krustovsky Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Hi folks. I am a long time readonly member at arc. I stopped the hobby years ago, like many others, when girls become more intresting then hobby;) Around 3 years ago I started again with some 1:32 aircraft. More to learn the new techniques and develop some skills. In the end I have never finished a project yet. With my last project I switched to 1:48 scale und it looks like I am able to finish this one - an academy Su-27. A truely horrible kit. Nothing really fits and it requires a lot of work in EVERY corner. The WIP is not real time. At the moment I am at the last stages before starting the paintingprocess:) Now some pics (hope it works) Please feel free to comment for further improvements Starting with the intakes, which are *#!&%!, so they had to be modified Edited February 25, 2018 by krustovsky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
krustovsky Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Aires cockpit and pilot Edited February 25, 2018 by krustovsky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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krustovsky Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 The cockpit again, pilot in place:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ichitoe Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 All I gotta say is WOW! The pilot and cockpit are amazing! Can't wait to see the rest of the build. Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
krustovsky Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) the fuselage. A never ending odyssey of filling, sanding, scribing... the master pitot After closing the fuselage, I couldn't resist to paint the bare metal around the engines Started to make a painting sample to test the my painting/weathering plan so that's the present state of the project. p.s.: sorry for the picture quality, they are taken with my mobile phone... Edited February 25, 2018 by krustovsky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rocketdrvr Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Holy Smokes That's Amazing for a Comeback! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bravosierra001 Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 The work so far is beautiful! I especially like the cockpit. Brandon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Wow! that looks so sharp! great work! What paint did you use for the camo testing? they look very accurate. Keep up the good work! Romain Quote Link to post Share on other sites
krustovsky Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share Posted February 25, 2018 (edited) Thank you all for your nice comments:) 22 minutes ago, rom said: Wow! that looks so sharp! great work! What paint did you use for the camo testing? they look very accurate. Keep up the good work! Romain painting sequence is: 1. surfacer 1200 2. preshading Mr Paint black/white 3. Mr Paint camo (MRP-196,-197,-198, masking with panzer putty and corrections done freehand) 4. postshading tamiya smoke clear 4. clearcoat Tamiya X22 + X20A 5. before dry misting mr. color levelling thinner 6. decalling 7. clearcoat Tamiya X22 + X20A 8. enamel wash/weathering 9. mattcoat Tamiya XF-86 + X20A then oil weathering, which is not done on the sample Surfacer and the X22 clearcoats have to be perfect! If not, fine sanding and again misting mr. color levelling thinner is executed. Edited February 25, 2018 by krustovsky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Major Walt Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Outstanding!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Thank you! Those mr paint shades are great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Unreal! You have great skills! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falconxlvi Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Your paint work is really incredible! I’m looking forward to seeing more updates on your flanker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Wow some slick work there. Amazing skills. One question, how was the fit of the Aires stuff? Have heard so many stories of having to grind the kit to paper thin. The HUD looks great. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
krustovsky Posted February 26, 2018 Author Share Posted February 26, 2018 2 hours ago, skyhawk174 said: Wow some slick work there. Amazing skills. One question, how was the fit of the Aires stuff? Have heard so many stories of having to grind the kit to paper thin. The HUD looks great. The fit of the aires stuff was as expected - not good... Most parts of the set I did not use. As you can see in the pics above, I rejected the resin side panels to avoid thinning the upper half of the fuselage extensively. I styrene scratched the sidepanel instead, using the aires parts as a template. The photoetched HUD had to be lowered, it was not designed for a closed canopy. Suprisingly the pilot was a dropfit, no problems here. I really hope everything is still in place, when it’s time to remove the canopy masking... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skyhawk174 Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Thanks for the info. Your side panels look great and are probably more than enough for a closed canopy. Oh I forgot to mention that I really like your metal work on the engines. Very realistic. I will have to remember to keep this thread in mind when I do my Su-27. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aigore Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Outstanding! Impressive metal works and that pilot figure is fantastic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
kike Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 You are doing one helluva job with that kit! really clean and nice!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
southwestforests Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Question about your pilot's face, is it live or is it Memorex? ;) (one may have to be a little over a certain age bracket to get that) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mstor Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Wow, for just getting back into the hobby you are doing an amazing job. Everything clean, sharp, well defined. The bare metal work is superb. More , more! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
krustovsky Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 (edited) 13 hours ago, skyhawk174 said: Thanks for the info. Your side panels look great and are probably more than enough for a closed canopy. Oh I forgot to mention that I really like your metal work on the engines. Very realistic. I will have to remember to keep this thread in mind when I do my Su-27. For your reference. This is what I tried to replicate. A bit more of oilweathering will follow after the completed paint job. Edited February 27, 2018 by krustovsky Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hooker169 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 That's one hellava comeback!! Very nice! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wolfgun33 Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 You just got back into it? WOW! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
krustovsky Posted February 28, 2018 Author Share Posted February 28, 2018 As I told, restarted with some 1:32 projects about 3 years ago, but all of them are gone to the shelf of doom due to different reasons - honestly I think none of them will ever be resurrected. 1:48 is more forgiving and build time seems to be shorter (Shorter?! The progress you can see above took me around 6 month... Time is a real problem!). I tried some figure painting to develop skills that are enough for pilot figures/diorama. Maybe sometimes I will become a better figure painter and skills will be probably sufficient enough for standalone figures/busts. In my opinion that can be true art. Thanks to all for your motivating feedback! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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