From: "Submissions for ARC" To: "Anatoly Sushon" References: Subject: Re: new product review Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:06:25 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0182_01CAC1D4.12E697D0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Unsent: 1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3350 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0182_01CAC1D4.12E697D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today. Thanks = again for sending it in. Steve Bamford Aircraft Resource Center http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com Live like there is no tomorrow; Love like you've never been hurt. Work like you don't need the money. Dance like nobody's watching. Sing like nobody's listening. Live like it's Heaven on Earth. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Anatoly Sushon=20 To: submissions@arcair.com=20 Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 1:34 PM Subject: new product review ARMORY (www.armory.in.ua/index.php?language=3Den) (PIC_1 goes here) 1:72 APA-5D USSR/Russian Airfield Mobile Starter Unit=20 Product Article by Anatoly Sushon (anatolysushon@gmail.com) Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg = here =20 Dear Colleagues I am sure many of you would agree that occasionally we want to switch = our attention from modelling aircraft to something different at the same = time not too much alien to our main topic. Those who nodded whilst = reading the line above and for the rest of the Red Stars followers, = please follow me! Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 03.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 03.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 04.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 04.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 05.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg Steve Bamford will = insert a click-able smaller version of photo 06.jpg here. Clicking on = that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg=20 This time I am holding a conversion kit to replicate APA-5D, the = Russian Airfield Mobile Starter Unit. As per the manufacturer the = conversion set is designed for ICM URAL-4320 model kit. You could = equally use the same model from OMEGA-K as they are the same. Also if = anyone has URAL-375 scale kit (also being produced by ICM/OMEGA-K) which = is the earlier petrol version of a diesel-engine URAL-4320, then you can = use the same conversion kit. In this case you=E2=80=99d get an APA-5 = unit that are still serving at many airfields in Russia and beyond.=20 Please be aware that as a donor any kit of URAL-4320/URAL-375 by = ICM/OMEGA-K would suit for this conversion and there are six different = kits are available, i.e. URAL-4320 Soviet Army Truck, URAL-34203 Command = Vehicle, URAL ATZ-5-4320 Fuel Truck, URAL-375D Soviet Army Truck, = URAL-375A Shelter or URAL-375D Fuel Truck. (PIC_2 goes here) The prototypes both APA-5 and APA-5D are fairly well = photo-documented by Iliya Ponomarev (from Primeportal = http://www.primeportal.net/hangar/iliya_ponomarev/apa-5/), Anton Tsupka = (from Airforce.RU = http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/avia/rus/ground/apa-5/index.htm) and also = by Dmitry Deraviankin, Vadim Kiondratenkov, Sergey Riabsev and few = others whose photos I used for this article with thanks! Now is time to look at our conversion kit. (PIC_1 goes here) THE BOX A carton box 142=D0=A582=D0=A532 mm with a picture of the prototype on = a top becomes now traditional for ARMORY conversion sets=20 =20 Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg = here =20 THE DETAILS=20 Inside the box you get 14 resin pats three of which are relatively = large. Resin cast is flawless. You also get a fret of delicate = photoetched parts that replicate elements of the cable holding farm, = cable supporters and holders and other small elements, 26 in total. = There is a four page assembly guide and a decal. =20 (PIC_3 goes here) I found one resin part that is not mentioned in the assembly guide. It = is a fuel tank of a lesser capacity which had to replace the original = fuel tank of URAL truck due to necessary changes on the truck frame to = accommodate starter units. (PIC_4 goes here) It means that you won=E2=80=99t have to use the original kit parts for = the fuel tank but substitute those with that unannounced resin part. I would say =E2=80=9Cwell done=E2=80=9D to ARMORY for noticing the = change and making their kit so authentic. However I prefer to learn = about such delicate details from the assembly guide.=20 A bit more about the parts: Electric Power Starter consists of two resin parts which I have = already carefully cut off the sprues. (PIC_5 & PIC_6 go here) They are to be assembled on a third relatively large piece of resin, = the frame with rear wings=20 The three part assembly is to substitute whatever details there are = behind the cabin of the donor kit. (PIC_7 & Pic_8 go here) Resin casting replicated intricate detail of power unit and generator = bonnets, control panels, switches and sockets, locks, etc. The = manufacturer suggests that we are to make from wire four rather large = handles as well as several anchor hoops. For those there are marks on = the castings and dimensions and shapes are provided for in the assembly = manual.=20 For those of you who get kicks from super detailing, there are still = some areas to work on. It is not a criticism of the conversion set at = all but a statement confirming that there are no limits for perfection. For me one of the key factors that make this assembly look like a fine = scale replica of the real thing is the way the electric cables are to be = reproduced. The kit does not provide for those therefore one would have = to improvise.=20 Next come smaller resin parts=20 (PIC_9 & PIC_10 go here) You get searchlight, two pairs of farm turning columns, pair of = supports, pair of mudguards with cat's eyes and a rear switch and = sockets block=20 (PIC_11 goes here) and a cabin control panel for the dashboard a photo of which I took = from the net. (PIC_12 goes here) (PIC_13 goes here) Photoetched fret provides for turning cable holder farm assemblies, = various brackets, hooks and cable holders. Turning cable holder farm = assembly consists of 19 (!) parts each and there two of them. Please = compare P/E part with the real thing (PIC_14 & 15 go here) Each turning column assembly consists of 3 P/E parts and two resin = parts with total assembled length of 10 mm! This is what I am talking = about here (PIC_16 goes here) Similarly, the operator outdoor work station is a nice multiple detail = assembly. In a word, you=E2=80=99d be very impressed with level of = detail on that kit. Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 07.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 07.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 08.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 08.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 09.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring up the full sized version of photo 09.jpg Steve Bamford will = insert a click-able smaller version of photo 10.jpg here. Clicking on = that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 10.jpg=20 Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 11.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 11.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 12.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 12.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 13.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring up the full sized version of photo 13.jpg Steve Bamford will = insert a click-able smaller version of photo 14.jpg here. Clicking on = that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 14.jpg=20 DECAL A small sheet 55=D0=A535 mm is made by Authentic Decals, another = up-and-coming Ukrainian manufacturer. The decal contains several options = for number plates as well as tactical and warning signs, all in all 22 = elements. It is printed sharp with thin lacquer layer whereby white = figures on black number plates are clearly readable in 1:72 scale. That = to me is quality. (PIC_17 goes here) ASSEMBLY GUIDE It is a four page guide with the fourth page printed in colour to show = five paint scheme options. Amongst them are one for the Ukrainian VVS, = one civil version from Vnukovo (Moscow) Airport, one for Polish VVS and = two for the Russian VVS. All copy is in English which is a nice touch by = the Ukrainians. (PIC_18. PIC_19, PIC_20 & PIC_21 go here) Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 15.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 15.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 16.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 16.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 17.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring up the full sized version of photo 17.jpg Steve Bamford will = insert a click-able smaller version of photo 18.jpg here. Clicking on = that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 18.jpg=20 GENERAL FEEL This set pleasantly surprised overall. There is enough detail on = quality resin cast to assembly the kit from out of box so to speak (I am = a sinner if I talk OOB for a conversion set) but still there is some = area for super detailing if one desires. Nicely added photoetched fret = brings out to life all intricate detail of cable farms. Comparing the = kit to photos of the real thing shows a very close resemblance to the = prototype. However the web was not kind enough to us and did not produce = any scale drawing for APA-5/5D. So pictures rule!! For me this kit is a perfect way to spice up a boring scene of my = scale aircraft collection, an add-on to the main theme.=20 (PIC_22 & PIC_23 go here) Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 19.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 19.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 20.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 20.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 21.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring up the full sized version of photo 21.jpg Steve Bamford will = insert a click-able smaller version of photo 22.jpg here. Clicking on = that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 22.jpg=20 WHICH OPTION WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE? As I have started taking parts off the sprues what scene do you guys = suggest I should go for? (PIC_24 goes here) or (PIC_25 goes here) or (PIC_26 goes here) Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo = 23.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized = version of photo 23.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of photo 24.jpg here. Clicking on that photo will bring up the = full sized version of photo 24.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a = click-able smaller version of photo 25.jpg here. Clicking on that photo = will bring up the full sized version of photo 25.jpg Steve Bamford will = insert a click-able smaller version of photo 26.jpg here. Clicking on = that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 26.jpg=20 I would like to thank Taras Karabin of ARMORY for this rear item.=20 Happy Modeling Anatoly Sushon Photos and text =C2=A9 by Anatoly Sushon ------=_NextPart_000_0182_01CAC1D4.12E697D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =EF=BB=BF
 
Hi,
I just wanted to let you know = your article=20 went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.
 
Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource = Center
http://www.aircraftresourc= ecenter.com
 
Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love = like you've=20 never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like = nobody's=20 watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on=20 Earth.
----- Original Message -----
From:=20 Anatoly=20 Sushon
Sent: Thursday, February 25, = 2010 1:34=20 PM
Subject: new product = review

ARMORY  =20 (www.armory.in.ua= /index.php?language=3Den)

(PIC_1 goes here)

1:72 APA-5D=20 USSR/Russian Airfield Mobile Starter Unit

 

Product Article=20 by Anatoly Sushon (anatolysushon@gmail.com)


Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo = 01.jpg here =

Dear = Colleagues

 

I = am sure many = of you would agree that occasionally we want to = switch our=20 attention from modelling aircraft to something different at the same = time not=20 too much alien to our main topic. Those who nodded whilst reading the = line=20 above and for the rest of the Red Stars followers, please follow=20 me!

 

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 03.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 04.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 04.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 05.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 05.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 06.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 06.jpg


This time I am holding a conversion kit to = replicate=20 APA-5D, the Russian Airfield Mobile Starter Unit. As per the = manufacturer the=20 conversion set is designed for ICM URAL-4320 model kit. You could = equally use=20 the same model from OMEGA-K as they are the same. Also=20 if anyone has URAL-375 scale=20 kit (also being produced by ICM/OMEGA-K) which is the earlier petrol = version=20 of a diesel-engine URAL-4320, then you can use the same conversion = kit. In=20 this case you=E2=80=99d get an APA-5 unit that are still serving at = many airfields in=20 Russia and beyond.

 

Please be aware that as a donor any kit of = URAL-4320/URAL-375 by ICM/OMEGA-K would suit for this conversion and = there are=20 six different kits are available, i.e. URAL-4320 Soviet Army Truck, = URAL-34203=20 Command Vehicle, URAL ATZ-5-4320 Fuel Truck, URAL-375D Soviet Army = Truck,=20 URAL-375A Shelter or URAL-375D Fuel Truck.

 

(PIC_2 goes here) The=20 prototypes both APA-5 and APA-5D are fairly well photo-documented by = Iliya=20 Ponomarev (from Primeportal http://= www.primeportal.net/hangar/iliya_ponomarev/apa-5/),=20 Anton Tsupka (from Airforce.RU h= ttp://walkarounds.airforce.ru/avia/rus/ground/apa-5/index.htm)=20 and also by Dmitry Deraviankin, Vadim Kiondratenkov, Sergey Riabsev = and few=20 others whose photos I used for this article with = thanks!

 

Now=20 is time to look at our conversion kit.

 

(PIC_1 goes here)

THE BOX

A carton box = 142=D0=A582=D0=A532 mm=20 with a picture of the prototype on a  top becomes = now=20 traditional for ARMORY conversion sets=20

 =20
Steve Bamford=20 will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here=20


THE DETAILS

Inside = the box you = get 14 resin pats three of which are relatively large. Resin=20 cast is flawless. You also get a fret = of delicate photoetched parts that replicate elements of = the cable=20 holding farm, cable supporters and holders and other small elements, = 26 in=20 total. There is a four page assembly guide and a decal.=20  

(PIC_3 goes here)

 

I found one resin part that is not = mentioned in the=20 assembly guide. It is a fuel tank of a lesser capacity which had to = replace=20 the original fuel tank of URAL truck due to necessary changes on the = truck=20 frame to accommodate starter units.  = (PIC_4 goes=20 here)

 

It means that you won=E2=80=99t have to = use the original kit=20 parts for the fuel tank but substitute those with that unannounced = resin=20 part.

I would say =E2=80=9Cwell done=E2=80=9D to = ARMORY for noticing the=20 change and making their kit so authentic. However I prefer to learn = about such=20 delicate details from the assembly guide. =

 

A bit more about the = parts:

Electric Power Starter consists of two = resin parts=20 which I have already carefully cut off the sprues. (PIC_5 = & PIC_6=20 go here)

They = are to be = assembled on a third relatively large piece of resin,=20 the frame with rear=20 wings

The three part assembly is to substitute = whatever=20 details there are behind the cabin of the donor kit.=20 (PIC_7 & Pic_8 go here)

 

Resin casting replicated intricate detail = of power=20 unit and generator bonnets, control panels, switches and sockets, = locks, etc.=20 The manufacturer suggests that we are to make from wire four rather = large=20 handles as well as several anchor hoops. For those there are marks on = the=20 castings and dimensions and shapes are provided for in the assembly = manual.=20

For those of you who get kicks from super = detailing,=20 there are still some areas to work on. It is not a criticism of the = conversion=20 set at all but a statement confirming that there are no limits for=20 perfection.

 

For me one of the key factors that make = this assembly=20 look like a fine scale replica of the real thing is the way the = electric=20 cables are to be reproduced. The kit does not provide for those = therefore one=20 would have to improvise.

 

Next come smaller resin parts

(PIC_9 & PIC_10 go here)

You get searchlight, two=20 pairs of farm turning=20 columns, pair of = supports, pair=20 of mudguards with cat's=20 eyes and a rear = switch and sockets block=20

(PIC_11 goes here)

and a cabin control panel for the = dashboard a photo of=20 which I took from the net.

(PIC_12 goes here)

 

(PIC_13 goes here)

Photoetched fret provides for turning = cable holder=20 farm assemblies, various brackets, hooks and cable holders. = Turning=20 cable holder farm assembly consists of 19 (!) parts each and there two = of=20 them. Please compare P/E part with the real thing (PIC_14 & 15 = go=20 here)

 

Each = turning column assembly=20 consists of 3 P/E parts and two resin parts with total assembled = length of 10=20 mm! This is what I am talking about here (PIC_16 goes=20 here)

 

Similarly, the operator outdoor work = station is a nice=20 multiple detail assembly. In a word, you=E2=80=99d be very = impressed with level=20 of detail on that=20 kit.

 

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 07.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 07.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 08.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 08.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 09.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 09.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 10.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 10.jpg


Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 11.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 11.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 12.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 12.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 13.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 13.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 14.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 14.jpg

DECAL

A small sheet 55=D0=A535=20 mm is made by Authentic = Decals, another up-and-coming = Ukrainian manufacturer. = The decal=20 contains several=20 options = for number plates=20 as well as tactical and warning signs, all in all 22 elements. It is = printed=20 sharp with thin lacquer layer whereby white figures on black number = plates are=20 clearly readable in 1:72 scale. = That to = me is quality.

(PIC_17 goes here)

 

ASSEMBLY = GUIDE

It is a four page guide = with the=20 fourth page printed in colour to show five paint scheme options. = Amongst them=20 are one for the Ukrainian VVS, one civil version from Vnukovo (Moscow) = Airport, one for Polish VVS and two for the Russian VVS. All copy is = in=20 English which is a nice touch by the Ukrainians.  (PIC_18. PIC_19, PIC_20 = &=20 PIC_21 go here)
Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 15.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 15.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 16.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 16.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 17.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 17.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 18.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 18.jpg


GENERAL FEEL

This=20 set pleasantly surprised overall. There is enough detail = on quality=20 resin cast to assembly the kit from out of box so to speak (I am a = sinner if I=20 talk OOB for a conversion set) but still there is some area for super=20 detailing if one desires. Nicely added photoetched fret brings out to = life all=20 intricate detail of cable farms. Comparing the kit to photos of the = real thing=20 shows a very close resemblance to the prototype. However the web was = not kind=20 enough to us and did not produce any scale drawing for APA-5/5D. So = pictures=20 rule!!

For=20 me this kit is a = perfect way to spice up a boring scene of my = scale=20 aircraft collection, an add-on to the main theme.

(PIC_22 & PIC_23 go=20 here)

 

Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 19.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 19.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 20.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 20.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 21.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 21.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 22.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 22.jpg


WHICH OPTION WOULD BE YOUR = CHOICE?

As I have started taking parts off the = sprues what=20 scene do you guys suggest I should go for?

(PIC_24 goes = here)=20 or (PIC_25 goes here) or (PIC_26 goes=20 here)
Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 23.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 23.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 24.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 24.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 25.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 25.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller = version of=20 photo 26.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo = will bring=20 up the full sized version of photo 26.jpg


I would like to thank Taras Karabin of = ARMORY for this=20 rear item.

Happy = Modeling

Anatoly Sushon

 

Photos and text = =C2=A9 by Anatoly=20 Sushon
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