1/48 Su-25M1 Ukrainian Air Force

[opus999]

That is simply lovely!  I haven't been a fan of digital camo, but you sure made this look nice!  That Su-35 is fantastic too.

[paulsbrown]

13 hours ago, dreamwriter said:

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.

Thanks, I'm pretty sure it was the original OEZ kit, I built it alongside the KP Su-25UTG and the details on the newer UTG were sharper than the older mold.  I can't see any problem with making an M1 with the Eduard kit, a couple things in the cockpit and the flares are the main things to add, otherwise there's just the unique coloring of the Ukrainian jets. 

Here's an M1 cockpit photo I used, that spotters website has good reference photos

[paulsbrown]

14 hours ago, opus999 said:

I haven't been a fan of digital camo, but you sure made this look nice! 

Nor was I, the decals sure made the idea easier to consider but it was more the non standard colors that drew me to it- the ladder, flares and landing gear are a rich blue gray which I liked and the cockpit was the darker Sukhoi color.

[bigbadbadge]

Wow  some amazing work  what with the riveting and digital camouflage decals really take this to another level.

Great work 

Chris

[dreamwriter]

3 hours ago, paulsbrown said:

Thanks, I'm pretty sure it was the original OEZ kit, I built it alongside the KP Su-25UTG and the details on the newer UTG were sharper than the older mold.  I can't see any problem with making an M1 with the Eduard kit, a couple things in the cockpit and the flares are the main things to add, otherwise there's just the unique coloring of the Ukrainian jets. 

Here's an M1 cockpit photo I used, that spotters website has good reference photos

Nice,thank you very much for the info Paul!

[GazB]

I've got a Zvezda 1/48 in the stash along with the DN Models digital mask. I've also got the Hataka Ukrainian AF set for the colours, but based on photos, can't tell if the underside of the Frogfoots are Silver Grey, which is used in the top schemes too

 

Did you settle on any specific colours, paul?

 

Gaz

 

[paulsbrown]

7 hours ago, GazB said:

I've got a Zvezda 1/48 in the stash along with the DN Models digital mask. I've also got the Hataka Ukrainian AF set for the colours, but based on photos, can't tell if the underside of the Frogfoots are Silver Grey, which is used in the top schemes too

 

Did you settle on any specific colours, paul?

 

Hey Gaz,

The bottom is definitely a bluish gray but different from anything in the upper camo. I had the MRP Ukrainian paints to work with, I used two of them for the overall top and the bottom.

The photo below of the crashed aircraft shows the top and bottom colors well.

 

The other main color change is the cockpit is more like the Su-35/57 darker blue gray and the landing gear, inner doors, ladder and chaff tubes share a similar color. I believe I used AKAN 73069 straight for the cockpit and slightly altered (lightened and blued) for the other mentioned areas.

 

Hope this helps.

[GazB]

4 hours ago, paulsbrown said:

Hey Gaz,

The bottom is definitely a bluish gray but different from anything in the upper camo. I had the MRP Ukrainian paints to work with, I used two of them for the overall top and the bottom.

The photo below of the crashed aircraft shows the top and bottom colors well.

 

The other main color change is the cockpit is more like the Su-35/57 darker blue gray and the landing gear, inner doors, ladder and chaff tubes share a similar color. I believe I used AKAN 73069 straight for the cockpit and slightly altered (lightened and blued) for the other mentioned areas.

 

Hope this helps.

Thanks, Paul. It seems the Hataka set doesn't have a specific colour to match the Su-25 lowers (they just mention Signal Grey, which isn't quite as blue on the MiG I used it for the lower half on), Thanks for the pointers, though. I just need to work out how to do the masking process correctly, hah. Especially with the way the patterns cut into the lower colour

 

Gaz

[Pantherhawk27263]

That is one amazing Frogfoot. I am too scared to try one of those Ukrainian camo schemes, you have have given me some inspiration for when I build on my Su-25s.

[Maginot]

Good work. So I'm thinking; "Gee. That's awfully tricky painting achieved, there." But then I wise up after reading about Universal Camouflage Pattern (UCP) decals. Still an achievement to apply this neatly and accurately.

[Warwolf]

For an older, let's admit, crap kit, that's come out nicely!