Zactoman Posted February 26, 2013 Author Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) Thanks for posting Nacho and welcome to the ARC forum!!! Great build! Looking forward to seeing more of your models in the future! I edited your post and fixed the IMG tags so that your pictures showed. For those not familiar with posting pics on the forum, you need to have your pictures hosted on an outside website like Photobucket. When you post them you need to copy the address they provide and paste it into your reply/post without changing it at all. The resulting address should look like this (without the spaces): http:// i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj199/NACHO_HDEZ/DSC_5284.jpg [ /IMG] Edited February 26, 2013 by Zactoman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle les Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Super happy with the speed of delivery to Australia enabling me to AIM-9X up my Rhino on the weekend. The instruction leaflet made for amusing reading too ! Now to finish the Superbug ! Thanks Chris :D/> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 (edited) Hello, here are some picture of my Flanker. I used Zacto Nosecone. More pics here: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=267508 Bye Rom Edited October 19, 2013 by rom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Girolamo LORUSSO Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 hi to all, my little contribute. AIM-9X , fantastic realise for my Eagle. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Check Six Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Here's another Su27 with Zactoman canopy, nose and intake corrections. Unfortunately no pylons and missile that were released just as I finished the model. They'll be on the next one The progress thread can be found here http://forums.europe...?showtopic=3215 A simple yet awesome diorama ! Very well executed indeed ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grizzly Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 (edited) Hello, here are some picture of my Flanker. I used Zacto Nosecone. Rom I've seen that one for real at Hyères Model show (On the riviera in southern France) last week end 13 october. Excellent advertisement for zacto's products. Great Job, I hope Rom has got a reward Edited October 17, 2013 by Grizzly Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 I've seen that one for real at Hyères Model show (On the riviera in southern France) last week end 13 october. Excellent advertisement for zacto's products. Great Job, I hope Rom has got a reward Thanks Grizzly, but no rewards for this one... :-( Meanwhile, I was awarded for... a 1/72 Uboot and a 1/35 KVII... both Silver Cheers Romain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PHIL25102 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 Fantastic! Rafraîchissant!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcatfreak Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 Hi! for my latest build, Tamiya F-4J in 1/32, I used Zactomodels AIM-9 Sidewinder. They are great Chris!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vidar 710 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) On 1/29/2013 at 4:56 AM, John Wolstenholme said: Spent a lot of time doing mods to the Trumpeter kit. Final result would not have been possible without the Zacto nose, canopy and intake fixes. Just needed to dirty-up your nice white intake Chris. Know this plane quite well, I was in VS-22 in CAG-3 on the Kennedy during Desert Shield and Storm. Nice job! Tracy Edited June 10, 2019 by Zactoman Removed all but one duplicate pic to save space. To see the rest check page 1: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/242167-the-zactogallery/&do=findComment&comment=2468231 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vidar 710 Posted May 28, 2014 Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) On 12/20/2011 at 12:09 AM, Out2gtcha said: Im new here to the site, but have been active in posting at and building LargeScalePlanes. As requested by Chris, I am posting my version of the Sukhoi SU-30 MKK Flanker in Russian Pre-delivery livery, scheme 504, using Chris's intake trunks, pylons and missiles. ALL are amazingly molded, and exquisite in detail. The only problem I had is I should have gotten them off the bat instead of messing the Trumpy's OOB intakes! This is my version of the Russian test bed Sukhoi SU-30 MKK Flanker as it existed prior to delivery to the PLAAF. The Russians took this opportunity to use the airframe to test every system the plane has prior to delivery. It was painted only in Russian yellow primer with minimal markings, and stencils, much fewer than the normal Flanker might have had. They used this thing to test every missile system, radar system and internal system including the canon over and over. It was used on un-prepared, dirty, wet and/or icy runways, and hence the real thing got incredibly dirty and oily, with the Russians obviously not concerned about cleaning it, even prior to the Russian MAKS air-show in 2003. There are some things I would have liked to do differently but I'm not worried about them at this point. I may have gone a bit bonkers with the pics but hey-ho, after 8 months build time, I'm using all the pics as reward/justification for all the work :lol:/> ………OR just skip to the end if you get bored! :lol:/> Here is the almost 8 month WIP journey on LargeScalePlanes.com, for those interested - Sukhoi SU-30 MKK Russian Pre-Delivery scheme 504 WIP Here is the finished RFI on LSP.com with more pics as well - Sukhoi SU-30 MKK Flanker Pre-delivery scheme 504 RFI Hope you like her, and thanks for stopping in on me. Thanks to Chris and his wonderful resin products too – Thanks for looking in, and thanks to Chris for such great products! Cheers, Brian Would love to pick your brain on your engine finishes. Nice effect! Tracy Edited June 10, 2019 by Zactoman Removed all but one duplicate pic to save space. To see the rest check page 1: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/242167-the-zactogallery/&do=findComment&comment=2305516 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wasserfall Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hi Chris, Finally after a zillion years i finished my Trumpeter 1:32 Su27, My thread "another flanker 1:32" lost all of it's pictures due to Imageshack going commercial:( I used probably all of your fantastic Zactomodel parts, so here are my final pictures. More on: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=283213 Chears!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Smith Posted November 25, 2015 Share Posted November 25, 2015 (edited) Edited February 1, 2020 by Scott Smith Because Photobucket sucks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Red Dog Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) Here's one more testimony to the quality of Zacto's parts These parts have stayed long enough in the stash. They can now see the light Edited February 11, 2018 by Red Dog Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) I could probably write a book on this model, I have well over 250 hours into it and am VERY HAPPY to finally have it completed. The cost alone of the kit with improvements was over $400 and the number of times I wanted to toss it in the trash is too many to count. I followed the builds of a number of masters on Aircraft Resource Center, but gave up wanting to super detail the landing gear and instead just finish the model. This was by far my most difficult project. Re-scribing, re-riveting, and correcting other portions of the fuselage and wings took hours upon hours. The construction and detail painting of the cockpit was 25 hours of work. Properly fitting the Nosecone to the fuselage was the most difficult portion and I had to contact Chris “Zactoman” Wilson directly for advice and for encouragement to continue on. Multiple Aftermarket sets used to complete an accurate looking Flanker including: 1. Zactomodels – Nose correction , Canopy correction, Intake correction and wingtip pylon correction. 2. Aires - Cockpit, Wheel Wells and Exhausts 3. Linden Hill Decals - Ukrainian Flankers. This Flanker (Blue 56) is depicted with splinter scheme from 2008. (Some Shattered on application) 4. Akan Paints – Water based acrylics of actual colors. Unfortunately, these have very poor adhesion and caused many temper tantrums. Gold Medal Winner at our local IPMS show. Photo Credits to Eric Jay. Edited March 5, 2018 by Mr Matt Foley Image Credit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 (edited) On 3/5/2018 at 3:18 PM, Mr Matt Foley said: I could probably write a book on this model, I have well over 250 hours into it and am VERY HAPPY to finally have it completed. The cost alone of the kit with improvements was over $400 and the number of times I wanted to toss it in the trash is too many to count. I followed the builds of a number of masters on Aircraft Resource Center, but gave up wanting to super detail the landing gear and instead just finish the model. This was by far my most difficult project. Re-scribing, re-riveting, and correcting other portions of the fuselage and wings took hours upon hours. The construction and detail painting of the cockpit was 25 hours of work. Properly fitting the Nosecone to the fuselage was the most difficult portion and I had to contact Chris “Zactoman” Wilson directly for advice and for encouragement to continue on. Multiple Aftermarket sets used to complete an accurate looking Flanker including: 1. Zactomodels – Nose correction , Canopy correction, Intake correction and wingtip pylon correction. 2. Aires - Cockpit, Wheel Wells and Exhausts 3. Linden Hill Decals - Ukrainian Flankers. This Flanker (Blue 56) is depicted with splinter scheme from 2008. (Some Shattered on application) 4. Akan Paints – Water based acrylics of actual colors. Unfortunately, these have very poor adhesion and caused many temper tantrums. Gold Medal Winner at our local IPMS show. Photo Credits to Eric Jay. WORD. Edited June 10, 2019 by Zactoman Removed duplicate pics to save space. To see the pics look at the post above this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 2 hours ago, B.Sin said: WORD. You are too kind Brother...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 Thanks again to those sharing their builds! Until the day comes when I have time to build something for myself, you guys are providing me my model building 'fix'. Vicarious modeling... On 3/5/2018 at 3:18 PM, Mr Matt Foley said: Re-scribing, re-riveting, and correcting other portions of the fuselage and wings took hours upon hours. Very nice build and congrats on your Gold! Any close-ups you can share? I'd love to see some of the additional correction work you mentioned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted March 13, 2018 Share Posted March 13, 2018 12 hours ago, Zactoman said: Thanks again to those sharing their builds! Until the day comes when I have time to build something for myself, you guys are providing me my model building 'fix'. Vicarious modeling... Very nice build and congrats on your Gold! Any close-ups you can share? I'd love to see some of the additional correction work you mentioned. I probably overstated some of that Chris. The movement of the stabilators to their correct position to enable the droop. Re-riveting and scribing portions of the fuselage and wings after sanding et.al. The nose work with your replacement probably would have gone better had I carefully watched the gap between the Aires cockpit and nose gear bay. That amplified the fit correction and it wasn't until I sent photos to you and your suggestions that the "light bulb" went on and I was able to make the correction. The Zacto nose and canopy corrections add so much to the kit, I honestly do not know how anyone with AMS could avoid using them on this kt. I wish I could have afforded the missiles and all of the pylons. The wingtip pylons are so much better than the kits, it is ridiculous. As I said, I am very happy the build is over with. Now...where the heck do I put this thing? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Memir Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Trumpeter Su-27 1/32 finally finished... I tried to build heavy weathered Arctic Flanker based above polar circle with units called “ Guardians of the North”. I used Zacto intakes, nosecone, missiles and pylons. Aires Cockpit, wheel wells and exhausts. Armory resin wheels. Front windshield is a scratch build as kit part was really bad in shape and I could not find Zacto update anymore... Colors - MRP paint including silver primer, transparent paints and metalizers. Tamiya panel liners and weathering Masters used Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steel_tiger1 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 AMAZING! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 Bravo. Great weathering !!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted June 15, 2019 Author Share Posted June 15, 2019 Beautiful model! Incredible paint! Thanks for sharing it Miro. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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