German Air Force Su-22 Last Flight Tiger

[Lightningboy2000]

My eleventh build of the year comes in the shape of  this German Air Force WTD.61 Sukhoi Su-22 M4 30918 98+14.

This was known as the official "Last Flight Su-22" which had its service life extended in order for its last flight to RAF Scampton where it currently resides.

1/72 Bilek/Italeri kit. Pavla cockpit & Canopy. Airwaves etch. Scale Aircraft Conversions landing gear. Armory resin wheels.

Master brass pitot probes & gun barrels

Hi Decal & Propagteam decals.

Ammo Mig, Hataka & Vallejo acrylics.

Also many thanks to Andre "Hook" for the Aphid missiles & rails.

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Martin

 

 

[SAT69]

Great looking model! I've always thought the SU-22 was a good looking airplane. You've done justice to the original.

[Stephen]

Absolutely superb, a great finish.

[Wulfman]

Great build, great finish, great modelling !

 

Wulfman

[billn53]

That looks great! And in gentlemen's scale, too! I thought at first it must be 1/48.

[F-32]

Superb, looks amazing

[luftmodels]

That is some sexy camo! 😮 Wow! Never knew about existence of such pattern. I think you nailed it! 👏🏻

[Vultures1]

That's a great result from the Bilek/Italeri Su-22 and the finish is superb - well done!

[John_W]

Very nice. I do like Soviet types in Luftwaffe markings.

[RMCS]

Superb 

[Graeme H]

Damn that's nice

[Hook]

Great work! 

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

[Lightningboy2000]

21 minutes ago, Hook said:

Great work! 

 

Cheers,

 

Andre

Cheers Andre & thanks again for your assistance! 👍

 

Martin

[Lightningboy2000]

On 8/7/2020 at 12:37 PM, SAT69 said:

Great looking model! I've always thought the SU-22 was a good looking airplane. You've done justice to the original.

Cheers!

On 8/7/2020 at 12:59 PM, Stephen said:

Absolutely superb, a great finish.

Thanks mate!

[Lightningboy2000]

Thanks everyone for your comments! 👍

 

Martin

[PlaStix]

Not usually my kind of thing at all but that is a thing of beauty!! Absolutely stunning modelling and finish!!

Kind regards,

Stix

[Lightningboy2000]

51 minutes ago, PlaStix said:

Not usually my kind of thing at all but that is a thing of beauty!! Absolutely stunning modelling and finish!!

Kind regards,

Stix

Cheers Stix, much appreciated thanks! 👍😊

 

Martin

[russ c]

Great job and love the scheme too

[stevehnz]

Lovely job & a great scheme. The East German camo is very attractive to my mind, you have caught it well.

Steve.

[exdraken]

Very nice result!

This jet wad extensively tested by the Luftwaffe as far as I understand!

Does it still exist in this scheme?

[Lightningboy2000]

4 hours ago, stevehnz said:

Lovely job & a great scheme. The East German camo is very attractive to my mind, you have caught it well.

Steve.

Thanks Steve, I was lucky I had the right colour matches to hand. I found a couple of them were exact NATO matches. I ordered a paint set for the Su-22 assuming they were correct, but obviously found they were only for anything East of the old Iron Curtain.

 

Martin

[Lightningboy2000]

1 hour ago, exdraken said:

Very nice result!

This jet wad extensively tested by the Luftwaffe as far as I understand!

Does it still exist in this scheme?

Thanks exdraken. I've got the Airdoc reference for the these German Su's & yes there's a few images of it testing different missiles. 

It is still at Scampton Lincolnshire with Hawker Hunter Aviation in these markings.

 

 

I've been told that it & their Buccaneer is in very good condition.

 

Martin