ya-gabor Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 OK so here we go! A test build of the new Su-27 kit in 48th scale from G.W.H An enormous box with lots of plastic parts and really big 2 sprues for the upper and the lower fuselage halves. Speaking of test build not much work so far, cut few bits and pieces of course for the cockpit and the seat to see what it is like. Here are some views of the forward cockpit, out of box, nothing added, just the plastic parts as they are provided. All you need some paint and a good fine brush. Best regards Gabor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
juanchopancho Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 wow look at that detail, very nice 😍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jenshb Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 What a most impressive cockpit... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falconxlvi Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 (edited) I’m going to have a brief moment of shame when I sand that all off to fit the Quinta 3D decals 😂 Edited September 12, 2020 by Falconxlvi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Teeradej Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Impressive cockpit details out of box! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ya-gabor Posted September 13, 2020 Author Share Posted September 13, 2020 Little work with the ejection seat last night. Built one straight from the box. Still needs to add the harness system and the leg restraints. No fuss, straight forward build. Did a dry run with the forward cockpit adding the ejection seat guide rail to see what it looks like. Here is something that I don’t like. There is no positive placement for the guide rail part (Part T1). OK it should be in the middle but some form of a tab would have helped in positioning it. Is the kit unbuildable because of this . . . ??? Here is a look at the after cockpit with its instrument panel, side consoles and the back wall details. Best regards Gabor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mario krijan Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 Vauuuu..... looks sooo nice!!! Great work GWH, Yufei and Gabor!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
legend1 Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 no needed of resin at all ! fantastic congratulations 🙏 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIO Posted September 17, 2020 Share Posted September 17, 2020 It looks awesome! Great work done. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ollie T-Y Posted September 18, 2020 Share Posted September 18, 2020 The detail is astounding. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 Wow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt B Posted September 19, 2020 Share Posted September 19, 2020 On 9/12/2020 at 3:26 PM, Falconxlvi said: I’m going to have a brief moment of shame when I sand that all off to fit the Quinta 3D decals 😂 Hi Steve! I have pretty much just seen the ads and whatnot about these Quinta 3D decals, and that's about all I know about them. I must say, though, that from that minimal exposure to these products, they appear to be a big step up from the Eduard Color/Pre-painted cockpit panels. Do you have any additional info about these? I'm inclined to think that I"ll be spending a MONSTROUS amount of money on these 3 D decals in the future, if they turn out to be as good as they appear to be. Thoughts?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falconxlvi Posted September 20, 2020 Share Posted September 20, 2020 5 hours ago, Curt B said: Hi Steve! I have pretty much just seen the ads and whatnot about these Quinta 3D decals, and that's about all I know about them. I must say, though, that from that minimal exposure to these products, they appear to be a big step up from the Eduard Color/Pre-painted cockpit panels. Do you have any additional info about these? I'm inclined to think that I"ll be spending a MONSTROUS amount of money on these 3 D decals in the future, if they turn out to be as good as they appear to be. Thoughts?! I don’t have any additional info- this is the first set I’ve ordered and I don’t have them on hand yet, but they look amazing! sorry for the thread drift... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
steel_tiger1 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Ok now I'm mad! Why is they can get this exquisite detail in a 1/48 scale kit and all we got was basics from Trumpeter in 1/32. It's not fair!!! I need to set something on fire..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DIO Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 8 hours ago, steel_tiger1 said: Ok now I'm mad! Why is they can get this exquisite detail in a 1/48 scale kit and all we got was basics from Trumpeter in 1/32. It's not fair!!! I need to set something on fire..... Because GWH is not Trumpeter??? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 5 hours ago, DIO said: Because GWH is not Trumpeter??? WORD! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
0viking0 Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Amazing Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt B Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 gabor, how, in your opinion, does this cockpit detail compare to the GWH SU-35s kit cockpit? Is the detail significantly better, or are the two cockpit's comparable? The parts, thus far, look pretty spectacular, and I'm looking forward to the rest of this build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ya-gabor Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 Hi Curt B. It is possible that I am biased (of course I am) but I think this is better. : ) : ) The reason is simple there are years between the two kits. If it was the same or worst level then that would mean that the producer (and also the research work in the background), tool making, manufacturing has not developed further or got even worst. That would be bad in my opinion. With time progressing each product should improve and integrate lessons learned from previous ones and try to introduce innovation! There are still so many new developments even as we speak which can be incorporated into new products! But let’s not forget also observing new trends and developments with other producers kits. Any manufacturer denying this is lying! Sorry I still have some other projects so this build is slow and I have some ideas for this also which need some further research and solving some technological problems. Hope it will be worth waiting for. : ) : ) This is not a race and I don’t really agree with people who want to be FIRST with a brand new kit and finish it ahead of everyone else. I like more the fun of doing the build and since it is a hobby, that should be the most important motivation! But this is only my personal opinion. A pure plastic first build is available anyway on-line to look at if someone is into that kind of thing. Best regards Gabor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Beary Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 Can you, or anyone else, provide a link to that pure plastic online build? Despite searching, I could not find a anything. Thanks, Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ya-gabor Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 Sorry I dont have a direct link, but in Jet Modeling section in a topic about the G.W.H kit there was somewhere a link to Haneto's test build of a pure plastic version. I believe it was on a Chinese site. But I am sure someone will have better coordinates for that build. Best regards Gabor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Beary Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 I thought it was on this site. Just found it. Thanks, Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Curt B Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 1 hour ago, Bob Beary said: I thought it was on this site. Just found it. Thanks, Bob Bob, can YOU post the link, now that you found it, please? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bob Beary Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 I'm not sure now if this is the link he referred to, but there is very little of his build on it. Skip to page 19 for the build. If anyone can find a better build, please let us know with the link. Here's what I found... Hope that worked, Bob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ya-gabor Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 Yesterday received some Quinta Studio 3D instrument panel decals. WOW all I can say. Three things are included in the plastic bag. First of all the decal, a detailed instruction as to how to use these 3D decals (in English on one side and in Russian on the other) and of course the instruction sheet for the particular decal. It has photos of actual plastic parts from the given kit with the 3D decal applied, giving exact position for every numbered decal. The instrument panels are simply sensational. - beautiful instrument faces, perfectly glazed! I love the beautiful “glazed” instrument surfaces, they are almost 100% perfect “glass like” flat finish (I don’t mean texture but surface level) while under it you have the delicate dial details in colour. - nice fine details - no need to get out the ten Zero brushes and the electron microscope to paint the panels - and of course all the switches and dials are as they should be, a true 3 dimensional feel! Simply WOW! Here the shadows give a hint of the three dimensional surface. Now I am faced with a very difficult choice. Should I use the instrument panels as they are in the kit and do some painting or sand it all down to flat surface and use the Quinta decal. These are the difficult questions of life! Of course the G.W.H kit is in 48th scale but I also have some 72nd Hind’s to build in the near future and have a look at this. The same level of three dimensional effect on the small scale panels. You get all those circuit breaker panels, dials, knobs, switches . . . Yes the pre-painted photoetch had some fine details but it was all flat and in some cases a raster effect of the paint was visible. The latter is almost none existent here since the technology is completely different from the tampon printing of pre-painted etch parts. I will show any developments with this as I go along. Best regards Gabor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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