Zmey Smirnoff Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 (edited) Well, I haven’t started on the kit yet. But here is little OOB review. Little primer on the prototype. Su-15 was developed and fielded in difficult times when Soviet leadership was convinced that missiles and rockets will prevail over all other conventional weapons, including aircraft. Creation of completely new aircraft was out of the question, so Sukhoi decided to upgrade existing ones. Su-11 was taken as the base. 2nd engine was added to resolve serious problems with reliability faced by Su-9, 11 and 7B crews. New radar and missile system was added to enhance interception parameters. First flight of the prototype plane occurred in 1963 and serial machine entered service in 1967. 130 examples were delivered. After extensive field trials Su-15T and Su-15TM mods entered wide spread service with PVO and VVS regiments. Original Su-15 remained rather obscure and lesser known plane. Dimensions: 8.62x22.07x5m Empty weight: 10220kg Engines: 2x R-11F2S-300 Top speed: 2230km/h Ceiling: 18.5km Weapons: 2 R-98 or R-8M AAMs Box art sucks, sprues are nice and crisp. Decals are spartan by today's standards. NeO pit is nice but lacks instruction sheet. Edited September 15, 2007 by Zmey Smirnoff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 That's a nice detail set you got there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BjornB17 Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 i never knew there was a 1/48 su-15, i gotta get me one! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted September 24, 2007 Author Share Posted September 24, 2007 (edited) airbrushed the insides of the fuse and the pit. Edited September 24, 2007 by Zmey Smirnoff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Hell yeah. Keep it going. BTW: Yours first pictures are not visible... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Su-34 Posted September 24, 2007 Share Posted September 24, 2007 Looks nice! Here's a great walkaround http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/avia/rus/su...-15tm/index.htm :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 BTW: Yours first pictures are not visible... ;) Yeah, I know. MAKS and Monino pics killed the bandwidth till the 3rd of October. I'm now using second account. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted September 25, 2007 Author Share Posted September 25, 2007 Looks nice!Here's a great walkaround http://walkarounds.airforce.ru/avia/rus/su...-15tm/index.htm ;) Thanks! But thats a Su-15TM, very different mod from what I'm building. I got decent pics of the right mod from Monino. Raymond may need that link though - he's building the TM. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
modelmax Posted October 6, 2007 Share Posted October 6, 2007 airbrushed the insides of the fuse and the pit. Hi, nice work! the Su 15 is one of my fav. aircraft. one day I'll tackle my trumpeter kits, but for now, I'll be watching your thread closely. One question by the way, what is the color you're using for the interior? Thanks, Ernie A. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted October 7, 2007 Author Share Posted October 7, 2007 ^ MM Russian topside blue with about 20% white. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Pics look good so far, Zmey... I'll be anxious to see once you've got the cockpt assembled and installed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 More progress Here is one of mine non-GB builds. Gonna post it here, since I dont feel like starting new thread in in-progress Hopefully that Su-27 will end up as Lipetsk Red 01 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Nice work on the instrument panel. Also nice to see a Flanker coming up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted October 11, 2007 Share Posted October 11, 2007 Pretty sweet painting on that cockpit Z B) Oh...what kit is that Flanker? Academy 1/48? AW Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted October 11, 2007 Author Share Posted October 11, 2007 ^ Hase 1/72 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted October 12, 2007 Share Posted October 12, 2007 ^ Hase 1/72 I should've known, though I was so certain you're doing a 1/48 scale Academy Flanker. Anything special on that Flanker, Zmey? I could swear - without making any comparisons with my Hase example - that the nose is a bit slimmer than purely OOB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 ^ Good eye, jan. The nose is Reheat resin. OOB was too bulbous for my taste. Thanks to Linden Hill I got the replacement. Today I masked off and painted dielectric panels, radome, engines and missiles... fingers crossed. I'll remove the masks in the morning. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 ^ Good eye, jan. The nose is Reheat resin. OOB was too bulbous for my taste. Thanks to Linden Hill I got the replacement. Today I masked off and painted dielectric panels, radome, engines and missiles... fingers crossed. I'll remove the masks in the morning. It surely does benefit from that Reheat AM nose. Looking forward to see it finished! I really loved building my Hase Flanker and especially now that I've peeked inside the box of my new Heller UB I definetely long for the Hasegawa kit... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 How about the Quickboost resin nose? Anybody know whether that's an improvement as well? I think I've got that nose somewhere, but I'm not sure. :blink: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted October 13, 2007 Author Share Posted October 13, 2007 (edited) Speaking of Reheat vs. Quickboost... I'm not sure which mine is :D Maybe mine is Quickboost... I dunno. By the way - This thread should give you a colorful picture of how smooth my Su-27 is coming along. Edited October 13, 2007 by Zmey Smirnoff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
is it windy yet? Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 It's coming along nicely now. Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zmey Smirnoff Posted October 27, 2007 Author Share Posted October 27, 2007 Alrighty, nothing dramatic in this update. Overall assembly complete. I need to mask and attach the canopy. Paint the fuselage around the c'pit and mask all the painted niches. Then I'll be ready to prime it for Alclad. And here is a little update on Hase 1/72 Su-27 I'm working on. Its a non-GB build. After Future, before the decals Decals about 80% complete Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragan_mig31 Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 great flanker.i have the same too so can you tell me if there is something i should watch for during asembly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 That flag decals must have been realy big pain in shopa. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 Great work... ;) I love the Flanker..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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