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Nothing wrong... just some extreme "g"
also, some hot water can fix it, possibly..
it reminded me my old days, the struggles with academy flankers 🙂
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On 7/23/2021 at 8:20 AM, jenshb said:
Sukhoi seems to be on a winning streak with Flankers, the Su-57 and now the "Checkmate", while Mikoyan-Gurevich seem to have lost the plot or fallen out of favour...The MiG-1.44 even looked like "yesterdays news".
Blasphemy!!! Mig 1.44 looks AWESOME!
And it is a crime we do not have one in true scale, 1/48.
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Looks phenomenal. !
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19 minutes ago, dehowie said:
Just got my first Minibase Flanker.
Nice kit but maybe the hype train has built it up to way beyond expectations.
Directly comparing it to my Kinetic kits to my eye the surface detail on the Kinetic kit is not only finer but far more restrained.
Minbase has a swarm of small parts that im sure if you can get them off the sprues intact will add hugely to how busy the kit looks.
Decals in the MB kit are a bit thick where the Crossdekta ones in Kinetic are superb.
Landing gear etc looks fantastic.
Overall lovely kit but one will be enough as comparing it to the Kinetic kits which I already own plus resin seats etc im not getting much more and the surface detail i prefer in the Kinetic kit.
If anything the MB kit shows just how nice the Kinetic kit is and at under half the price i cant justify swapping them out.
Great kit never the less..
Kinetic Su-33 is a great model. I love GWH Su-35 but next to GWH, Kinetic surface details do make me happier. I just do not like matt surfaces on models and prefer polished plastic and Kinetic is just sharper. The only significant upgrade (for me) of both GWH and Minibase flankers is the single large piece engine nacelle + intake parts over Kinetic.
Having said that, I will most probably buy J-15 because of the new armament.
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It may have a refueling probe too. Otherwise the fuselage should be pretty much identical.
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Same as the main, lower fuselage camo color.
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Looks amazing. 3D parts can be better than resin as KA Models proves for exhausts (Their F-15 exhausts are better than anyone else's offers). If these are at KA-Model quality/detail levels then this is very exciting. I am already building one Mig-31 and this is motivating me to build a second one. And by the by, 3D parts would be stronger than equally thick plastic or resin... 3D seems to be the future.
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I hate the nose of Academy one so wouldn't have built that one.
I love Has. I have 4. The only aftermarkets worth buying are the seat (especially if the cockpit is open, optional eduard color cockpit, I just love them so good for lazy/talentless builders like myself) and weapon bay details if you are going to built the bays open. If the canopy and bays are closed nothing worth buying.
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I have both and no contest, KA Models wins easily in a side-by-side comparison.
On its own, GWH exhaust are very good too. They do have all actuator arms as a separate and rather smart single piece. They actually look very good on a finished model, the best of any F-15 model out there. However, the exhaust have an accuracy issue: they are a little bit too long, ~3-5mm.
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On 10/13/2020 at 12:49 AM, B.Sin said:
Since Minibase has stated that they would like to release more Sukhoi subjects, I would
Like to suggest the following.
Su-15 Flagon.
Su-24 Fencer.
Su- 17/22 Fitter.
Su-34 Fullback.
Su-70 Okhotnik.
Su-47 Berkut!!!! 1/48, please! Then Mig 1.44 😄
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These ebay sellers are model shop owners in China so yes they probably know when they are going to receive the models so I am pretty confident when they know the date for he shipment. They put ebay listing up hence pretty confident they will deliver in a reasonable time frame. For me it never exceeded 1 month and most of the time the longest holdup is with USPS processing at the "border" which once was 3 weeks. Otherwise delivery to where I live in US takes 1-2 weeks.
I just go to ebay, pick he cheapest option with more than 100 reviews and that is it :)
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10 hours ago, Tapchan said:
Everywhere it says that item will be sent within 30 days from receiving the payment, so the kit might not be out yet, they left themselves a margin. But I am no specialist, maybe this is typical for shipments from China on ebay.
Anyway I would not buy it from the ebay page, imagine if some parts/sprues are missing and you have to send it back to China... Nah, I'll wait till it hits local EU market and then buy from legit store. And even then will make unboxing video of the package in case somethings wrong and the kit have to be returned, just to have a proof. GWH kits require special kind of receiving.
I ordered all my great wall hobby kits on ebay directly from China because it is cheaper and so far so good. No problems in 5 kits, Mig-29, F-15s and Su-35s.
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Su-25 doesn't excite me 😜
Immediate follow up will be obviously the single seater. Then maybe early version with different tail etc.
Mid term, I am hoping for canard flankers. I think there is an F-14 project, too, right?
Long term, I would like to see 5th generation fighters. Any would do, J-20, Su-57, F-22, F-35C and my all time wish list leader Mig 1.44 😄
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Excellent!
Only minor problem I have is those 4-piece exhausts... I don't get them. Why not smt like this??
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4 hours ago, Tapchan said:
That looks like a no.
But wait... Isn't IRST lens located in the center on Su-27s? It was relocated to side in later versions (Su-30/33/35)?
Should be like this:
So this looks like clear part taken traight from their Su-35 (together with terrible distortion).
EDIT.
No, this looks different than their Su-35 CP sprue. Looks like double no for me then 🙂
Your ref picture is a two seater.
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22 hours ago, haneto said:
Mold pictures received from factory.
Enjoy the details...
Have a nice weekend.
These pictures are great, tnx for sharing.
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6 hours ago, Solo said:
I think I should explain more accurate what is my point.
I know there are narrow and wide panel lines on real aircrafts.
I also know that those lines are very narrow, we can talk about 1-2 mm at all, maybe less - if I am wrong please correct me.
It is easy to understand that it is almos impossible to perform such narrow lines in scale - for 1:48 those line should be 0,01 - 0,02mm wide, maybe even less. That can be technological barrier.
So now I see very few panel lines on Su-35 GWH which are very narrow and fine, maybe 0,04, mayby 0,05 mm wide. They look very fine and crispy.
If GWH wants to perform narrow and wide lines on the same plane, and additionally they are able to make very thin line, why they can't do it?
They could make 2 kinds of panel lines, for example, 0,04 and 0,08 mm wide. But no, they make few lines 0,04 mm and many lines 0,2mm wide or so.
That is what I don't like in their kits. Thay have know-how to make very nice, fine lines, but they make mostly wide ones.Because Tamiya is soooo superior and GWH is soooo backward. GWH cannot do anything.
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6 hours ago, ya-gabor said:
Hands tied behind my back till now. But here it is!
At last it is possible to speak about this new Su-27UB kit from G.W.H in 48th scale. Brand new design to the level expected from G.W.H. It will be released in August this year. The same team in design as for the Su-35 kit. Hope modellers will like it! I can promise that there are some additional details and extras not seen before.
Best regards
Gabor
Any words about the decal options? Only Soviet/Russian examples or other countries, too?
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Hell yeah!!
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It is indeed essential from my perspective. Without my models, my mental health would have taken a serious hit.
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6 hours ago, thegoodsgt said:
I wonder. Is a replacement cockpit even necessary? Looking at the cockpit OOB, it looks quite nice.
See this build on LSP.
For my taste, it was certainly good enough.
I prefer to spent the aftermarket budget on the exhausts.
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9 hours ago, SBARC said:
I suspect countries will distance themselves from China in the future. It looks like India will be the next supplier of factory workers.
I suspect the opposite is possible because China (and Asia in general) is bouncing back to normal faster. This economic rebound together with stagnation in other countries will attract more business connections with China. Interesting times.
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F-16 is just ok looking. But, I really like F-2 with larger dimensions and that sea blue camouflage a lot.
anyhow.. did they release any plastic pictures of the Su-27 yet?
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Great Wall Hobby G.W.H 1/48 L4826 Su-30MKI & L4830 Su-30SM & L4831 Su-30MKM/MK/MKA/SME “Flanker H” Multi-role Fighter
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Anything is possible but there a lot of differences between J-16 and vanilla Su-27UB. Refueling probe, off centered IRS, WS-10, plethora of antennas, landing gear etc.. J-16D doesn't have IRST or gun and has all those pods.. Cockpits are also different.