loftycomfort Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 So here's a 1/32 Su-7 Fitter resin from Ukraine that I bought from ebayer ruporator. I haven't seen one of these things built yet, so I thought let's try it. The instructions come in a CDROM. It's really just a bunch of pics of the kit parts. I printed them out as I don't have a computer in the workshop. The casting is generally good. There are the odd bubbles here and there, but manageable. The surface is quite smooth which will be conducive for a NMF finish. Length is about 19 inches. Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Hello, Have fun with this very exotic build! Romain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aurora Mark Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Very interesting! I'm looking forward to following this build. Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
galileo1 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Looking forward to this one. Never seen this kit before. Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marcel111 Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Terry, great to see you at it again. Very interesting subject, Fitters are pretty huge beasts. Marcel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
knovak Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 I've been looking at this kit for years with curiosity. Glad to see it's finally being built. Good luck with the build. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChippyWho Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Truly Big Game modelling! This is going to grip like Velcro... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caudleryan Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Dude, where have you been??? I've missed your stunning builds! And no doubt this one will be truly awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Thank you, guys. It's been a good year for me, just not so much for modelling. We moved out of our condo in January and into my inlaws. So no modelling there. In April we moved into our new beautiful house. By the time we settled in and I starting building kits again, it was June/July. Then came a crazy amount of business travel. Still, I managed to build an Italeri 1/32 CF-104. I wrapped it up a few days ago. We are in a resort tris weekend. I'll start cracking at the su-7 again in the next few days. Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harvy5 Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Beautiful part of the Soviet pipeline with wings! As a child I was bombing demonstrations Su-7BM with trainer nuclear bomb IAB-500 For me the most interesting Su-7. Czechoslovak Su-7BM after the exchange wings. Czechoslovak Su-7BM after the exchange wings (1979). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Harvy5, do you have more pics of the Czech camouflaged jets? The kits part break down and engineering is simple, effective and rugged, just like the real jet itself. The engine exhaust is just made of four parts. I painted them gun metal and set aside to cure. Judging by its shape, the Fitter would be a big time tail sitter. So I CA glued my biggest fishing weight into the hollow shock cone. Then I added some more. And then some more. The entire structure of shock cone, nose gear bay and cockpit tub are built with just four pieces together. Here I'm dry fitting them. The nose gear bay opening needs to be cut out. Cut lines are clearly marked on the nose, So I'm drilling holes on the nose now. Will cut it out tomorrow and dry fit the bay. Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aurora Mark Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Fantastic work so far. It is nice to see such few parts being able to make it all work (like the 4 pieces for the exhaust, and the front end). How do you find the details? Looking forward to seeing more! Mark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Crazy Snap Captain Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Wow, This kit looks like a beast Terry! Looking forward to this build big time. Nice work thus far. Keep it up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Arne Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 A Su-7 in this great Scale - wow ! - an full Resin ... Good luck with this exciting project! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 The surface panel lines are scribed. They are quite fine and reasonably detailed; there are no rivets (which should please a lot of people lol). Undercarriage details are very good. Cockpit details are adequate - think Trumpeter level details but slightly more refined. The nose gear bay cut out was umm, cut out, then the edges smoothed out. And here's how the gear bay looks dry fitted inside. Same treatment for the cockpit cut out: And here's how the tub looks inside the nose, dry fitted: Now is probably the best time to paint the shock cone before it goes into the nose: Next task is finish up the exhaust tube and start painting the cockpit. I LOVE detail painting cockpits, it really brings a plane to life. Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkmouth Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Real nice! Probably a better kit than the OEZ/KP/Eduard kit (at least until Trumpeters comes out). I look for ward to this Indian beauty (the one in the back although the front one has a cool nickname): Regards, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harvy5 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 I already wrote my ex , to send me materials from my PC which is in Slovakia. :D Now I have only the ... BM cockpit version Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harvy5 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 and something of armament training nuke bomb IAB-500 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted December 31, 2014 Author Share Posted December 31, 2014 Wow that's excellent. Thank you very much! Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
harvy5 Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 A few more details from cockpit ... a few good web sites with photos http://walkaround.rajce.idnes.cz/Suchoj_Su-7_Fitter_A/ warning it's a combination of detail BM and BKL http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic_t_15037.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Emvar Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Terry, As usual you will do it justice!! Nice subject. Emil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kagemusha Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 (edited) Great to see one of these being made, best of luck! Andy ps. This 1/48 thread might be useful http://kitmaniac.com/site/?p=3144 Edited January 3, 2015 by Kagemusha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 The extensive walk around pics turn out to be a mixed blessing. While they are very useful for the build, they also reveal how inaccurate the kit's cockpit is. The kit parts really is just an approximation (I'm being kind here) of the mess of switches in the Fitter's analog cockpit. Over half of the resin details is kind of fictitious - the type of thing that gives Jennings ulcer. J/K. So in this semi hopeless situation, I decided to add just a bit of extra details to improve the accuracy by umm... 1% lol. The seat belts are from the Italeri 1/32 F-104 kit plus some foil strips. Accuracy schmaccuracy. The good news is the exhaust can is painted. I think it looks the part considering I used acrylics. No metalizer was used. Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted February 12, 2015 Author Share Posted February 12, 2015 It took a while, but I finally finished and installed the cockpit. The inaccuracies of the cockpit and the tiny bit of extra details that I added were really inconsequential because the cockpit open is so small that not much can be seen anyways. In fact, the opening was so small that I almost couldn't drop the seat into the tub. It eventually went in, but I had to break off the throttle stick that was getting in the way. I used Mike Grant's cockpit decals for the IP. Not very accurrate, but like I said, it doesn't really matter. The seat belts were a combination of left-over PE belts from the Italeri 1/32 f-104 and wine bottle foil. I'm going to start working on the vacuform canopy next. Cheers, Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Uncool Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Terry That's an interestin' build ya're workin' on; very nice piccies as well. The resin seems to be quite crisp. Terrific help ya're gettin' from Harvey! That's highly appreciated. The BM cockpit looks like :wacko: way too crammed. Incidentally, Terry; has this kit got white metal landin' gear? Will be followin' this build with delight. Cheers, T! Unc² Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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