nikosmeta Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Very nice result. What colors did you use? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 15 hours ago, Ichitoe said: Your build is coming along very nicely! Love the camo job you did! The wife likes it too! I'm glad you both like it!!! as I said I was going to make a good effort with this one!! I can't thank you both enough!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted July 16, 2017 Author Share Posted July 16, 2017 11 hours ago, nikosmeta said: Very nice result. What colors did you use? Tails FS 13055 yellow Model Master "Guards Red" and "blue angels" blue for the "5" white for the tips and antennae For the camo 36495 Light Gray 36440 Flat Gull Gray 36173 AMC gray all of them toned down with "French Light Blue Gray" to give them that blueish tone the real plane has! I hope that helps Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted July 25, 2017 Author Share Posted July 25, 2017 Allright I passed to the canopy, I'm using the Fairy Hobby one, wich is a lot better in form and all, but I had never worked with vacuum formed canopies before, so even at the beginning I was already cold sweating, Since it's gonna be desplayed open some interior detail was in order, never dona that before either, but I have been watching Oliver and Elmo work on plastic and I thought to give it a try! Dear God! much respect for what they do with plastic!!!! my best effort didn't even get close to their failures! but one has to start somewhere and maybe in a couple of lifetimes I'll get close to what they do! Anyway here are the pics and even if it looks like Elmo working with box gloves, I'm pretty happy with the result!!! Inner frame made with plastic and A/C ducts made out of couper wire raised rivets made with a needle from the other side prior assembly I thought masking the exterior was hard until I tried masking the interior!! I have painted the interior with that teal like bluefrom the inside and used black anyway to keep the camo tone a bit closer to the rest of the plain and to give it some depth So it looks like this now from the inside And like this from the outside!!! And there you go! my best canopy so far!!! And this arrived today from the post ofice!! beautiful Pitot tube from Master Model! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 great work! Sad that Fairyhobby canopies are out of stock now. master pitot is a musthave :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 These Flankers have this tube rails on and across the canopy for A/C I guess, anyway I wanted to add it to the bare canopy since it's a prominent detail and mine is gonna be open. Real ones have the tubing like this I took the plunge and tried to replicate it, is not perfect, maybe not even good, but to my eyes they are more than good since it's one of the firsts times I daro to add something like this!! As I said it's not perfect and there's no way I'm touching that agai! lol!! Some white bits are still to be painted but I want glue to cure to touch it again! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Very nice build so far. I want to do this some time in the future so I will have to save your build for future reference. As for that piping on your canopy, WOW. That is sweet. Not sure if I have the skills to replicat ethat but I guess I could try. Thanks so much for sharing your build with us as well as restoring the pictures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Glad you like it Chris!give those pipes a try! i didn't think I was capable of pulling them off, no w I think I got close enough and really happy! if you have questions about the plane let me know! I have some pics of venezuelan planes and many pics of the build! failures included! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 Yeah I should try those pipes. Also have to order the Caracal decal. Oh by the way looks like some of the pics on the first page are not showing up? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 hello very nice plumbing work! It will add a lot to the final rendering. Well done mate Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 19 hours ago, skyhawk174 said: Yeah I should try those pipes. Also have to order the Caracal decal. Oh by the way looks like some of the pics on the first page are not showing up? Caracal decals have worked great for me! if you are going to be using the HobbyBoss kit you are not going to have any issues! I've been trying to edit that post but there's an error and would not let me make changes...sorry about that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wardog Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Kike, Your builds just keep getting better and better.....congrats. The tube work you did to represent the air conditioning ducting is impressive as well! Looking at all the bends I can tell it took a lot of patience and skill to pull it off. I'm looking forward to the finished product. E. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted July 29, 2017 Author Share Posted July 29, 2017 21 minutes ago, wardog said: Kike, Your builds just keep getting better and better.....congrats. The tube work you did to represent the air conditioning ducting is impressive as well! Looking at all the bends I can tell it took a lot of patience and skill to pull it off. I'm looking forward to the finished product. E. I appreciate your comments Elmo! thanks for taking the time to look at my build! The truth is, my time spent on this forum and a couple of others, has made me improve or at least trying to improve with every build, I keep watching what you guys do and how you do it, I try and sometimes I nail it, often I'm not that lucky but I keep trying! with every model I try something new, different or just something I thought I wasn't capable of doing. I remember what you told me while building the Electric Intruder but mostly your work on your Intruder and it motivates me. Now even failures are kinda fun! I don't let frustration get in the way so I enjoy a lot more modelling! Some time ago I use to get frustrated when watching builds like yours or Oliver's cause I knew I would never ever get there, now I see what I can do from the whole build and I start there. It means that at this time if you point me to the moon I won't keep staring at the finger!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 That pipework is sick, kike! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted August 1, 2017 Author Share Posted August 1, 2017 Thanks Crackerjazz!! The works continue and I finally decided to tackle the most difficult part for me, engines! one of the most important parts of Flankers since they are attention atractors! and weather you nail it or screw it, there's hardly a halfway point! I made a couple of attemps and totally screwed it! after a bit of trying, cursing and praying! I was able to (in my mind at least) to get beyond the screwed side and get a decent job! you be the judges cause after watching at them for so long I don't know how to be unbiassed! the thing is I don't think I'd be capable now to make it any better! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Major Walt Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Absolutely stunning work!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 Now I'm working on decals! I have the ones that came with the kit, the caracal ones, and a sheet from Lindenhill, even if some of the data is in english, some other in russian and a couple in spanish, I decided to use as much as possible since this plane is full of data all over the fuselage! the three different kind of decals are great! so far after A LOT of them no one has shown any silvering as of yet! (crossing fingers) Let's pass to the pictures And a shot just to campare it to the real thing, IMHO pretty close for my kind of modelling!! My take on decals is that Caracal has too few of them, since data is in spanish there are a couple of ones that can be read on this scale and it would be great to have them is spanish, such as ladder guides, fuel tanks and most of the "big" yellow ones on top, but having the ones for the landing gear bay doors is a nice touch! Lindenhill has a lot of data but instruccions are way bague you have to have a good reference to apply them the right way, I applied a couple the wrong way, I got over it! Academy ones are really good but a bit oversized in some cases! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Major Walt Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 This is the best build I've ever seen--and I've seen thousands over the years... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wardog Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Hello Kike, Great to see you're nearing the finish line on yet another project. As I've stated before, your builds keep getting better and better; keep up the good work. Reading your post regarding the engine painting, It's obvious you faced some challenges and the task frustrated you, as it should have when you're still honing your skills. In this hobby, you cant reap rewards until you pay your dues; then again, I suppose that's the case with anything that requires some level of talent! Every elite modeler has had to cross the same bridges you have; and like everyone else, we all have our strengths and weaknesses which determine how long it takes to master a skill. Keep at it and the rewards will come. E. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 19 hours ago, Major Walt said: This is the best build I've ever seen--and I've seen thousands over the years... Thanks MajorWalt! you're too kind! Quote Hello Kike, Great to see you're nearing the finish line on yet another project. As I've stated before, your builds keep getting better and better; keep up the good work. Reading your post regarding the engine painting, It's obvious you faced some challenges and the task frustrated you, as it should have when you're still honing your skills. In this hobby, you cant reap rewards until you pay your dues; then again, I suppose that's the case with anything that requires some level of talent! Every elite modeler has had to cross the same bridges you have; and like everyone else, we all have our strengths and weaknesses which determine how long it takes to master a skill. Keep at it and the rewards will come. E. Thanks for your words Elmo! and for taking the time to take a look at my build! Yo are absolutely right about this hobby! the good thing is that even when pushing your limits if you are still able to have funn then you are making things the right way! with every build I try a couple ot new things, if I succed I'm happy, if not, I have to find out how to correct it, so either way it's a win situation! and I think you can substitute lack of talent with persistance!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spad Posted August 10, 2017 Share Posted August 10, 2017 Exciting model!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fighting Eighty-Four Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 This is an awesome build thread! Fantastic work here... Man, looking through this makes me REALLY want to build a twin seat Flanker! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted August 11, 2017 Author Share Posted August 11, 2017 32 minutes ago, Fighting Eighty-Four said: This is an awesome build thread! Fantastic work here... Man, looking through this makes me REALLY want to build a twin seat Flanker! Go ahead this is a really nice kit! it needs a bit of work but is totally worth it at the end!! I added a wash And I really really needed to try........dry fitted the finns.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Armored Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 (edited) Simply marvelous! The color scheme and the finish makes this a real beauty! Great job on the wash. Not too heavy, not too light. I'm with the others, this makes me want to build one of these Edited August 11, 2017 by Armored Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted August 11, 2017 Share Posted August 11, 2017 The colors are such a good match. I know you gave the FS numbers and mixes, but was it all MM enamels? The whole thing is looking gorgeous. Very inspiring! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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