paulsbrown

His stuff is great, it's such a shame. I had successful transactions from him in the beginning and then got burnt. Communication was always worryingly sporadic. I'd reach out to Blackops3d for sure, I've got some of their MH-53 things and they too are good.

I had the Trump 1/48 J-20, I worked and fiddled, planned and pre painted then finally threw it away. The fit was clumsy, there was going to be a lot of sanding around the intake/forward fuselage area, I just couldn't get it all to fit nicely. Bad edge seams were going to need filler with sanding and the sharp edges were going to suffer. I wasn't impressed with the cockpit either, the chair was a Lazyboy and the Meng kit was looking better every day. I have the Meng, I did compare the two kits to see if there was anything salvageable from the Trumpeter, not really. I will say

Awesome job, that's gotta be worth the extra effort. I tried to model a pinewood derby car on that scheme once upon a time.

And it seems to rub off easily, he's filthy. Got any more timely photos of intake trunking?

I'll see how well the 1/48 Eduard intake screens hide them, I had thought if it was as you suggest then I'd open up the inspection hatches to shine some light in. For the love of modeling, we'll see... or we won't, but at least have the great satisfaction of knowing it's there.

I just received a pair of 3D printed intake ducting for the 1/48 Tamiya and was wondering what color to paint them, hoping they might be light colored (otherwise why bother). These photos aren't conclusive but I'm going with a grimy white.

Was it good? I never saw it used in a finished model.

Brilliant, thank you!

Can anyone tell me what color they were on the inside? I'm guessing bare metal? I've got some of the Bandit Resin Factory ones and they have a removable hatch showing the interior. They are really nicely done with handles and feet for ground storage.

Same, I've made several orders with them.

Love it, great build.

Happy to help @dimi! I'll look through some of the older Flanker books I have, surely a Langley visit back then was well publicized and photographed.

I think it is safe to assume it was an Su-27UB in 1992; the Gordon/Komissarov Su-27 book (page 175 and names the pilots that went to Langley) and Begemot both state it. Russia had by then only modified a couple Su-27UBs with relocated IRST and added IFR and pre production ones were still in testing phases including long range endurance so unlikely to go to the USA. That photo of Blue 52 is an Su-30 likely from RAF Fairford Air Tattoo in 1997.

That was my understanding at the time of researching the early A-10s. The grey schemed ones sometimes had two. I made one with some thick sprue sanded down spinning on a drill.

Looks great, I love the putty and the flag.