
Another one from my stash too.

Robert Podkoński
It seems that we both have quite a common interest, John - I already have assembled Amusing Hobby's Triebflugel and AMP's Silbervogel 😉 and I am very sorry that Kalinin K-7 is too expensive to explain it to my wife 😉 ...

Bruce Huxtable
Christmas is soon arriving.... Too late to drop hints? 😉

Robert Podkoński
Hmm, it is way too expensive, even for a Christmas gift, Bruce 🙁 ... (not mentioning that this is a MikroMir kit...)

gorby
Excellent result Robert!

Mark
You're spoiling us with all these Ekranoplans Robert! Another fine bit of modelling Sir. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thank you very much for your kind words, Gorby and Mark, much appreciated 🙂

Guy Rump
Great build Robert 👍

Villiers de Vos
Robert, you are the undisputed king of strange subjects turned into master pieces.

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for picking this one out from the dark zone 😉 You are too kind to me!