>> Home >> Magazine >> This page

>> 500+ other articles are available in our archive

n by Robert Blaschke

Back to main article
 

Front undercarriage leg with the cannon protruding from the lower starboard fuselage. Note shell ejector chute in the foreground.

The sorry state of the airframe is especially visible on its lower parts.

A look into the front wheel well shows a very worn painted surface.There are two shades of grey, but I don't know which was the primer and which was the top color here. 

Full interior detail of the same wheel well, looking aft. 

I think that the spherical objects visible here are oxygen bottles... 
 

Starboard main undercarriage seen directly from the front. On the armament pylon there is an rocket launcher for unguided ground-attack missiles. The outer pylon carries extra fuel tank (note how close the undercarriage cover comes to it). The "hanging" sheet in the front is in fact a third undercarriage cover, bent and deformed on this aircraft.

A better view of the opposite undercarriage leg. 

Main wheel well detail and its inner cover. This is starboard wheel well, looking aft and inwards..
  

Details of the hydraulic plumbing. Starboard side, looking aft.
  

Inner sidewall detail side of the starboard wheel well, looking towards the centerline (aircraft's nose is to the right on this photo)
 

... Wheel well roof detail. Port side, looking forward.
 

Back to main article
 

This page: 
Has been last updated:
The URL of the page is:
Downloaded at:

©  Copyright 1997-2006 by IPMS Stockholm and the Community Members. All Rights Reserved.
The layout and graphics of this site, HTML and program code are © Copyright 1997-2006 Martin Waligorski. Used by permission.

Terms of use: This site is an interactive community of enthusiasts interested in the art of scale modelling of aircraft, armor, figures, spacecraft and similar subjetcs. All material within this site is protected under copyright, and may only be reproduced for personal use. You must  contact the Author(s) and/or Editor for permission to use any material on this site for any purpose other than private use.