su27rules Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 What a great plastic kit and very nice work Ken!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Awesome! I do have Gordon's Flanker bible (which it really is although would need an updated version), but I had totally forgotten the several iterations of the vertical tails. Will Be following closely! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 Time to assemble the 26 part K-36 ejection seat..... Note that there are two styles of head box - early small and later large. You can see them both at top left (small) and bottom left (large) - they each have different side panels. Note the seat firing handle...Number 2. Tiny and totally flashed over. The seat is simply stunning - but the multitude of parts are tiny - and display some flash that must be trimmed. This is not plastic modelling - it is microsurgery !!! I didn't read the instructions and initially used the wrong head box - and couldn't figure out why the side panels wouldn't fit. After four attempts, I finally realised my mistake and fitted the smaller of the two head boxes - but then had to use filler to blend in the two side panels This was entirely my fault - no reflection on Modelsvit. The back of the seat - all separate parts!!! My photos don't do it justice - it really is superb. I had to make the firing handle from foil - having ruined the plastic part trying to trim off the flash. I don't know why Modelsvit don't include the firing handle on the etched fret ??? It would be much better in brass. Another badly take photo of the finished seat. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
K5054NZ Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 I still can't wrap my head around 26 parts for a seat... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ya-gabor Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 (edited) Excellent work Ken! Look forward to the progress of the project! Just as to how good the latest Modelsvit kits? News from last week: At the Nürnberg fair the MiG-21F kit has received an award from ModellFan Best aircraft kit 2018! If you think that this is “just” a short run kit . . . The MiG-21 kit was the predecessor of the T-10-10 kit. Since they are improving with every new kit, there are no questions (for me) how good the Flanker kit is. Congratulations to the Modelsvit team!!! More! More! More! Best regards Gabor Edited February 9, 2018 by ya-gabor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 Just out of the paintshop....... I have decided I don't like making Flanker models - too much masking!!! Mask off and paint the exhausts - then mask them, paint the radome and actuator cover, then mask, paint the silver shroud, mask.... Spray an overall coat of light blue, apply Blu-tac sausages, mask - then spray the mid blue, unmask, apply more Blu-tac, mask and then spray the mid-grey. I'm not good with an airbrush - so I don't enjoy this part of the build - but the end result is worth it.... eventually. Give me a silver finish from a rattle can any day. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 You might not be entirely satisfied, and i see a couple of spots that could use a touch up; But i think it looks very nice Ken. Also, if you find this one frustrating, i dont recommend doing a Su-33 next. What colors did you use? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted February 24, 2018 Author Share Posted February 24, 2018 Berkut - I've done the touch-ups - and I used the AKAN Su-27 set. I'm well impressed with the AKAN paints - both ease of use and coverage. My Trumpeter Su-33 and Su-33UB are both stalled - 'cos I'm not happy with the AKAN colours - nor my airbrushing. I now have SEVEN * Flankers on the go - so I might get the mojo back to go and finish them all. Ken * ........ Modelsvit T10, Hasegawa Su-35S (they make interesting companions - first and last Flankers) Trumpeter Su-30MKK (as Su-30M2 with Pavel Sukhois face on fin), Trumpeter Su-34 and converted Su-27IB - plus the Su-33 and Su-33UB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Some great work going on in here. It's always a pleasure to see another of Your Flankers in the making. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted March 2, 2018 Author Share Posted March 2, 2018 Some great walkround photos on the Scalemodels.ru website - pics of T10-10 Bort Yellow 10........ http://scalemodels.ru/news/3480-Walkaround-sukhojj-t-10-prototip-su-27-lugansk.html Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted March 2, 2018 Share Posted March 2, 2018 On 2/24/2018 at 9:32 AM, Flankerman said: My Trumpeter Su-33 and Su-33UB are both stalled - 'cos I'm not happy with the AKAN colours - nor my airbrushing. Might I ask what problems you found with the AKAN colours for the Su-33? Are you using the set for the early colours or the late colours? Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 15 hours ago, Mstor said: Are you using the set for the early colours or the late colours? I can't remember which set I used - I gave up on the Su-33/33UB a few months ago. I have these colours in my AKAN Su-33 paint collection... 73064/65/66 73163/64/65 But I don't know which ones I used - but the colours on my airbrushed Su-33/33UB look too stark - not helped by the too sharp edges to the pattern(my fault) I'll take some photos of the painted models and get back to you - and maybe resurrect the two models. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Mstor, Photos taken - and posted up on my oroginal Su-33UB/Su-33 WIP page ...... Rather than having the discussion here. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Looking gorgeous...I should try akan one of these days :) Why do you unmask between colors though? you paint the base color....mask...paint...then just add more mask for the next color and unmask when all painting is done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Aigore, I should have said 'half unmask' - those areas where the third colours meet. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Flankerman Posted March 3, 2018 Author Share Posted March 3, 2018 Nearly there............. This really is a stunning kit from Modelsvit..... they even include an etched-brass HUD - very small but perfectly formed... Also included is a rectangle of perspex for the Combiner Glass!!!! - although my shaky hands and failing eyesight weren't up to fitting it... Almost time to add the windscreen and canopy - then a few etched aerials and Odd Rods antenna and it will be finished. Ken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 Sweet! I think it is hard fitting HUD glass in 1/48...in 1/72 in must be microscopic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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