Monday, May 02, 2011

1/144 Alexeyev KM Ekranoplan - Anigrand


Alexeyev KM Ekranoplan "Caspian sea monster"
http://www.anigrand.com/future_releases.htm

The Ekranpolans were albiet very large (550 Tons) deomonstrators of the "Wing In Ground Effect" principle, neither a boat, nor a plane, They were designed to skim across lakes and potentially larger bodies of water(?) at very high speeds.

This should be some size!
It is meant to be between 90-100m long and upto 30m at its widest, in 1/144 that is in the region on 700 x 200mm!

I would expect bonus items, certianly there are numerous WIG aircraft that could be incoprorated....

http://www.se-technology.com/wig/html/main.php?open=hist&code=0
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/22/caspian_sea_monster/


Available: July 2011
Price: tbc


It has been speculated for many years that if anyone was to build this, it would be Anigrand. It would appear they have now done so!

2 comments:

rkmasu said...

This one is most impressived...I ever saw in a discovery documentary... revell release a A-90 and is big...KM is larger and have a sinister sillouete..

bluedonkey99 said...

indeed, even in 1/700 it has to be 5 or 6 inches long!?