Wings of the red star-- 1/72 Tupolev ANT 25 -- 'Completed '

[yak face]

At last after 10 days waiting Ive finally been able to get some pics taken outside . I wanted to get the model in the sunlight for the pics, so here they are . Its been worth every penny of the £3 it cost me back at Newark in october (see here for build thread http://www.scale-models.co.uk/threads/wings-of-the-red-star-1-72-tupolev-ant-25.24585/ ) cheers tony

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[papa 695]

That looks great Tony and real value for money

[Gern]

Fabulous build as always Tony. It amazes me what you do with these odd kits you find in the remnants boxes at the shows!

Gern

[colin m]

Amazing. The red is really intense. Great job. And speaking as someone who only normally builds camo' aircraft ( it just seems that way) this is so bright, a lovely refreshing change from the norm. And yes, another one I've never come across before.

[yak face]

cheers guys glad you like it , heres another pic that I couldnt upload yesterday for some reason. Ive tried to make it look like some of the period pics of this aircraft ,namely this one http://topwar.ru/uploads/posts/2012-06/1340763249_ant25.jpg . cheers tony

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[Guest]

From what I've seen of your pictures (and/or builds) I would have to assume that you had a mad, passionate love affair with a really hot Russian aircraft designer and she broke your heart, but some part of her stays on, somehow... I can't account for this fixation of Russian equipment otherwise.

[stona]

Another great result from the masochist known as yak face !!

Well done Tony, I know that this one took a lot of beating into shape, but it's well worth it.

Cheers

Steve

[flyjoe180]

It is a great build no doubt about it, but it has really come to life in the outside light. Super work Tony.

[eddiesolo]

That is a beautiful looking aircraft Tony, lovely painted and a very clean build, superb pictures.

Si

[The Migrant]

That is really nice.

[Dave W]

Fantastic build.Hard to believe you built this from that bag of blue plastic you showed me at Newark.

[Guest]

I love it Tony

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Tony

Just a quick thumbs up for the completed Tupolev Ant ad I seemed to have missed this when it was posted.

Fabulous looking aircraft and a well crafted model of it this is the 'poster boy' build for perseverance! And, as Steve says, it was well worth it.

Top stuff

Paul

[Guest]

Not only a great model but a brilliant set of pictures. Beautiful model and very unusual.

[yak face]

Thanks for the great comments chaps , really appreciate it. cheers tony