1/72 Hasegawa B-25J "Soviet Air Force"

[Roman Schilhart]

Dear fellow Britmodellers,

here's my 1/72 Hasegawa B-25J in colors of the Soviet Air Force (VVS) in 1945.

Built with addition of PART photo-etch and CMK resin parts.

Painted with Gunze/Mr.Hobby acrylics.

Photographs by Wolfgang Rabel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for your interest in this topic.

Best greetings from Vienna,

Roman

 

 

[Natter]

I always like your models, and Wolfgang's excellent photography really shows them off properly.

[Hawkers Finest]

A very unusual colour scheme,I like it.

Regards

Hawkers Finest

[Sky Keg]

It`s perfect ( as usual ) Roman!!!!!!  I like the unique color scheme complimented with the Soviet markings.  Wolfgang`s superb photography makes this outstanding subject even better.  

 

Congratulations Roman and Wolfgang!!!!!!! 

 

Mike

[tonyot]

Lovely job mate,........ I do like this camouflage scheme.

[SAT69]

An excellent build and I too like the camouflage colors.

[Pete in a shed]

I didn't realize the VVS used the Mitchell, very interesting. Smashing job Roman, beautiful build and finish.

Cheers

Pete 

[28ZComeback]

Perfect finish and weathering!! How did you weather the underside? It’s very impressive and makes me want to start my all black B-26. 

Edited September 18, 2020 by 28ZComeback

[Roman Schilhart]

55 minutes ago, 28ZComeback said:

Perfect finish and weathering!! How did you weather the underside? It’s very impressive and makes me want to start my all black B-26. 

Thank you for feedback, Sir!

I sprayed the undersides Gunze H77 Tire Black which I find more suitable for small-scale models than pure Black.

The paint was applied over a pre-shaded basecoat.

I washed the panel lines with White artist oils to accentuate details.

 

[F-32]

Beautiful work, great choice of scheme

[TheyJammedKenny!]

Wow!  This is so beautiful!  The color scheme is perfect, and it's the first time I've ever seen it.  I know the Soviets continued to use Lend-Lease B-25's as navigator trainers well into the 1950s.  I met a former Blinder/Badger/Bull navigator who was extremely proud to have done his initial schooling on the "Meetchell."  Excellent work on this--really does the aircraft justice.

[RMCS]

Outstanding 

[thorfinn]

That is truly beautiful.

[Luis Alfonso]

Hi My Friend Roman!!!

Congratulations for your wonderful Mitchell bird.

I have never watched before one in this wonderful colors, and like a huge lot the way you have finished it. The color mix looks impressive and the weathering great.

Watching the undersides, I was making memories about a color I had been using a long time ago from the now Old, defunct and Forgotten Pactra Brand named Hot Rod Primer that was at that time recommended for tires... But think you younger guys don't know about this paint.

 

Anyway, your build liked a huge lot and is so nice that I was thinking in get one kit ti replicate, but it would be a little difficult as only have in my stash the B/C version, so will have to wait for a pair of  H/J appeared, as was thinking in make a solid nose cannon armed version, a gunship, and one of this variety as yours.

 

Thank you very much for sharing, 

 

Cheers,

 

Luis Alfonso    

[Spitfire31]

Superbly created and photographed Mitchell in a livery that is sure to encourage interesting discussions!

 

Kind regards,

 

Joachim

 

 

[Roberto]

Interesting scheme, great build and painting, top tier pics.

[Tojo72]

Very cool,never knew Soviets used them

[Troy Smith]

22 hours ago, Sky Keg said:

 I like the unique color scheme

 

On 18/09/2020 at 10:48, Hawkers Finest said:

A very unusual colour scheme

 

22 hours ago, Pete in a shed said:

I didn't realize the VVS used the Mitchell,

 

4 minutes ago, Tojo72 said:

never knew Soviets used them

The VVS made very extensive use of the B-25,  it was one of their main medium bomber types.  It is often forgotten they were also the biggest user of the A-20 Havoc/Boston

There is a lengthy article on Soviet B-25 use here

https://lend-lease.net/articles-en/b-25-mitchel-in-14-gvbad/

 

The colour scheme came about after the USA dropped camouflage, the VVS wanted planes painted,  North American asked how would you like them,  the scheme is based on standard VVS later war bomber colours and pattern

 

this is one on a test flight in the US before delievery

 

camo scheme

 

 

note the pattern is similar to one of those specified for the Pe-2

 

18 hours ago, TheyJammedKenny! said:

The color scheme is perfect, and it's the first time I've ever seen it.  I know the Soviets continued to use Lend-Lease B-25's as navigator trainers well into the 1950s.

the VVS made use of a lot of lend Lease types for some time,  they used P39 and P-63 into the 50's, their tricycle undercarriage made them very good as trainers for jet pilots.

 

Great Model @Roman Schilhart

[occa]

That's fantastic, always wanted to build the kit with this scheme too since it is even proven with an original color photo.

[Ed Russell]

Very nice build! I really like it. Great finish and subtle weathering.

That's a nicely photo-referenced one but not all B-25s in VVS service used that scheme. Some discussion here

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235076820-b-25-markingscheme-ideas/

 

[woody37]

What a great finish in a great scheme, you've done a lovely job

 

[stevej60]

Superbly finished Roman a great scheme too!

[Duncan B]

Roman, you always build beautiful models but I think this is your best one yet. The colour scheme is something rarely seen and looks excellent.

 

Duncan B

[RicardoD]

What a lovely model and a scheme. Great modeling !

[opus999]

That is a beautiful build, Roman! It's incredibly realistic looking.  I really appreciate the VVS scheme too. I'm getting more and more interested in VVS lend-lease aircraft...