Kazan EK 003: 1/48 scale Su-9 conversion kit for the
OEZ/ESCI Su-7.
Early Production Su-9 at the Monino Museum
near Moscow, August 2001. Later aircraft did not feature the gun blast plates as
the Su-9 was not armed with cannon!
Images of the finished
Su-9 kit (courtesy of Kazan)
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The Su-9 was one of the fastest
interceptors of its time upon entry into PVO service in the early 1960s. One of the first
production Su-9s almost intercepted Gary Powers' CIA U-2 over Sverdlovsk on May
1, 1960 before the spy plane was shot down by a SAM.
A very simple conversion. Simply remove the nose
of the OEZ/Esci Su-7 at the the panel line indicated (with a JLC
saw, this takes less than 5 minutes) and sand down the wing and horizontal
tail roots on the fuselage.
The Kazan features exquisitely engraved panel
lines and a fully detailed cockpit (including a 3-piece KS-3 ejection seat). A
unique combination of photo-etched templates and plastic rod (not supplied but
you can easily fashion them yourself from the OEZ kit's sprues) enable you to
attach the new wings securely with the correct anhedral.
The Su-9 kit also features four Alkali
missiles.
The kit's dimensions match those given by Josef
Martinek in the Czech Zlinek magazine (1993 issue) and the later Aviatsiya y
Vremya plans from 1998 (broadly based on the Zlinek drawings). Retail price of
the set is US$39.99.
