1/72 Russian B-25J

[Convair]

Hello, this is an Airfix B-25J with Russian insignia. The assembly is in the "work in progress" section. Thanks for watching!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And a image of the real aircraft:

 

 

Cheers!

[John Masters]

Nicely done and in an unusual livery.  

[pizzapaolo]

Lovely job, you have put some major effort into this old kit, great result

[ArmouredSprue]

Very nice indeed

[Darby]

Always good to see something different. Nice one.

[Simon382]

Very nice. Certainly a very different scheme and not one I've ever seen before so thanks for posting

[Roman Schilhart]

Great work on such an old rivet monster ... !

Very unusual markings/decals, where do these come from?

I only remember a Hasegawa B-25 kit that had Russian decals.

 

[stevej60]

That's a lovely build of the old airfix kit,great to see a different scheme too!

[glatisant]

Superb. Not an easy build. The Soviet B25's look really good.

[Bristow95]

This looks great and it's nice to see a b25 in a different livery. The photos are great and the finish is very smooth. I must admit I never new Russia used these. They certainly look smart with the Russian stars on them. Top marks 

[tonyot]

Nice job on the very old Airfix kit and I love this scheme on the type,.....you`ve made a brilliant job,

Cheers

          Tony

[jean]

Hi,

 

for some weird reason, I thought this was the Italeri kit, and I was impressed.

When I read that it was the ante-diluvian Airfix Old Faithful, I became full of admiration for what you have achieved.

I am not a lover of Russian aircraft, but this one looks really superb!

 

JR

[TonyTiger66]

I'm very fond of the Airfix B-25. 

I can't believe I missed your WIP; I'm going to look at it now.

 

This looks great; the Soviet scheme is really different. Very nice rescribing and canopy framing.

 

 

TonyT

[MikeR]

Nice!

 

Mike.

[celt]

Nice to see old kits getting built,well tidy mun.

[Learstang]

Brilliant job on the B-25! I want to do the very same aeroplane using the Hasegawa kit. Great to see it looks so good in the Soviet markings. For those who don't know, the B-25 was heavily used by the Soviets by their long-range aviation arm, the ADD (alongside the Il-4), and nearly 900 were used. It was well-liked by the Soviets for its good navigational equipment, good range, excellent firepower, and toughness. This paint scheme was actually applied in the States per Soviet specifications.

 

Regards,

 

Jason

Edited August 27, 2017 by Learstang
An ever-so slight change, really just a trifle.

[Convair]

Very kind words, gents. Thank you very much!

[Convair]

On 26/08/2017 at 21:54, Learstang said:

For those who don't know, the B-25 was heavily used by the Soviets by their long-range aviation arm, the ADD (alongside the Il-4), and nearly 900 were used. It was well-liked by the Soviets for its good navigational equipment, good range, excellent firepower, and toughness. This paint scheme was actually applied in the States per Soviet specifications.

 

Regards,

Jason

Thanks Jason! The Soviets also used the B-25 as a night bomber (hence the black painting), and they deemed the side machine gun packs unnecessary in night missions. Sometimes the side machine guns were removed as soon as a new aircraft arrived, for weight reduction.

Edited August 30, 2017 by Convair

[Learstang]

You're welcome, and you are correct, Sir! Both the Il-4 and the B-25s of the ADD were used for nocturnal bombing missions (and the Li-2NB, the bomber version of the Soviet licence-built DC-3). I'm going to have my B-25 as it would have looked just having landed in the Soviet Union from the Alsib route (Alaska-Siberia), with the gun packs still in place. And apparently a few B-25s used for night intruder duties still retained the gun packs to shoot up Nazi airfields and aircraft taking off and landing.

 

Regards,

 

Jason

[YURY]

Очень хорошо, но много лака

[Convair]

Без лака это блестящая натуральная краска (я использовал автомобильные краски) на модели. Я мог бы использовать матовый лак, но я решил оставить его таким.

Edited October 26, 2017 by Convair

[YURY]

14 minutes ago, Convair said:

Без лака это блестящая натуральная краска (я использовал автомобильные краски) на модели. Я мог бы использовать матовый лак, но я решил оставить его таким.

Военный самолет того времени не мог быть таким блестящим, лакированным. С уважением Юрий.