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Hi folks,

I'm starting to build this little beast sharing progress so far;

 

I'm not following the instruction because I have seen a couple of areas that I don't like too much and I'm thinking how to fix them.

 

Let's start with the mold line just behind the canopy:

 

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this is the image posted by DIO in the Jet Modeling subforum and it looks really bad; fortunately it's much better than this on the real model and it needs just a few minutes of gently sanding to fix (will take care of the lerx splitter later):

 

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port side panel lines were a bit soft even before sanding;

 

starboard side not yet finished:

 

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Intake parts have a few shallow ejector marks easily fixed with a few drops of MrSurfacer 500; fitting is almost perfect leaving no visible joint in the half-split circular section and an easy to fill one between the inner tube and the outer trunk:

 

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PE details fit perfectly too:

 

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Wings have a seam that needs some care and dry fitting: it's important to try to keep the surfaces flush in order to minimize the sanding required to preseve the fine detail; if you keep the panel well aligned the seam is really small and easy to fill with MrSurfacer 500:

 

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Same thing for vertical surfaces:

 

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Here the fit is not perfect, will take care of that later:

 

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Managed to fix the tail airscoop: cut the inner side with ultrathin Tritool blade and it's done.

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not the best picture...

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White primed the intakes and found that the PE parts needed a little touch-up to blend with the sorrounding plastic: MrSurfacer and cotton swab with isopropyl alcohol fixed that:

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better but not perfect:

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upper parts are ok:

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Now what I don't like of this kit: it seems that wheel wells are the weakest point of most of the Su-27 models;

 

combine the thickness of the fuselage and the thickness of the upper part and the result is a too shallow well: note the proportion of the center panel and wheel bulges.

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Front wheel well have symmetrical panels where the original are not;

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even the proportion is wrong leaving not enough space for the various gauges an connectors below the sliding panel:

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Just a little update after a busy week;

I managed to find a solution for the main wheel wells: sanding the upper fuselage (that is quite thick so it gives a good chance of improvement) and discarding the top panel saving just the oleo support gives almost 2mm of extra depth:

 

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not perfect but much better.

 

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Trying to fix the nose wheel well is much more difficult: in the end it seems that the original panel depth is not so bad but everything else is more or less wrong; it was hard to find a way to fit all the details in such a tiny space when I realized that the door hinges are all in the wrong position:

 

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back to drawing again and that is the result:

 

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far from perfect again but worth to try: time to cut the templates in plasticard....

 

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1 hour ago, Andrea Bolla said:

Hi folks, took a couple of week of holidays and I have no progress to show, but managed to bring with me something was laying around from ages:

 

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Now back at the Su34 gear wells...

 

Su-24?

 

I have been toiling away with my Fullback. As it stands now I will definitely be buying another kit to stash pending other details to be released for it as well as the Decals from Begemont.  I have created problems for myself with the kit including the wheel wells you mentioned earlier, and mating the upper and lower fuselage. I flexed the upper while clamping which caused the canopy to not fit correctly and required much more filling and sanding. Suffice it to say I am ready to be done with it. I plan on continuing the build and finish it "as is" but it will be shelved after painting and a club meeting.

 

The kit is still the best Su-34 out there but it does require patience and planning before and during the build. I moved too fast and am paying the price.

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