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Guten Tag, Karl Su-27? Nice choice! Eager to build the two-seater... But God knows when. I'm so slow builder. LOL BTW, could you give me a linky to your build? Cheers! Alexander

Absolutely amazing! A real masterpiece. The paintjob is a piece of art.

Hello Karl, Thank you for watching. And thank you for your interest on my build. Hope you are OK. BTW, what are you working on? Any new project? Cheers! Alexander

Hi there, A little progressing so far. Now into the side-mounted pylon. The one the kit offers is to be definitely replaced. I used the in-kit part as a base and improved it. The rivets decal is from the Quinta Studio. Nice stuff! The best way to work with the decal is to apply it directly onto the plastic and then to seal using the Mr.Color Thinner #250. The thinner is plastic friendly. I use all that stuff this way: apply a length of the rivets where needed, let dry, then carefully apply the thinner above the rivets. Let the t

Hi guys, Some improvements concerning the nacelles area: Some more images upcoming soon. Cheers! Alexander

Hi guys, A little update so far. Added the radar altimeters.

Great job! Very nice paintjob and weathering. Lovely iridescent shining on the missiles' war heads. Cheers! Alexander

Thank you for appreciation of my work on the nose. Yes, the nose shape is quite sophisticated to replicate. What I did so far is approximately closer to the real thing configuration. Still it's under the process. It is to be completed after the canopy from the Hannants to arrive.

Hi there, Talking on the nose shape...Well, the Trumpeter's guys were like those artists who perceive things the way they watch them through their own eye. LOL The shape was absolutely incorrect. Too bulbous and short. about 1 cm shorter that it should be. So I eventually managed to reshape it the way it could be practically done. Of course, to make 100% accurate shape would be time and the material eater. So with the use of various files, epoxy putty and sand paper and wide range of images of the prototype I cobbled up the new shape. This is how turned out.

Nice progress so far. Those landing gears look awesome! Alexander

Yep, 3D technologies grow up and wide. 3D printers now come to be usual on-table device. World changes and develops dramatically but we are getting older. The eyes are not so keen as years ago and it sucks. But the modeling must go on! 🙂

Some more updates. Rear end of the fuselage: Improving side "keels":

Hi Karl, This is what I use so far. BTW, nice stuff.

Hi guys, some more updates. I filled riveting lines on the bottom of the rear portion of the fuselage and that on the rear wing. I used rivet decals from the Quinta Studio (BTW, very nice stuff, highly recommended). But for the A-10 rivets one should use the rivets for 1/24 scale as better ones to fit the real scaled down size. For smaller rivets where relevant use rivets for 1/32 scale. This is how the new riveting lines look like.

I removed that awful bulbous stuff on the root of the rear wing.

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Guten Tag, Karl, Nice to hear from you. Hope you are well.

Well, the bottom area has been given some altering with the modeling knife and sand paper.

Hi there, Back to build again. Made new air scoops. On the photo: below - new scoops; above - the in kit $hit. BTW, I hade to fill the area where the scoops supposed to be placed as the kit offers to place them onto wrong position. I think it needs to be said that all the in-kit panels and riveting lines are positioned wrong but to fill and remake them all would be a real a$$ pain. LOL Will be back with more updates soon. Alexander

Nice one. Looks like the real thing. Being placed with a propper background she could be confused with the real helo. Cheers and happy modeling! Alexander

This is by far a sort of outstanding build! The weathering looks very authentic. Riveting lines look like that on the real thing. Is that in my eyes or you really used natural aluminum foil on her? Looking forward to your other masterpieces. Alexander

I think this is the best 1/48 scale Intruder ever. Very realistic! Looks like a real thing. Gold in the hands of the real Master. Two thumbs up! Alexander

Thank you Andy for your nice words of encouraging and support! But the world looks to go mad and sometimes it's getting me down badly. Cheers! Alexander

20 years! That's quite a delay! But you got back to hobby and made a real success. 😉