The MiG-SPB (NATO code 'Flintstone') - secret Su-25 contender

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you very much! 

[Mossie]

Very, very good!  Certainly looks the part, I could believe this was an unbuilt project.

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you, too. Indeed, it reminds a bit of the Il-20, as if that concept had been revived with jet engines?

Besides, the naval version is intriguing... you just need a Ka-34, an A-1 kit (even the shabby Airfix/Heller kit will obviously do) and a pair of leftover Me 262 engines, and you can make a basic MiG-SPB, too. Copies are welcome 

[sequoiaranger]

Normally, "blowtorch" aircraft, especially those beyond the 1940's, are not in my interest realm, but this build is EPIC. I love the "clover" camo, and with my limited jet-knowledge, the plane seems perfectly believable. 

SKYRAIDER wings? 

[Dizzyfugu]

Yes, the ugly parts from the Airfix kit. Looks better thane expected, and was perfect in shape and size for the project - a bit thick, perhaps, but that just adds to the plane's "gruntyness".

[sequoiaranger]

As a future build, I have in mind a Soviet Bell L-39 (swept-wing Kingcobra). Might just "have" to use that "clover" camo!!

[Dizzyfugu]

You might also leave away the propeller and add two engine nacelles under the wings - many early Soviet jet designs had this layout, and an Aira/KingCobra is just a perfect fuselage basis. Looking forward to see it