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13 minutes ago, TheyJammedKenny! said:
Out of curiosity, were you a commissioned officer or an enlisted man?
In the USAF, a Crew Chief is a Senior Airman or Staff Sergeant.
When Sergei Akhromeyev visited the U.S., he said something to the effect of: "I know your secret weapon. It is the non-commissioned officer corps!"
Alex
I started as a 18y old soldier, later a master sergeant. After graduating on university, they made me an officer.
In the Cold War time, Crew Chief was a officer,that changed in the early 90's.
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On 10/26/2020 at 10:23 PM, nasosrr said:
Hello Harvy!
Thank you for your feedback. I am afraid I read your answer a bit too late. The model is painted with decals applied which makes corrections slightly unlikely to happen.
That's ok though, since I build two kinds of models: The ones I am satisfied with and really like, that end up in the display case, and those I build just for fun, which I either give away, take with me to work where I turn them into paper weight or I simply keep them home and decorate all sorts of shelves and other places, where they gather dust. This Su-25 will be of the latter type. I am glad I am finishing it, like I said (and I will probably repeat again in the future), it was the worst kit I've ever built in my life I think. Apart from all the construction issues, which I kind of understand and to an extent accept from a short-run kit, what makes this model totally frustrating is its instructions, which pretty much require you to be a clairvoyant in order to guess where to put each part, and especially where to place the (horrible) decals! I guess these aren't issues for you, since you know the aircraft like the inside of your palm, but for me, it was a heck of a journey! Haha.
But I will keep an eye on a GWH or a Kitty Hawk Su-25, and if the price is reasonable, I will definitely buy one.
Thank you very much for the photos as well. I am keeping these for future reference.
And with all that said, here's what the model looks like now:
I am including the second photo, to show something amazing... Haha.
You see the hand-written number 43 on one of the doors and traces of another number on the other?
This is a very common practice of mine, to write part numbers on the parts, after I've removed them from the sprues. I always use the same marker and have never had problems before.
This time I wrote the numbers, primed with alclad black primer, painted with Tamiya, applied gloss varnish from a spray can and then the decals. Two weeks have passed between the alclad primer that covered the marker and the decals. And the marker only showed up AFTER I used the decal softener!!! How amazing is that? Hahaha!
But like I said, I don't care. It's just funny to see all the crazy things that suddenly can happen to a model.
Good night to all.
This weekend I returned to Slovakia after 8 years, and I was looking at this model in Shop. The instructions are terrible. Mix of all versions. Added what should not be there, removed what was OK.It's definitely not a version of the Su-25K .
Therefore, congratulations on a nice model.
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6 minutes ago, exdraken said:
Thanks for those nice color photos!
But they look suspicially like Soviet Union, not Export!
I do not discard that foreign pilots were trained on them though!
Werner your question was on the Su-22M-3 not the M-3K. Late 80th Soviets renamed Su-17M-3 and M-4 in Europe on Su-22M-3 a M-4. 😀
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1 hour ago, Giorgio N said:
No I'm not.
The Su-22, Su-22M and Su-22M3 all had R29 engines, regardless of the user. Hungary was the only WarPac user of any of these variants (the 22M3), all other users were outside the Pact.
The Su-22M4 used the same AL-21 of the Su-17 and this is true for all users. Just look at pictures of Vietnamese or Iraqi 22M4, they have the same rear fuselage of the Polish or Czech aircraft.
The rear fuselage of R29 powered variants is different because of the different engine, with a distinctive bulge toward the end. The position of the engine cooling intakes also differs, compare for example a Lybian aircraft (R29 powered Su-22M) with a Soviet Su-17M3 (with AL-21). No Su-22M4 shows the rear fuselage and intakes of the previous Su-22 single seater variants
I'll add a few pictures later to better show what I mean for those not familiar with these features
I don't want to take your illusion, but you're very wrong!
The first is the designation Su-22, it is only for export aircrafts. Better is S-32 or S-52.Trust me! I was raised in communist Czechoslovakia and my teachers on High Aviation school was from Soviet union. My specialization is in civil aviation B1 / Part66 and military airframe and engine, Crew chief.
S-32 or Su-17 had engine AI-7 the same had Su-7.
S-32M or Su-17M had engine AI-21
S-32MK or Su-20 is export version M but with older engine AI-7.Poland and Egypt
S-32M-2 or Su-17M2 the same Su-17M with new weapon systems and a bigger back
Su-22M is export version with R-29 engine Only two squadrons were armed in the Soviet Air Force
S-52 or Su-17M-3 had engine AI-21 new weapons systems,landing lights was moved on nose and P-62 racks under fix wing for R-60 missiles.In Afghanistan, they added another pair to the rear dispensers
S-52K or Su-22M-3K the same as Su-17M-3 with R-29 engine,without P-62 racks for R-60 missiles under fix wing,only two rear ASO-2V dispensers
S-54 or Su-17M-4 or Su-22M-4K are the same. This aircrafts had fixed shock cone and max.speed M-1,7M. Early Sukhoi had moved shock cone and max speed 2,1-2,3M.
Su-22M-3K for Hungary is the same as Su-22M-4K but with R-29 engine. Before that, Hungary did not have Sukhoi but only MiGs ,and therefore for better logistics used the R-29 engine from the MiG-23.
It is only briefly written. That development was more complicated.For not good allies,were aircrafts with downgraded armament and engines.It was in 70th Egypt,Syria,Iraq,Vietnam,Peru and from WARPAC Poland.
Su-17M-3 build for Iraq 1979 with R-29
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2 hours ago, exdraken said:
Is there any Su-22M3 with the Al-21 engine anywhere?
Photos please!
Ye mate!!!
Soviet Su-17M-3 with AI-21 engine.....
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On 10/28/2020 at 4:51 PM, TheyJammedKenny! said:
Very funny! That could indeed be a problem, but I understand that Russian aircraft have a different design philosophy that draws heavily on the military culture, which is almost entirely different from our own. Including during much of the Soviet period, the Russians have not generally left this sort of thing to 1-year-service conscripts, but commissioned officers, and the selection process is more robust. Whereas we would have a supervisory lieutenant with minimal technical knowledge in charge of a group of 50 or so enlisted maintainers, including long-serving junior and senior NCOs (who actually do all the line work), the Russians would have a bunch of lieutenants and captains actually doing the line work, like inspecting things underneath the panels and replacing parts. I stand to be corrected, but the Russians (and those whom they sell their equipment) have never trusted conscripts or volunteer enlisted personnel with doing inspections or conducting other than the most basic maintenance.
You have only partial truth! Yes they did not believe recruits but ...
The Air Force was one of the few components of the Soviet army where it served mainly professionals. But to restock were also recruits.Therefore, those colored dots and on each covers stenciles with job descriptions.
As Crew Chief, I was assigned 3 specialists. For electrical, radio and armament systems. All other auxiliary work was done recruits.
Therefore, Soviet weapons and aircraft are also easy to operate....
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On 10/25/2020 at 2:13 PM, Giorgio N said:
The Su-22 had its own evolution: the Su-22M3 and older have the Tumanski R.29, the Su-22M4 has the AL-21. Your Polish M4 will have the AL-21.
The different engines result in a different shape of the rear fuselage and a different configuration of the various intakes in this area. If you compare the M4 with an M3 you'll easily see what I mean
You're wrong. Engines Tumasky R-29 received only aircraft that were exported outside WARPAC. Only exception was Hungary. Was the lack of engines AI-21,
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4 minutes ago, Snitok1983 said:
Hi, thanks. I am didn't diping to much in a tecnical part. Some scratch builds were mada jus for bring life to the poor kit. The paint scheme according instruction.https://military.wikireading.ru/13585 here is paint scheme as i did.
See folder Afganistan https://ulozto.sk/folder/fpfD7sUp5Xjt/name/Su-25?view=gallery 😀 For all "AFGAN"camo(sand-brown) missing you ASO-2V dispenser on engines,and more small detail.
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Nice paintwork and weathering. But I'm surprised. You're from Russia, and you have so many mistakes there?😀
Where is any link to this camo? According to my information, the green color gave after returning from Afgan.
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Nice work,and in North Korea camo😀!!!
Remove air intakes from eng.nozzles. They weren't there. And the one from the right nozzle, you can use to intake the air conditioning on the R engine.
This is may be to help in finishing. https://ulozto.sk/folder/fpfD7sUp5Xjt
North Korean Frogfoots are from 10th series in Export version. You can do the final details according to Walkaround 1007 and 1027
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3 hours ago, Robertone139 said:
It seems that poth recip and turbine coversions are present in the sprues already.
Panel lines are a bit softer but detail is nice, even in the cockpit. We are going to have to consider the price point difference...
You're not serious!😃
If it was in two colors of plastic,I write it's very bad 40-45y old Matchbox!
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Sergei with vodka,you are right. I had teachers from Soyuz and I worked with friends from Minsk and Zaporozhye AZ. Vodka is just the right religion in the Army and especially in aviation.😁
The last time I was in Yerevan was 10 years ago, and thanks to my contact at MoD,I was see ex-Slovak Su-25.Even then several officers Armenia AF told me.
"We are waiting for the attack F..g Muslims ,Azerbaijanis"-
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4 hours ago, keithjs said:
Just about to get one of these and would like to do the one with the tiger down the fuselage. However I can't seem to find a photo of it anywhere? Did it actually exist or is just a bit of artistic licence? Thanks.
Tyger existed and in two forms ...
https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=135238&p=2355277#p2355277.
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7 hours ago, Aardvark said:
Where can read more about this?
I don't know if it was written about somewhere.
I have confirmed this from several MiG-23 pilots. In the early 80's, the SR-71 flew too close to the border,but after a few "framing" (ZACHVAT) they moved away from the border. 😁Classic flights were then SR-71 in the height of 25km and the MiG-23 escort on the other side of the border in the height of 18-22kim.
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3 hours ago, exdraken said:
You know already?! Or are those the only ones flying?
Photos do not lie! I worked daily with the Su-25 in these colors and with these stencils.
Left wing ...
APU-60-I with R-60...
This wasn't a crash.......😁
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Another Christian-Muslim war, which was started in 1988 by the Azerbaijani.
Shot down was one of the ex-Slovak Su-25K.
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Sergey,over CSSR. 😁 Flight at a small height, very fast approach and at 20km "framing" R-23.I got it from Gen.Stefan Gombik.
Former commander of the 3rd Air Defense Division CSSR and from 01/01/1993 commander of the Slovak AF.CSSR had in PVO MiG-15bis and after their retirement in December 1983 were replaced L-39ZA with 2xUB-16 rocket pod and 2xR-3S,later R-60.
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17 hours ago, Aardvark said:
Last version MiG-23MLD was more an air superiority fighter, the interceptor was the version MiG-23P special version MiG-23MLD for PVO of course for Soviet air force concept.
Only unbuild modification Su-17M5 with fixed wing was equivalent MiG-27K. Su-17M4 was similar equivalent MiG-27M and MiG-27D which in turn were an attempt to create a cheaper version of the MiG-27K, by simplifying the equipment.
Compare MiG-23BN/27/27D/27M/27K with Su-25 not correct, as not correct compare Jaguar with A-10.
But what You want? When the MiG-23 reached perfection, the MiG-29 and Su-27 appeared, which chopped off further areas of modernization of the MiG-23 in the direction of equipping it with a new digital radar, new IRST, new missiles and an AL-31 engine and even two RD-33 engines in a deck naval version of the MiG-23 ...
Even the version with built-in electronic warfare systems Gardenia - MiG-23MLDE remained in a single example.
B.R.
Serge
Sergey I wrote about CSLA. Fighter versions were used mainly as Interceptors,had several successful intercepts SR-71. 😉 The necessary ground equipment was also delivered.
PVO was secured MiG-21MF,L-39ZA ang Mi-24.
MiG-23BN were purchased only as a replacement for the Su-7BM,until the Su-22M-4 free for export. The same as Su-25. BN version was purchased only from a lack of adequate aircraft.
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Another sh.t from KittyHawk production. At first look nice details, but in reality bad.Mix all versions and will need too many aftermarkets. 😢
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6 hours ago, exdraken said:
Serge, you are of course fully correct, this article is talking about the very first MiG-23s only
still the problem of rel. dangerous handling characteristics seemed to have persisted with later models at least to some degree as well. At least that is always stated as one of the reason of its early retirement, in comparison with MiG-21 models. (e.g. in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, Egypt, India,... )
it is definitely not knows for its dog-fighting capabilities, (not even the MLDs). but seems to be a stable and capable bomb truck, especially the BN and -27 models.
Hi Werner.
The MiG-23 was an interceptor and was no longer needed after the end of Cold War.
Ground atack versions had better replacement in the Su-22 and 25 aircraft.
Apart from the money, the reason was at least in Czechoslovakia MiG-23 considered a temporary type.-
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SRY Serge, I didn't notice it was about the MiG-23 first versions.
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Serge could you give me the original Russian text? The pilots I know and flew with the MiG-23 did not mention these problems. Some words and especially pilot slang are very difficult to translate and they haven't alternative in automatic translation.
After repairs went on a test flight. SlovakAF commander was my friend,and several times I was GIBS.But the flight was always absolutely OK.
THX Harvy.
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Original for model KH
And some details on the Su-25 and all versions. I started working with them in 1989,small professional deformation ...-
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32 minutes ago, Troy Smith said:
the Spitfire I/Ia is confusing.
Up until the Mk.Ib came into service, there was only a# a Mk.I
the 'a' was added because of the new wing type.
the same thing occurs with the Spitfire Mk.IX, initially there was only a Spitfire Mk.IX, but when the E wing was introduced, the different wing types become in need of differentiation.
ah hahahahahaha.... really? Sounds like you have never been here...
In typical British fashion, it's all a bit vague and confusing, unlike the Americans and their block numbers, the British only really use Mark number for specific large airframe or engine changes, and letters for other details, like armament.
Except for the Navy, who do things differently to the RAF.
And, really the only people who care about these things are modellers (and very through airframe restorers) plus much of this information would have been classified, and by the time anyone really started to care, it has been scattered, lost, mis-filed or destroyed.
It's only now, with the ability to post, collate and correct information so easily that these detail are getting pinned down, and even then there are gaps.
I have learned an awful lot in the last 10 years from discussions on here, but new details keep turning up, allowing further detail revisions.
Does give us something to discuss though....
OK with that Mk.I and Ia I wrote it wrong. I had EARLY and LATE.
And not only the British have a problem with accurate labeling.I have been working in aviation for 30 years, so I know something about that. Last 3 years for BAE Systems.
For example, in the Soviet Union there was only a Mi-8 with different letters. Although it had engines and transmission from the Mi-24 and the export designation Mi-17. Everything has to be compared according to bulletins and s / n 😀-
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MasterCraft Su-25K (1/48) (Frogfoot)
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Nice work, but you have a bad K-36DM seat. The K-36L has simple seatbelts.
Look here https://ulozto.sk/folder/fpfD7sUp5Xjt