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Sean F

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  1. You just need to search “Facebook IPMS” and you can go to the page and see all the photos posted. It’s an open, public page so anyone, even non Facebook users can see posts and photos. You just cannot post comments or photos since you are not a Facebook user.
  2. Kasatka just linked this on the MiniBase SU-33 thread. This is a much nicer build than mine.
  3. Pretty much done at this point. I took some finish photos, and then realized I'd not put the pitot tube on the front. It's a brass piece, but supposed to be black at the base and chrome at the front and that's not going to get done tonight. So here's where I am and should have some final photos I'll post in the display case later.
  4. Having almost finished the Kinetic kit I'm wondering if I should have paid better attention to this thread and waited for the Minibase version. Already from the test sprues in the link above it appears like it would be much easier to assemble than the Kinetic. I do have a lot of paint left over...hum..... 🙂
  5. Thank you....it does look nice in the photos and from a distance....50/50 paint we called when I was racing cars...looks good at 50 miles per hour and 50-feet away!
  6. Thank you for the compliments all! I did not get my photos uploaded, but I think at the end I'll just summarize all the area's you need to show extra care to get things together correctly. The wing fold parts simply did not fit as they came off the sprue and I had to do some surgery to get them the work. I got the weapons gloss coated at the end of the evening and will let those dry for a few days. I did find my Mig 31 decals so I'll throw some on to add some interest to the plain weapons and get those mounted. Need to weather the tires a bit and get the gear pieces a
  7. I tried to remove the front gear and the whole well came loose! I managed to get some superglue inside the well and get it reattached. The missiles will not fit with the flaps down.... Installing the tail! Getting the wings installed folded was a PITA... I'm on a mobile but when i get to a keyboard I'll provide some tips to get them on...
  8. Flat coat is on and I've partially assembled a few things. Although I did not glue the gear in place and I realized last night I need to remove it. Still need to attach a few things and it will be easier without the landing gear sticking out (folded wings, tail, elevators, etc.). In the home strech. Liquid mask worked perfectly around the canopy and windscreen. wings are not actually attached, I just placed them on the fold mechanism to see how they look model table is a mess (like always at the end of a
  9. Got the gloss coat and decals in place. Not going to do a lot of weathering on this one. Also cleaned up the gear and got the missiles are painted. No decals included for the missiles. I threw the engines into the back but obviously not all the way just to see how they look.
  10. Its entirely possible that little bulge is a stand alone part you attach to the wing and not molded as part of the upper wing itself.
  11. I just realized I need to paint those access doors a bright silver color!
  12. I swear this thing is fighting with me like no kit I've ever built! This is the third chunk of paint thats lifted. You can see another in the dark blue just above thie one in the metal. Ive never had this happen! I, might just "weather" it and move on..... Got the engines done. Gloss coat, weather, landing gear, armaments, seat and cockpit are still left... Typing that actually kind of depressing....
  13. Odd thing happened when I was spraying the Alclad II. When I put the first coat of Aluminum down, strings were shooting out from the surface of the model. They did not stick, but it was like the paint was drying in the air. I have a scrap model on my paint bench and no matter the pressure or distance or flow, little strings of paint were coming off the surface. I’ve never encountered this before. I cleaned up the mess, dumped the paint out of the air brush, dumped some lacquer thinner thru the airbrush and tried the other Alcad colors (titanium, jet exhaust, airframe Al) and th
  14. Not really a huge Phantom guy but I'm sure I'll buy one. Is it me, or do the hips look a little wide....haha Just kidding!
  15. Small update. Got the white panels and nose painted. Then got the black gloss on the metal areas and started the engine covers. Letting it dry now and will do some clear blue and red tomorrow.
  16. Not really much of an update. I went back and used the Blue-Tak stuff to mask and redo the camo scheme. Gosh, that was the most mundane task I've ever done in regards to modeling. I seriously thought about putting it all back in the box and starting something else...cut blue tak, roll out blue tak, stick blue tak on model along camo edge...cut strips of tape to mask behind blue tak....ugg...so glad that's over! I did end up with some ghost like patterns so I pulled the tip off the airbrush, put it at lower pressure and cleaned up a few spots. Overall it looks OK. Need to go ba
  17. I know I should mask thr paint, just not looking forward to it! Thanks for the tips on the silly puddy. I read that and blue tack also works.
  18. Make sure and read the link I put above as well. Here is the wing area I mentioned earlier. You'll need to grind/sand down those highlighted tabs where the flaps slide in to get the rear of the wing to fit together without a huge gap at the back. Here is everything primed and the grey coat put on the underside and top areas. I laid it all out to get everything lined up for the blue colors. Here are the engines just slid into place. Resin on the right, kit on the left Resin Version;
  19. I've built that kit. It's a really great kit. The landing gear is very difficult to get right (at least it was for me). The instructions are a little vague because of the isometric view they supply. Dry fit a lot and make sure it all fits or you'll end up with some diagonal wheels!
  20. A little more progress. Got the HUD built up and installed. Came out OK but it will be mostly hidden under the windscreen anyway. I managed to get the windscreen on the front and canopy to fit better with a little sanding of the frame between them and a little off the back of the canopy. Then the IR seeker did not really fit to well so I sanded that a bit to get a better fit up front as well Did you know you can use Perfect Putty on clear plastic and not damage the clear parts? Just let it dry for a minute then use a q-tip in wate
  21. Some more progress... The windscreen is a little large and causes the canopy to ride the back hump. I usually install the windscreen and then glue down the canopy with white glue and paint the kits so everything is even and matches on the plane. I could sand down the windscreen so it does not overhang into the canopy but that might remove too much detail. I'll figure something out.... When you attach the front intake of the engines, they do not align and match up with the the lower fuselage. A quick
  22. Here are the engine parts. I primed them first with MRP Grey primer, then Alclad gloss black, the a combination of Alclad Jet Exhaust, burn iron, Aluminum and Tamiya clear blue RESIN first; Kit Parts; And here is the main wheel wells I mentioned earlier. Each sidewall is shown in the instructions to just butt-weld together..much easier to just install and glue in place. White MRP Primer, Tamiya Red and Alclad Aqua-Gloss as of now. that's as far as I
  23. This is my first build thread, but not my first model kit. I suppose I should upload some photos of finished models in the Display Case. Been modeling since I was a kid, got back into it as an adult then parenting took over (that and the home we lived in had no model space except the garage in the Texas heat which was a no-go!). Got back into modeling again in 2013 after we moved to a new home and been building 1-2 a year since. So this is my build thread of the Kenetic Su-33. Big thanks to BaconRayGun for his build thread here. Lots of good i
  24. Thanks for the link and BaconRaygun I read your build thread. Good info. there. I to picked up the Eduard set and the resin exhaust nozzles and a few other bits from Spru Brothers. I'll post an build thread sometime this fall when I get started on this kit.
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