nex999 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 (edited) Hi everybody, here's my first entry to this board, hope you'll like it :) This is my second model (my first was Italeri F-16, you can see it on some pics here too), i built it few months ago. What can i say? I t took me a lot of years to finally start with this hobby and i love it hehe. This one is Academy' SU-27 UB Flanker, and idea was to make one of those stunning demo birds with this cool camo scheme. I used a lot of references from this forum, so i decided to join here too :) I used Begemot decal set, Neomega cockpit, canopy and nose cone. Paint i used were Humbrol acryl, and some Model Master acryls. I didn't manage to get one of custom rocket kits, so i had to use ones that came with Academy kit, and i scratchbuilt KH-29's. Edited June 14, 2011 by nex999 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nex999 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Some more pics Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nex999 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 And these- Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Fantastic work!!! You said second model????? :woot.gif: Welcome to ARC!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nex999 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Hvala, Mario :) Yeah, those two birds are my whole modeling career...for now :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
F-4Mech Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 NICCCCE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Great Job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Nice work. What an awesome colour scheme! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Froggy Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Fantastic job! Congratulations! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lyn Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 wow love it awesome paint job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
speedlimit Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Nice build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Just totally freakin AWESOME!!! build. If a Flanker ever took off with that loadout it might be cumbersome at the start, but a force to be reckoned with in the latter stages. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nex999 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share Posted June 14, 2011 Thanks people Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikejapan Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I think I might be getting a sukhoi next! I haven't built one in a long time. NICE AIRCRAFT! Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Gorgeous build! Really like that scheme, not something you see every day Quote Link to post Share on other sites
viperjoe Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 nice work,beautiful model of fantastic aircraft!!!!compliments bravo bravo and ciao ciao from italy -GIO- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 wow! very nice Flanker!! i like it a looooot!! bye! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkey Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Sweeeeeetness!!! Awesome work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nex999 Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 Thanks guys, glad you like it :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RAIN Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Can never get enough flankers. How was this kit to build? Is the cockpit really that bad? Maybe I need to get an aftermarket kit for mine? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nex999 Posted June 15, 2011 Author Share Posted June 15, 2011 (edited) Kit was a very nice thing to build with a few issues - A LOT of putty and sending, especially on the intakes (see pic below), and i had a hard time with leading edge slats, they have a slight problem with wing curvature but i managed to put them in the place eventually hehe About cockpit - well, the one that comes with the kit is mostly fine, as the default kit cockpit can go (except the seats, those are terrible), BUT when you do this with aftermarket one - it's a hell of a difference, trust me :) It also solves the problem of sanding the seam on the canopy, since this one i got with cockpit doesn't have one, and has proper curvature too. So you can just go with polishing and adding detail to it :) Also, about the kit rockets - i'm kinda puzzled with such thick control surfaces Academy put on those. So i'll replace them with some aftermarket ones as soon as i get a chance. Edited June 15, 2011 by nex999 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fly-n-hi Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 That's an awesome build. You really did a nice job. If I may suggest something...fix the canopy so that its lines up correctly. It seems that it is leaning over to the left a little bit. I noticed that all of your head on photos are off by a few degrees to compensate for this. Should be a very easy fix. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nex999 Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 Yeah, you're right. I fixed it after i took these fotos thou Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 (edited) nex999, Hello and ... FANTASTIC , AWESOME Flanker. EXCELLENT paint job... Just STUNNING workmanship on them..Love it !!! Edited June 16, 2011 by HOLMES Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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