1/48 Su-25M1 Ukrainian Air Force

[paulsbrown]

Hearing about the Zvezda 1/48 Su-25 being produced I dug into the stash and decided to finish some of the KP kits with aftermarket stuff I have collected for them. Nothing like the threat of a new release to get me clearing the stash. 

Lots of aftermarket, scratch built some minor details, added rivets, new chaff and flare launchers. Love to say I painted it but I cheated with the Authentic Decals digital sheet.

This aircraft Blue 06 sadly was shot down in the previous Russian invasion of 2014.

 

Lots of rivets added among other small details.

 

Size comparison with Su-35

[Vultures1]

Very nice work!  The Su-35 is smart too

[Shorty84]

Marvellous, your efforts really paid of 👍 The marking option is well-chosen too. May I ask which product you chose for the rivets (Archer I guess)? Which size are the rivets?

 

Cheers

Markus

[neilspen]

Fabulous work on both. I would also like to know what brand of rivets you used. 

[RMCS]

Fantastic work 

[Vulcanicity]

Superb! I don't blame you for cheating and using decals for the camo, I think that masking job would drive anyone insane...

[VolkerR.]

Awesome. And handling those decals ain`t easy either.

[paulsbrown]

10 hours ago, Shorty84 said:

May I ask which product you chose for the rivets (Archer I guess)? Which size are the rivets?

 

10 hours ago, neilspen said:

I would also like to know what brand of rivets you used. 

Yes, Archer sheet AR88014, small sheet and not cheap but they do go a long way and are easy to work with.

 

4 hours ago, VolkerR. said:

And handling those decals ain`t easy either.

Very true, they took some beating down but I'm glad I used them, I think after a lot of work on a dual Su-25 build I would've lost the energy with the masking.

[exdraken]

Great result!

 

Wonder now though if the Zvezda kit will be easily available in the west soon...

 

[Bigglesof266]

13 hours ago, exdraken said:

Wonder now though if the Zvezda kit will be easily available in the west soon...

I suspect development of an availability problem outside the Russian Federation for a while once current stocks are depleted, although AliExpress vendors and Lucky Model estore may pick up the slack on that. 

 

Regardless, with just that prescient in mind, I picked up Zvezda's reportedly rather nice and outstanding value new tool 1/35 T-90MS kit yesterday.

[Tomcat101]

Great Frogfoot.  The digital camouflage is superb.

[Mig88]

Great work and spectacular finish!!

 

Miguel

[Mike N]

That is a stunning finish, very well done!

 

Mike 

[Getting Old]

lovely build , well done 

[Bertie McBoatface]

I have to admire the camouflage. Well done.

[Billy400]

Fantastic model. That digital camouflage is brilliant.

[binbrook87]

Outstanding work on the digital camo,  whether decals or not it's turned out superbly. A fine modelling tribute to those brave souls in Ukraine 💙💛

[exdraken]

just curisouse,. what aftermarket did you use?

I see some Eduard PE, possibly Neomega cockpit?

 

I am especially interested in the strange tubes on the chaff/flare dispensors above the engine nascelles!

 

Thanks!

 

great work!

 

[paulsbrown]

18 hours ago, exdraken said:

just curisouse,. what aftermarket did you use?

I see some Eduard PE, possibly Neomega cockpit?

 

I am especially interested in the strange tubes on the chaff/flare dispensors above the engine nascelles!

Tons of aftermarket Werner!

 

The cockpit and opened nose avionics bays are from the Res-Im set  which is very nice and has a vac canopy with all the inside framing including the front armored glass.

 

Yes, various Eduard etched sets, Quickboost air scoops, Master pitots (essential!), Reskit gun muzzle, Amory weighted wheels on Revell landing gear, Archer rivets, Authentic decals and MRP/Akan paints and Aerobonus weapons.

 

I used Quickboost Su-22 flares with plastic rod to modify into the big ones on the Ukrainian Su-25s. They along with the landing gear, ladder are painted a unique blue-gray from other Su-25s which appealed to me as well as the cockpit being the modern darker Su-35 color which is unlike other lighter colored cockpits of Su-25s.

 

[exdraken]

Thanks!

Was not aware of this Res-im  set!. Greatly appreciated!

https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/0/5/7/1367057-38473-23-pristine.jpg

 

Good choice on the dispensers  thanks for the photos!

[Sky Keg]

Wow!!!!!!   I got dizzy looking at this Frogfoot.    Your attention to detail is superb.  

 

Mike

[mahavelona]

I have just bought all the stuff to make one of these and whaddya know you come along with a dose of inspiration!

[phildagreek]

A cracking pair!

[paulsbrown]

On 3/14/2022 at 10:42 PM, mahavelona said:

I have just bought all the stuff to make one of these and whaddya know you come along with a dose of inspiration!

Keep us posted! 

 

Among the tons of reference books I have on the Su-25 I recommend the Duke Hawkins Su-25 , it was particularly useful and unlike other recent publications had good photos of the Ukrainian chaff/flare launchers.

[dreamwriter]

Amazing work! Is beautiful! Can you tell me which KP kit variant you used? I have the Eduard limited edition of the Su-25K and I'm trying to figure out if I can turn it into an M1.