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Brand new Minibase SU-33 Flanker-D Work In Progress.


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Hello to everyone from the rainy little Belgium.:wave:

 

It took a while, but finally i'm here to show some in progress photo's of the brand new 1/48 Minibase Flanker.

Some say it's a splendid kit, some say it's over-engineered, i say i'm gonna build it to learn about this new brand.

 

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So time to start this beast and see iff i can master it:rolleyes:

 

The only aftermarket i will use is the Red Fox 3D cockpit panels, so prior to add these into the cockpit some sanding is needed.

 

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Basic detail is nice, but not more then average kit cockpits.

 

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Some basic kit details where glued and after that, it was time to work on the ejection seat, wich will be a real pain to master the pe belt's and seat harnas.

First thing to do, taking the plastic part's and glue them together.

 

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Seat cusion gave a little trouble to perfectly fit.

 

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Problem was rapidly solved. Two different slot dept's.......

 

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After some minutes, it start to look like a seat.

 

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And now, the most difficult part of the job........... This kit has some very nice pe onboard, a real joy to see how it's packed and to work with.

 

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Every pe fret is protected by a thin plastic film.

 

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So now, let's  lose some patience, sweat and weight................

 

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Starting with some easy part's i learned how easy the pe fold's, a real joy to work with it.

 

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After two day's of folding, fitting and cursing.........this is the end result.....

 

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At the back of the seat, detail is also very vissible.

 

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Next step, prime the cockpit-part's and the ejection seat, and afterwards paint the part's in their base colors.

 

Thank's for watching

 

D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hello everyone,

 

let's put some paint onto the part's, starting with Mr. Surfacer black primer. Regarding the cockpit i used the MRP-195 Sukhoi cockpit Bleu-Grey color. I find this the closest match compared with the Red Fox 3D decals color.

Also the seat was painted. Detail painting is done with Vallejo acrylics.

 

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After the color was painted it was time to add the Red Fox 3D decals and paint some extra details.

 

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Painting of the ejection seat.

 

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Ejection seat is placed into the cockpit tub. Et voila, cockpit is done, time to move on to another step.

 

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The wash wasn't dryed enough when i took the pic's, so the wash needed to level when drying.

 

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Next time i will work on the frontal LG and LG bay's.

 

Regards

 

D.

 

 

 

 

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