Jim Barr Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 (edited) Here is my finished 1/72 Italeri Su-34 Regards Jim Barr Edited February 22, 2005 by Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoops Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Looks very good Jim, I especially like the in flight presentation. Looks like you swapped the tails out for the Hasegawa items, or copies anyway? How tough was closing up the landing gear wells? It looks like your turned out very smooth, but I can't imagine it was easy... congratulations, -Jared Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 Looks like you swapped the tails out for the Hasegawa items, or copies anyway?How tough was closing up the landing gear wells? It looks like your turned out very smooth, but I can't imagine it was easy.. I also posted these photos over at the "Critique Corner" and listed this about what I did on the kit: "Interior: Aftermarket cockpit added, Pilots with Russian style helmets added, HUD added Exterior: Incorrect vertical stabilizers replaced with ones from Hasegawa, small fillets added to front where wing joins the fuselage, metal pitot tube added, AOA vanes added, burned can detail added, correct centerline pylons fashioned, kit R-73 and Kh-29L weapons replaced, clear seeker lens added to appropriate weapons, weapon exhaust drilled out, kit refueling probe and door replaced" As for the gear doors, yes that was one of the hardest parts to the build, they just did not count on you building this bird gear up, really terrible fit all the way around, a LOT of putty work to get everything smoothed out. Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shark Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 am no expert, and have never seen an actual SU34. But that is a beautifull model!!!!!!! Thanks for sharing. Hope some one some day will come up with a 1/48 SU34! Said Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joachim Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Like i said in the other topic. GREAT MODEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It really comes alife because of those pilots! Where are they from? The detail of the bird and the paint job is marvelous. I LIKE IT Joachim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Whooooa Looks great! Excellent craftsmanship and it looks really mean in flight! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 It really comes alife because of those pilots! Where are they from? In regards to the pilots, they came from the Fujimi MIG-21; these are great as they have separate heads and arms so I can give each pilot a different "look". The hardest part is the helmet, it has to be modified somewhat but the killer is the five holes across the top that is typical of Russian flight helmets, the solution was to use Walden’s sub-miniature punch set to punch out five dots from a black decal so I can get them spaced and aligned across the helmet. Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tony9409 Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Awesome job on the Su-34. The pose looks great. Tony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skuki Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 This is awesome model, great camouflage. The weapons came in the box? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted February 22, 2005 Author Share Posted February 22, 2005 The weapons came in the box? Yes the weapons load out is what is included in the kit. As stated above I did replace the kit R-73 and Kh-29L weapons with ones from the old DML Soviet Weapons set as I felt they were more accurate. Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest backfire Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Wow!! Jim that is fantastic. Great job and thanks for sharing it with us. Regards, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
OKB Krasnaya Zvezda Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 great model, great cockpit detail too, SUPERB finishing and I like a lot that flying position too. It is spiring to see this kind of models here, thanx for sharing!! and... If some one of Trumpeter is looking at this site: WE WANT A sU-34 1/48!!!! ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ttmoore Posted February 23, 2005 Share Posted February 23, 2005 great job! did you paint it freehand with an AB, or did you mask? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted February 23, 2005 Author Share Posted February 23, 2005 did you paint it freehand with an AB, or did you mask The camo was free hand, the different antenna on the verticals and the nose cone with black glare panel were masked. Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alex Sidharta Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 EXCELLENT JOB !!!!! ;) B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Srakoper Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 This is the first model of Su-34 with #45 that I've seen so far with convincing looking camouflage. Great job on capturing those elusive colors, which look blue on some photos and green on the others! This chameleonic feature was one of the main reasons that I've decided to build my Su-34 as a #42 with different camo. Thanks for listing your modifications, I will pay heed to some of them myself. :lol: The only thingy that bothers my eye are weapon pylons for R-77s and Kh-29s. I'm not saying they're wrong, it's just that I haven't seen such on any Su-34 picture. Need to do some more research on that. And the pilots rock. They're just like on the box cover. :) Excellent work. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Iron Eagle Posted February 24, 2005 Share Posted February 24, 2005 I love the second picture the most! It captures this particular Flanker's aggression the best. Now I gotta go and find myself this kit... :lol: :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted February 25, 2005 Author Share Posted February 25, 2005 The only thingy that bothers my eye are weapon pylons for R-77s and Kh-29s. There are pictures of these pylon and weapons in both the CY-34 book by Polygon and the Su-27 book by Air Fleet, and some magazine clippings I have collected through the years, although to be honest in the Su-27 book the picture caption mentioned it's the Prototype Su-34, but then so far they have all been prototypes of some form or another I do believe, I can not read the caption in the CY-34 book. I did White 45 because I liked the colors of the camo scheme and had enough pictures of it to figure out the pattern, plus I had seen the actual bird at Farnborough, and in that time frame they were still prototypes, I am sure when they do go production and operational, both the camo and the weapons pylons will have changed. Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxbat1976 Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 i thought the end of the tail should be in grey color as well? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foxbat1976 Posted December 10, 2005 Share Posted December 10, 2005 i m a beginner for aircraft modelling,and i would like to noe how to paint the su-34 with an air brush so that the aircraft has different color in different region,and when color turns to another color around the border of each color Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 i thought the end of the tail should be in grey color as well? Not sure exactly what you mean by "end of tail", if you are talking about the tip of the tail boom, it is gray on "46" but not on "45", what you have to remember is the Su-34 has undergone several number designations, Su-27IB, 32, 34 and several camo schemes during the many years it has been in development, #45 & 46 had very similar camo schemes at one time but there were some subtle differences, the tip of the boom, the color of the radome, and the shape of the anti-glare panel in front of the cockpit being just a few. Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Raymond Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Damn!!! LOVE IT JIM!!!!! :D it looks spot on!!! nice addition of the pilots too! regards Raymond Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4scourge7 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 A quality job that has spurred me on to start the SU-34 I bought some weeks ago. One thing though, can anyone tell me what the problem is with the tails? I hear people complaining about the Italeri 72nd versions` tails but I can`t see it, although with so many noticing I know that there must be errors in the kit. Cheers Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Barr Posted December 30, 2005 Author Share Posted December 30, 2005 One thing though, can anyone tell me what the problem is with the tails? From Flankerman's 'Flanker site': "The vertical fins are completely incorrect, being the taller versions found on the Su-27UB and the prototype Su-34, the Su-27IB. The production Su-34 has reverted to the smaller ‘standard’ single-seat fins and discarded the ventral fins" Regards Jim Barr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4scourge7 Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 cheers Jim, I`ll check this out Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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