geedubelyer Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 (edited) Hello folks, As some of you know, I've been playing around with the 1/32nd Su-27 for a while now. I've posted a couple of teasers on my in-progress thread but rather than extend that anymore, I've decided to post some pics over here. Let me start by saying that in the spirit of this forum, any or all comments and criticism are welcome. I am a firm believer in constructive criticism and all comments will be taken in good part. I hope to learn from this exercise and to improve my techniques and standards over time. So go ahead, do your worst....... ....... :D Here is my Flanker walkaround: You'll notice that the photos are cropped somewhat. This is because there are still one or two more details to add but it's not worth posting the pics over on "in-progress" as there is very little difference to see at this stage of the build. I've got to add the pitot and pylons yet but I'll add pics to this thread once she's complete. Edited May 24, 2009 by geedubelyer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 (edited) I apologise that I have n't included a photo showing the whole bird but the backdrop poster I'm using is too small . Perhaps I should turn to 1/48th scale? Edited November 4, 2006 by geedubelyer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 Here are a few close-up and detail pics..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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geedubelyer Posted November 4, 2006 Author Share Posted November 4, 2006 That's all for now folks. I'll add more to this thread once the pylons are finished and I've attached the final pieces to the big bird. I hope you enjoy the pictures. If you have any questions I'll try my best to respond with suitable answers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gary West Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 (edited) Great way of presenting your Brilliant kit - Is that a Flanker at RAF Waddington by any chance????? Edited November 4, 2006 by Gary West Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Green-Meanie Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 liar liar pants on fire! come on admit it, you just went and took pictures of a real flanker didnt you? In the words of Peter Griffin "freakin sweet" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattcooke Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 I agree with Green-Meanie.You just posted pics of the real thing.Come on.Confess. You really did a great job.It really looks like the real thing.Absolutely beautiful work there. Daniel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aidy Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Stunning work! And as the others have mentioned, it looks like the real deal man! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Sweeeet! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haneto Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Just speechless... I've never seen such a model looks so close to the real thing,indeedly. Congratulations! Now finish the pylons,weapons and put on the pitot tube!Me wanna see the PERFECT Flanker! :D BTW:why not try more burnt effects on the afterburner and metal area?I think the color of that area in photos looks like the tempered saw. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joachim Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 woooow Great model! and i don't only mean the scale. You realy did a fantastic job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
loftycomfort Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 That looks abso-effing-lutely amazing. All those resin/PE accessories simply came alive in your hands. I particularly like the paint job - so realistically faded. My only critique is with the pictures, it looks like they were taken at a higher resolution but were crudely scaled down to fit on a web page, resulting in graininess. Cheers, Terry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcfay Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 Beautiful. I watched your progress pics, and it truly is an impressive piece of work. How much time do you think you spent on the whole process? 1000 hours? You must have with the attention to detail that was involved. It is absolutely amazing, and I know that I'll be referring to the build when I muster the cojones to do my flanker (+ it's gazillion accessories). Kudos - Jon Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 "That's no model! That's a space station!" Or something along those lines... I've seen now the turnin' point of modelling career: Time to surrender and start knitting wool mittens. :huh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VOODOO73 Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 What can I say,only Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted November 4, 2006 Share Posted November 4, 2006 And the Angels sang...Hallelujah! :D ;) Can't wait to see it the full shots of the finished bird! Chris :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dragonfly Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Woah!!! looks like the real thing. Beautifull model!! Jerry Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Oishi Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Great model and nice photo . I thought it was real at th first sight Wooow Cheers Oishi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Randy Wise Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Cool! Looks like one can jump in a fly it away. Randy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted November 5, 2006 Author Share Posted November 5, 2006 Aww, shucks :wub: You guys are the tops ^_^ Thanks to everyone for the kind words and compliments. I'm very glad so many of you like the model, it makes it all worthwhile. I've still got the bits 'n' bobs to finish including the ladder and intake covers. Once they're done I'll take some final pics and post them on here. Just to explain a couple of things.... Quote BTW:why not try more burnt effects on the afterburner and metal area?I think the color of that area in photos looks like the tempered saw.You are right Haneto, some of the panels covering the engines do show more signs of heat distress but I only got the reference disc after I had already finished the jet pipe area :blink: Upto that point I had been using two books as reference, the Verlinden Lock-On no.17 and Jon Lakes' Su-27 book for Osprey Aerospace. Neither book showed very heavily weathered metallic areas so I just went with what I saw in the books. I hope that explains my choice ;) Quote My only critique is with the pictures, it looks like they were taken at a higher resolution but were crudely scaled down to fit on a web page, resulting in graininess.Spot on Terry, you are exactly right.....I had the image quality set too high and had to re-size these pics or they would have been enormous, sorry. The sun was shining first thing on Saturday and it was kind of a spur of the moment impulse. I'll take more care with the final batch as I want to send them in an article to SteveB.Thanks again for all of the enthusiasm and support guys, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Medevac71 Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 yeah, nice jet, but could you post some pics of your model ? :blink: *g* Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave_b121 Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 looks real... (thats THE best thing you can say to a model..) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
norbert Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Congratulation Guy It's difficult to add something to the compliments above, you can be proud of your model. I have a question on the pictures : do you take them on an airfield ? Thank you for your pictures, and for the time you took to share this huge build with us norbert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kasatka Posted November 5, 2006 Share Posted November 5, 2006 Well.. I remember I gave your permission to publish some of the pictures from the Flanker DVD, but this time you went too far!! :) Great model! Hope to see it alive at Telford. Sergey Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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