Dave C. Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 (edited) I have the A-model Kh-20 (X-20M,AS-3) Kangaroo kit. The painting colors for the exterior are very confusing. Were the missiles painted overall green like the wheel hubs on Soviet A/C or natural aluminum? It also instructs you to paint the intake cone in green. If the missile is overall natural metal, should this intake cone be painted green? Edited June 11, 2012 by Dave C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankerman Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I photographed this Kh-20 at Ryazan in 2005....... ..... and this one at Engels in 2007..... Both are non-operational in museums, but it looks like they have not been touched since being 'retired'. Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Hi Dave, I built one of these a while back...great kit and quite a size ! As Ken photos point out they were left natural metal overall with a 'Russian green' nose cone. I went with the red covers as I liked the contrast. Hope this helps, Melchie... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madam I'm Adam Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Super coolio....can you tell us something about them? Cheers Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankerman Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Super coolio....can you tell us something about them?Cheers Adam According to Yefim Gordon's "Soviet/Russian Aircraft Weapons since WWII"..... The Kh-20 is derived from the airframe of the unsuccessful Mikoyan I-7 interceptor. It was powered by the Lyul'ka AL-7F-13 short-life axial-flow turbojet featuring a fixed-area supersonic Lavat nozzle - the later Kh-20M has an AL-7FK engine with a subsonic fixed-area converging nozzle. The missile is carried (by the Tu-95K) on a BD-206 hydraulically actuated centreline pylon and is semi-recessed in the fuselage. More details on Wiki The B&W photos in the above book show the missile in what appears to be a pale grey colour overall with a darker radome - the colour photos at the back show the same missile I photographed at Ryazan - but it appears to have had a lick of paint applied - in pale grey - it isn't as faded as my pics. Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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