dsahling Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 (edited) Hello everyone, I wanted to show my latest work, the venerable 1/32 Su-27 Flanker from Trumpeter. After almost 6 months it's finally done! I had sworn off "kitchen sink" builds for a while, but over time I was able to get ahold of the Zactoman Su-27 Nose, intakes, missile pylons, and AA-11 and AA-10 missiles (unfortunately the Zactoman canopy set was OOP at the time and I couldn't find it anywhere), Eduard internal and external photo etch, Aires cockpit and burner cans, various little bits of scratch building, Mr. Color paints, as well the extraordinarily rare Linden Hill "Flankers on Patrol" decals from a very kind friend here on ARC, another equally kind friend supplied lent me the help of AMAZING reference photos. The Trumpeter kit is a very large and impressive take on the Flanker, all the aftermarket fit really well, the only tough area was attaching the Zactoman resin nose, (while its not perfect I did a better job with it this time around, and there's only a small step that is hardly noticeable at all, so I'm happy with it). I love this particular camouflage scheme on this Baltic Sea based Flanker, it's really eye-catching and unique. Not to mention very fun to do this camo scheme, if anyone would like to know more about how I did the airbrushing I'd be more than happy to talk about it. Weathering was a mix of fading paint, oil washes, streaks&grime, some of you may notice what appears to be spilled paint on the right upper fuselage, this was no mistake, some actual paint did get spilled on this particular plane in real life and I wanted to replicate it for a truly unique aircraft. Anyhow, hope everyone enjoys taking a look and I'd be more than happy to answer any questions (I'll also try to post some WIP photos in a bit as well). Also forgot to add I added rivets to the front fuselage vertical and horizontal stabilizers for added effect (a nerve wracking task with the rivet tool I have). Cheers! Dan Edited April 23, 2016 by dsahling Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsahling Posted April 23, 2016 Author Share Posted April 23, 2016 Here's some more photos: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 NOICE!!!!!!!!!!! I especially like the burnt metal on the engine areas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayfarer 30 Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Now that's gorgeous! Excellent flanker sir. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsahling Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Thanks fellas, for the exhaust I laid down a base coat of alclad pale burnt metal and jet exhaust, then I used the Tamiya weathering sets for the heat staining. I highly recommend the Tamiya weathering set as its easy to use and doesn't come off easily after being applied, its fun to play around with and get various effects, the pigments "set" by just applying a coat of Future to the plane. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Parabat Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 An amazing Flanker, the weathering is especially good. What a beast! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted April 25, 2016 Share Posted April 25, 2016 Very nice! :woot.gif: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsahling Posted April 25, 2016 Author Share Posted April 25, 2016 Another small detail was I used acrylic chipping fluid over the metallic areas on the leading edge slats with various acrylic mixes for the blue and grey, and pollyscale RLM 65 (a pretty good match as I didn't feel like wasting acrylic paint just to use it for such a small area, and once the oil wash got to it, it pretty much blended it all together). Then I used a fairly stiff brush dipped in warm water and started chipping the paint away in this area. I highly recommend the MiG Production Acrylic Chipping Fluid for this as it can make some really nice weathering/chipping effects. I added some more photos of the undersurface (before flat coating and pylons) as well as some in-progress shots.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsahling Posted April 26, 2016 Author Share Posted April 26, 2016 One of the ways I try to accomplish the worn out finish with Russian aircraft involves lots of "bleaching" and "mottling" of the base colors. Over time, the real paint on the actual planes change colors; I attempt to duplicate this. The nice thing is you only need a base color that is a "good enough match" to the real color, in fact, it helps if its a bit darker than the actual color that way the weathering, fading, and bleaching will standout a little more. It's also good freehand airbrushing practice as I find you end up developing really fine control of the airbrush. I then use various light blues, whites, greys, and other darker blues to work in, and blend to give the paint depth. The nice thing about airbrushing this way is its actually very forgiving and easy to fix mistakes. I find you can also fine tune the colors better according to reference photos this way, rather than using solely stock FS colors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bravosierra001 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Beautiful!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kellyF15 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 That is an awesome build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsahling Posted April 30, 2016 Author Share Posted April 30, 2016 Thanks everyone! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jinxter13 Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 (edited) Great job I second what has been said already, and I'd like to add it looks menacing;like a hungry shark stalking prey. Edited May 3, 2016 by #1 Greywolf Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsahling Posted May 6, 2016 Author Share Posted May 6, 2016 I still wonder what was behind the unique camouflage they chose to do...there's actually a couple of other Flankers, some two-seaters that have similar camouflage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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