Tom's Angolan Sukhoi **Finished**

TomW · Post by **TomW** » March 29th, 2015, 8:17 pm

A lovely bit of box-art to wet the appetites:

I'll open it up and show you the contents over the next few days.

Regards

Tom

Old_Tonto · Post by **Old_Tonto** » March 30th, 2015, 12:45 pm

Looking forward to this. I didn't know the Angolans flew them.

TomW · Post by **TomW** » March 30th, 2015, 2:53 pm

Neither did I till I opened the box OT. A bit of background information reveals that the FANA took delivery of 10 to 14 SU-20M's in early 1982 but they suffered heavy attrition during work-up and operations. Only 4 remained operational after the events of 1987 and they were replaced in the early 90's by a fresh delivery of Su-22M3's and M4's.
Colour schemes were simple consisting of Tan/Green over Light Grey Blue with national roundels and unit numbers on the nose, like this:

Box shots later.

Regards

Tom

fredk · Post by **fredk** » March 30th, 2015, 6:48 pm

A lesser known and oft forgotten product of the Soviets.

TomW · Post by **TomW** » March 30th, 2015, 9:21 pm

fredk wrote:A lesser known and oft forgotten product of the Soviets.

But quite an effective one as demonstrated in many conflicts, not too good at the air to air mission though....

Regards

Tom

Przemek · Post by **Przemek** » March 30th, 2015, 10:29 pm

And when I lived in Piła and "suka" flew over me in a low passage shortly after the start... Unforgettable experience...
(In Piła military airport was ... in city center).
I mention those good old days with pleasure, when I'll be watching your workshop

Regards!
Przemek

TomW · Post by **TomW** » March 30th, 2015, 10:45 pm

Good to have you on board Przemek

and yes I had the experience of a Su-22 at low level a few years ago at an air show (the name escapes me at the moment) so so loud

the sound physically shook my whole body. Much like the last experience I had with a MiG-29, Russian Cold War aircraft are not shy about announcing their arrival.

Regards

Tom

Przemek · Post by **Przemek** » March 30th, 2015, 11:04 pm

I see that we are fans of good, strong, and deep sounds

Przemek

MarkyM607 · Post by **MarkyM607** » March 31st, 2015, 1:16 pm

I'm pretty sure I saw four of these in formation at Fairford one year (either that or they were Su-17's). Noisy buggers no doubt but worth seeing (and hearing!!).

Old_Tonto · Post by **Old_Tonto** » April 5th, 2015, 9:23 am

fredk wrote:A lesser known and oft forgotten product of the Soviets.

Maybe you could propose it as a single type group build?

TomW · Post by **TomW** » April 5th, 2015, 3:01 pm

Just to say that work will commence in a couple of days as I am currently away seeing family, not a lot of time for modelling.

Regards

Tom

Old_Tonto · Post by **Old_Tonto** » April 5th, 2015, 6:21 pm

You mean to say that you didn't take it with you?

I managed to sneak three kits into my bag.

fredk · Post by **fredk** » April 12th, 2015, 7:36 pm

Have you had a chance to get started on this yet?

TomW · Post by **TomW** » April 12th, 2015, 8:57 pm

A very small start Fred, employment issues are limiting progress across the board but there will be some pictorial evidence tomorrow

Regards

Tom

fredk · Post by **fredk** » April 12th, 2015, 9:35 pm

No prob. Just checking.

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