Indian Naval Air Squadron
Ka-25 ASW Helicopter
My latest model is this Indian Navy's Ka-25 ASW
helo. Built this coaxial rotored anti-submarine warfare bird based in Visakhapatnam (Vizag) for the upcoming Navy day in December. These were purchased by India from Soviet Union back in 1980.These were ex Soviet Navy helos. It operated from two naval bases in India. One is in the west coast of India Dabolim and the other from east coast Vizag. My bird depicts the
latter.
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I had to mix the variant A and B in kit instructions to make an accurate Indian variant. Decals are home made and the paint used was Model Master medium grey. Weathering done with
oils. I wanted to make it little more dirtier than the real ones. These helos operated from the Kashin II class destroyers like INS
Rajput.
It is a
very small model in 1/72 scale. It is a very small aircraft and very small
in 1/72 scale. See size comparison photo next to a SD card. Added
some fuel lines with copper wire. I tried to vary the colors in radome and fuel
tanks to show some fading.
Hope you like it.
Vivek
Kulanthaivelpandian
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