paulsbrown Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 (edited) This was made using the Kinetic Su-33 with the Dream model J-15 Conversion set. The set includes the necessary glass cockpit and wingtip missile pylons (which are the main difference visually between the Russian Su-33 and the newly built J-15s) as well as some other items. Kinetic released a J-15 kit but they only included the wingtip missile rails and not the glass cockpit nor any of the different bumps and sensor changes. For the decals I used mainly the Skipper PLA Navy J-15 decals and some of the Caracal J-15 decals. Weapons were from a Hobbyboss J-11B Flanker kit and as well as FAB Scale YJ-83K anti ship missiles and pylons, FAB Scale AGM data link pod and FAB Scale WS-10 Engine nozzles. There are a lot of subtle differences among the sensor suite of the J-15 and Su-33 so a lot of photos were referenced to get something fairly accurate. It took a while as Flankers do, lots of metal areas, gear plumbing and panels on the big kits. As much as I like the colorful Russian aircraft cockpit colors I really liked the all black glass cockpit of the J-15. Edited March 19, 2023 by paulsbrown Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ST0RM Posted March 19, 2023 Share Posted March 19, 2023 Where to start? The overall build is outstanding. But what really stood out was the work you put into the engine metal areas. Very lifelike. Well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RichB63 Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Wow, what a striking piece of modeling. Well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted March 20, 2023 Share Posted March 20, 2023 Wow, nice exhaust cans. Whoops. Sorry, my bad. Very nice model. The plain gray looks great with formation insignia. Very nice work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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