El Pato Airbase, Peru 2006 (Academy Su22/Su25)
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2020 8:27 am
El Pato Air Base, Peru 2006. An Su-25 Frogfoot taxis out for an operational mission, armed to the teeth, passing a forlorn line of retired Su-22s. Based on a selection of photos in the Latin American Fighters book.
All three planes are Academy kits, they are quite basic but I only made slight alterations - amended the Frogfoot loadout based on reference pics, sanded the Fitter wing fences and added the fin aerials.
JBr Decals do a set that includes the Peruvian Su25 noseart, I used two of these plus some generic number sets to cover the planes.
Lots of Flory washes on the stored planes to add the accumulated dust, as per reference photos.
The base was scratch built from foamcore. board. Fitted into an 8x10 frame.