1/144 Academy Su-25 Frogfoot completed

[wanna_be_aviator]

Hi folks! This is my 1/144 Su-25 Frogfoot, T-8 Blue 15, also marked as 301. This aircraft was a pre-production machine that saw tons of combat action, for the russians decided that the frontline was a good test tube for design improvement. Apparently this one was shot dow a couple of times in Afghanistan, made home anyway just to get fixed up and back to the beating. You can read the story in Squadron Signal's Su-25 Frogfoot In Action page 7.

So this is how it appeared at the 38th Aero Salon in Paris in July 1989:

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There is probably some other builds of this kit in this forum, so nothing really new here. The kit is quite nice for its little size, with good detail overall. I only added some antennae and other stick-outs around the plane to improve its looks. Building and painting was a breeze, until my 3 year old daughter found the model still freshly painted on my desk and decided to help me. She dipped the paintbrush in turpentine and brushed it all over my impeccable paint job. Keep this things away from kids! Good lesson from me. But as you can see it got fixed, so here it is. Cheers!

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[yak face]

Lovely job marcos , ive done this one too its a great little kit isnt it . Good to see you rescued it after the 'helping hand' ! A 5 star job , cheers tony

 

[mossiepilot]

Thats a real beauty, even more so because of the scale.

5 star work sir.

Tony.

P.S. any chance of a photo next to a paint tin so we can see it's true size ?

 

[CDW]

144th .... i wouldn't be able to see the canopy .... never mind mask it

Lovely job Marcos.

 

[papa 695]

Great work Marcos on such a small scale like the rest 5 stars from me

 

[wanna_be_aviator]

Thats a real beauty, even more so because of the scale.5 star work sir.

Tony.

P.S. any chance of a photo next to a paint tin so we can see it's true size ?

Hi, Tony. Here are some paint tin shots for comparison. Cheers!

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[papa 695]

Thats even more impressive now you can see the true scale Marcos

 

[colin m]

Very nice, but 1:44, I'll leave that scale for others !

 

[Ian M]

Whoosh, crunch, Ouch.

That was the sound of by jaw hitting the floor!

That is pretty damned amazing. BEFORE I saw the scale of it! But having seen the scale and the photos of it balancing on the tin of paint. WOW

You can have five stars but to be honest, you deserve a bl**y medal!!

Ian M

 

[mossiepilot]

Ok Marcos, Now I'm more than impressed, a masterpiece in miniture.

Thanks for putting up the pictures.

Tony.

 

[wanna_be_aviator]

Thank you very much for your comments. I didn think very much of the finished work at first, but your comments are really encouraging me. thanks again!