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Su-27UB 'Flanker-C' (GWH 1:48)


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I haven't posted anything in this section for a while but I've decided that this is about to change.

 

Brand new GWH kit of the Su-27UB in 1:48 and from my initial inspection, I am quite certain you can make it into outstanding looking model without use of any aftermarket products.

Progress is slow as I have a bunch of exams at work in the near future and parenting and other hobbies take a toll, but still, I am gaining momentum with this build nevertheless.

 

First completed piece is front gear well - I am doing an early version of the UB so I've chosen the open bay with all the piping and structure visible but GWH provides a closed well for later versions as well.

 

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Thank you, Dave!

 

During studying for the exams, (this old head of mine doesn't suck knowledge in as it used to and has to be constantly beat into submission :D) I managed to do a few relaxation modelling sessions and here's the result so far.

 

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Aft cockpit mostly painted up.

 

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Front cockpit painted and washed.

 

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And side by side comparison.

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On 2/8/2021 at 10:15 PM, Thadeus said:

Very nice cockpit. Did not know there was 'early' and 'late' style nose landing gear bay.

I wasn't as well, but then checked resources, and there are...

 

Anyway, finished with exams and I managed to more or less finish the cockpits

 

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On 2/19/2021 at 1:20 AM, Dadeo911 said:

The cockpits look great!  I hope your exams went well.

 

Take care,

 

Chris

Thank you Chris!

 

Real life is interfering with my modelling so I am not progressing as fast as I would like to. Luckily, the kit is not fighting me back and here she is - for the first time the plastic pieces joined into a beautiful Flanker shape.

 

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Nice progress there, mate! As you said, it's really getting that familiar Flanker shape.

 

Very nice pit too. I'm taking this is just pure styrene (with obviously very neat gauge decals), no PE on the instrument panel? The ejection handles surely would have benefited from etched parts, but the seat otherwise looks very pretty.

 

You know, I too got sidetracked from my usual scale (or was it you who lured me there..? 😁) since I just ordered my second ever 1/48 kit - from the same company!

 

(And yes, that first 1/48 kit will be getting some attention soon too.)🙂

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On 3/29/2021 at 9:31 PM, Dadeo911 said:

The sweet lines of the Flanker.  Looks great!

Thanks!

 

On 3/29/2021 at 10:18 PM, janman said:

Nice progress there, mate! As you said, it's really getting that familiar Flanker shape.

 

Very nice pit too. I'm taking this is just pure styrene (with obviously very neat gauge decals), no PE on the instrument panel? The ejection handles surely would have benefited from etched parts, but the seat otherwise looks very pretty.

 

You know, I too got sidetracked from my usual scale (or was it you who lured me there..? 😁) since I just ordered my second ever 1/48 kit - from the same company!

 

(And yes, that first 1/48 kit will be getting some attention soon too.)🙂

You are right on both accounts. All plastic so far and yeah, ejection seat handles are a bit on a thick side. Gauges actually come in a single instrument panel decals, but I cut them off individually and applied them one by one and filling the faces with UV glue, creating glass like effect - not really seen in the photos, but looks nice in person.

 

Well it was never my intention and to tell you the truth, my modelling table atm is too small for this Flanker. I constantly keep on hitting things with it so I am really looking forward to going back to my 1:72 😄 Not the Tomcat, you didn't?

 

On 3/30/2021 at 6:24 AM, Falconxlvi said:

Very nice.   It looks the part now!  Hopefully you will have it ready to paint soon!

 

Steve

Thanks Steve! I was hoping I will have her ready in primer until the end of Easter but to no avail. So hopefully I'll be able to do this by the end of the coming week, though I managed to paint the engine area and exhausts, which I'll show in the following days.

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1 hour ago, Sebastijan said:

 

Well it was never my intention and to tell you the truth, my modelling table atm is too small for this Flanker. I constantly keep on hitting things with it so I am really looking forward to going back to my 1:72 😄 Not the Tomcat, you didn't?

I know it wasn't and it's actually been very interesting. Hence the second kit. 

 

Yeah, the size definitely is a problem in an average European sized room with their average furniture. I've lost most of the nice wing tip details on the Foxhound...😄

 

Well surely not the F-14 (if you mean AMK, I've followed with interest the thread here right from the start), but something from GWH: an early type 9-12. Clearly more compact than Flanker and probably an aircraft I like even more. 

 

 

 

 

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12 hours ago, Aigore said:

My my my, you are up to your usual plastic pornography...looks just excellent! And 1/48 scale no less! You are at the deep end of your comfort zone, goood good 😄

Hehe. Thank you.

Unfortunately I had to temporarily shelve this project. Ammo's black primer hasn't levelled out and filled most of the scribed details and left worst surface you can imagine. I will return to it in a few months but have to regain the joy of modelling.

 

Ironic how you get one of the best kits in the market only to be let down by faulty product.

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9 hours ago, Sebastijan said:

Hehe. Thank you.

Unfortunately I had to temporarily shelve this project. Ammo's black primer hasn't levelled out and filled most of the scribed details and left worst surface you can imagine. I will return to it in a few months but have to regain the joy of modelling.

 

Ironic how you get one of the best kits in the market only to be let down by faulty product.

Life is a female dog and then you expire 😛

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On 5/26/2021 at 11:59 AM, Sebastijan said:

Hehe. Thank you.

Unfortunately I had to temporarily shelve this project. Ammo's black primer hasn't levelled out and filled most of the scribed details and left worst surface you can imagine. I will return to it in a few months but have to regain the joy of modelling.

 

Ironic how you get one of the best kits in the market only to be let down by faulty product.

Not sure if you wish to use acrylic primer, but my experience with Valeo primer is excellent: it levels put great and panel lines etc stay perfectly visible.

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On 5/26/2021 at 2:59 AM, Sebastijan said:

Hehe. Thank you.

Unfortunately I had to temporarily shelve this project. Ammo's black primer hasn't levelled out and filled most of the scribed details and left worst surface you can imagine. I will return to it in a few months but have to regain the joy of modelling.

 

Ironic how you get one of the best kits in the market only to be let down by faulty product.

Sebastian, first off, spectacular work so far!  I must ask...for the nose wheel bay, how did you get the piping (the white ones) so perfectly painted?  Even if I were to use a tiny brush, and use the sides of it to brush those lines, I would not be able to get them so perfectly uniform!  How did you do it?

 

Secondly, I am terribly sorry about your primer situation.  When you refer to Ammo primer, were you using One Shot, as Mario asked?  If so, and it didn't level, I'm concerned, as One Shot and Badger Stynylrez are my go to primers these days, and they have let me down...yet.  As much as I am a fanatic for lacquer based paints, I've stayed away from lacquer primers, though they are probably best, due to their ability to 'bite' into the plastic.  In fact, I used white Stynylrez on my current project, and it went down perfectly as always.

 

And lastly, with your modeling skills as good as they are, PLEASE don't let this discouragement turn you off to modeling!  Heck, I'd buy you a replacement kit if you're that concerned about the primer situation, just to see you finish the thing!

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