Jennings Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Please get it right! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jgrease Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) Edited October 2, 2014 by jgrease Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Yes, please trumpeter, get it right! while you're at it, why don't you go back and retool your Su-15 and make it more accurate. Yes I know guys, wishful thinking. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayfarer 30 Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I REALLY look forward to this. It will be on the top of my list. Is there any information other than a release date and catalog image? Thanks! Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jgrease Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Nope. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pookie Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Looks right to me: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Just my humble opinion but what a strange choice for a subject. I can think of many more cold war era jets (Russian and Western) that would be better subjects, both from a general interest and sales standpoint. If anything, I'd rather have seen an Su-7 or even better, new tool Su-17/22/24 series. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pookie Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Just my humble opinion but what a strange choice for a subject. I can think of many more cold war era jets (Russian and Western) that would be better subjects, both from a general interest and sales standpoint. If anything, I'd rather have seen an Su-7 or even better, new tool Su-17/22/24 series. But you can already build a 1/48 Su-7 or Su-17 or Su-22 or Su-24 out of the box, and the kits are not horrible. I bet Trump, would not make those kits obsolete judging by their previous kits. It's almost like wanting more 1/48 F-16 kits. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkmouth Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Just my humble opinion but what a strange choice for a subject... If anything, I'd rather have seen an Su-7 or even better, new tool Su-17/22/24 series. It is what they were provided references for. Have you read this? But you can already build a 1/48 Su-7 or Su-17 or Su-22 or Su-24 out of the box, and the kits are not horrible. I bet Trump, would not make those kits obsolete judging by their previous kits.It's almost like wanting more 1/48 F-16 kits. They don't seem to have a rhyme or reason other than it is what their fans have provided to them in the form of photographs and measurements. Sadly, some of these fans may not properly label the subject of their images so variants get mixed up since I don't think Trumpeter's R&D team (who also provide for Hobby Boss) do little, if any, research on their own. I have the KP (ex-OEZ molds) Su-7 & Su-22 but am sure Trumpeter can do better if they use what was given to them. Regards, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonbryon Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I can't fault Trumpeter *at all* for their subject choices. Unfortunately, they can be faulted on almost everything else... Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 hehe..a grown up MiG-21 :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
erik_g Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Looks right to me: :woot.gif:/> Had it not been that someone posted a Viggen-camouflaged F-35 in a Facebook group I am following yesterday I´d be very upset, but now I am hardened.. But I can´t see why SwAF would ever had to use a Suchoi when we had our own aircraft :-) Shape wise I can´t see how Trumpeter could get it wrong this time. The shape is just a cylinder with some wings stuck on.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Had it not been that someone posted a Viggen-camouflaged F-35 in a Facebook group I am following yesterday I´d be very upset, but now I am hardened.. But I can´t see why SwAF would ever had to use a Suchoi when we had our own aircraft :-) Shape wise I can´t see how Trumpeter could get it wrong this time. The shape is just a cylinder with some wings stuck on.. Target practice.... if it didn't run out of fuel first :P Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pookie Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Shape wise I can´t see how Trumpeter could get it wrong this time. The shape is just a cylinder with some wings stuck on.. They'll find a way. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Petarvu Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 They'll find a way. There are subtle curves in Sukhois 'boiler approach' design... Chances it will be spot on are slim, kit will be copied from 2d scale plans from magazines just like most of their stuff... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 (edited) There are subtle curves in Sukhois 'boiler approach' design... Chances it will be spot on are slim, kit will be copied from 2d scale plans from magazines just like most of their stuff... There are two sets of drawings available for the Su-9 at Airwar.ru. The iDontKnowWhereTheyCameFrom and the Zlinek ones. Compared the nose profiles... and they don't look the same. One has a rotational symmetry while the Zlinek doesn't. Who's right, or rather, who's less wrong ? I think that Trumpeter would use the Zlinek drawings. Edited October 3, 2014 by Laurent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 i hpe that like for the F-106, they show the twin seater... but bring the single seater first! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
11bee Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Ok, a Su-9 "Fishpot". But the drawing in the announcement show a two-seater Su-9U "Maiden"... Future ref.02897? The ref.02898 being already reserved for the future Su-11 kit. Source: http://www.cybermodeler.com/news/trumpeter.shtml V.P. Interesting claim that it was an Su-9 that shot down Power's U-2. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 Yes, I was wondering about that one too. Brad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayfarer 30 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 (edited) It says "intercepted". I do not believe that means shot down right? I saw this today. Late February? Towwer Hobbies 1/48 Su-9 Edited October 10, 2014 by Wayfarer 30 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
xv107 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 And interesting that it appears that the U-2 was flown by a female or transgendered pilot... Anyway - from the (Unclassified) CIA 'The U-2 Program: A Russian Officer Remembers' (here) Powers and his U-2, meanwhile, were heading confidently northward. A Soviet SU-9 Fishpot high-altitude fighter aircraft, which was in the area on an unrelated mission, took off from an airfield at Sverdlovsk (now Ekaterinburg) to try to intercept the U-2. The pilot of this aircraft, which was not appropriately armed or equipped for such a mission, was directed to close with and ram the intruder. The risk was enormous and the chances for success were negligible. The pilot managed briefly to gain the necessary altitude, but he did not catch sight of the target, and the attempt was abandoned. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 The Su-9 was a PVO interceptor, not a reconnaissance asset. I'm not aware of one ever having left the borders of the USSR, so if they were reconnoitering anything with it, it would have been friendly territory. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffbmac1 Posted October 15, 2014 Share Posted October 15, 2014 Cool I want one. Just wondering has anyone built or inspected the box contents the Kazan 1/48 Su-9 or Su-11 ?????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 And interesting that it appears that the U-2 was flown by a female or transgendered pilot... ...not that there's anything wrong with that... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andzin Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Cool I want one. Just wondering has anyone built or inspected the box contents the Kazan 1/48 Su-9 or Su-11 ?????? Not in english but You can see the pictures :-) http://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=84382 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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