Vaildog

I have the Hasegawa boxing in the blue on blue scheme, but the stencils supplied in the kit decals are the wrong color. IRL the stencils are white, but the ones in the kit are black. Does anyone make these?

He's actually painting and weathering both models.

Doogs Models is doing a side by side of the Kitty Hawk and GWH su-35s https://www.facebook.com/doogsmodels/

If you can, freehand is best especially for soft edge patterns. Low psi thinned paint works best. Personally I use silly putty, it creates a slightly softer edge than tape https://photos.app.goo.gl/QJepfTeRG8TQ4I4z1 https://photos.app.goo.gl/WtoLrCnr0jAGz4Iw1

If you can get results with Vallejo, you’re a better man than I!

I feel bad for AMK, I don't know they couldn't light a fire under that project and get it to market. Glad I didn't preorder.

Consider that at one time the best F-4, F-14, F-15, F-16 and F-18 kits in 1/48 were all produced by Hasegawa. I appreciate that for the most part Hasegawa builds well, are accurate and don't suffer from excessive parts count. it's too bad they just release reboxings of older kits these days.

Side by side OOB build on Doogsmodels. https://doogsmodels.com/2018/03/15/su-35-battle-royale-part-1-antebellum/

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/14/585653555/dozens-of-russian-mercenaries-reportedly-killed-in-u-s-airstrikes-in-syria Rekt!

I got mine last Saturday. Panel lines look fine IRL.

How far into Syria? Sufa can carry a variety of ordinance with some decent stand-off capability

Sounds like the Syrians shot off everything they had. Four batteries shooting all their missiles is going to be pretty hard to beat for anybody.

Hopefully the canopy actually fits when closed unlike the kitty hawk kit which is way too small!

Now that's a good looking scheme!

Of all the things my tax dollars get spent on, kickass jets and cool paint jobs are fine by me. You must be one of those stick in the mud Academy grads!

Isn't the brass embarrassed when all the other NATO member show up to the Tiger Meet looking like straight pimps with all the cool special markings and stripes? Why are we ok allowing the Greeks and Italians and Poles to show us up?

How do the guard guys get away with all those cool tail schemes on their Vipers? Wisconsin, New Mexico and South Dakota in particular have had some really nice designs over the years.

Ever since I was introduced to black basing, I use it almost exclusively. I find it allows for more control and I like the ability to greater depth and variation to my subject. https://doogsmodels.com/2014/07/03/technique-black-basing/

The real question is why the F-15 is one of the most boring American jets in terms of special schemes. There are tons of cool F-16 schemes especially in the Guard, but for a jet that’s been in service for so long there is a real lack of interesting paint jobs. Oregon ANG is the only one that comes to mind and it’s a mess.

Working on the Su-17 and Su-22 kits from kitty hawk. What are some realistic loadouts for NATO era Polish Fitters as well as Cold War Era Soviet ones? I never trust the diagrams from the manufacturers. I’m also looking for references showing s-24 or s-25s being carried. thanks!

Given how good the details on their Mig-29 and F-15 kits are, I'm not concerned.

Yes this is one of the things that made the Tamiya F -14 so great. The gear doors were well engineered to fit be easy to attach. I don’t understand why small easily knocked off parts don’t have better attachment points.

Turning dogfights between TIE fighters and X-wings also violate the physics of zero g but that's been the deal with Star Wars since day 1.