An Tran Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Hi guys, I'm planning to build a pair of Sukhoi: Su-30 and Su-33/35/37. I have already bought two kit from Academy , the scale is 1/48. But I'm having some problems with finding their conversion kit and the missile R-77, I can only find the conversion kit from Sol but I can't find any places I can get them. I go to all hobby shop around Madison and they didn't have those kits. I go to Sol webpage and use the place order but it's been several days and I havent received news from them. Can you help me to find a place that sell those stuffs? Thanks a lot. An Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sv51macross Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 SOL has been out of buisness for a very long time. You'll have to look on eBay for those conversions and be prepared to spend about $250 or more for all of what you need. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Williams Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 To be honest, while the sets look great in the box, the fit is bad. Because of mold shrinkage, the canard shoulders don't fit well with the Academy fuselage. That great detail gets messed up when you have to sand and fill the parts to get them to mate up. These are sets that people really want, but few have ever actually used, I think. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TaiidanTomcat Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 I think your best bet would be getting 3 view plans blowing them up to 1/48 and scratchbuilding them yourself. just like dave says the fit on your version can't be mush worse and it will definitely be cheaper. Ken Duffy is our resident Flanker Expert and he can help you more im betting but in the mean time here is his website and Welcome aboard! http://www.lindenhillimports.com/flankers.htm He does some 1/72 scale conversion but the same will work for any scale Quote Link to post Share on other sites
An Tran Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 Thanks for all the advice. I have want more question about the cockpit set, I'm wondering between two cockpit set for my Su-27. I'm choosing between Neomega and Aires, the Aires are pretty rare and more pricey. Which one do you think it's best? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Neomega,as I recall the guy who did the master is a design engineer at Sukhoi OKB Stephen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gb_madcat_sl Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) I've seen a scratch-built one before. LINK HERE Mark Edited December 10, 2008 by gb_madcat_sl Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpagueur Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 Can you help me to find a place that sell those stuffs? Take a look here http://cgi.ebay.it/1-48-SOL-SU-33-SU-32-SE...bayphotohosting and here http://cgi.ebay.it/1-48-SOL-Soviet-SU-33-R...bayphotohosting regards, Luca Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dogsbodyx Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Hi guys,I'm planning to build a pair of Sukhoi: Su-30 and Su-33/35/37. I have already bought two kit from Academy , the scale is 1/48. But I'm having some problems with finding their conversion kit and the missile R-77, I can only find the conversion kit from Sol but I can't find any places I can get them. I go to all hobby shop around Madison and they didn't have those kits. I go to Sol webpage and use the place order but it's been several days and I havent received news from them. Can you help me to find a place that sell those stuffs? Thanks a lot. An EOL on the Rue de Louvre Paris (France) has a set of R77's. I saw them there yesterday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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