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Thank you!

Thanks friend! Yes 1/48 scale aircraft details looks so "huge" to me after building 1/700 ship models, so I just could not miss them! Haha

Thanks! This is also the reason I chose this painting scheme, because the camo is heavily faded on top surface. By the way this aircraft was rolled out in 1989 when Soviet was still there. Thanks! I spent almost one month simply on weathering.

Thanks, you can find all color reference in my buiding thread. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235103573-gwh-148-su-27-flanker-b-heavy-fighter-building-record/&do=findComment&comment=4355721 Thanks friend!

Extraordinary finish, especially the weathering on a silver plane is always headache for aircraft modelling, but this work replicate it perfectly. Congratulations!

Some reference and nostalgic collection of Su-27, my most favourite aircraft forever! Thanks for watching, and stay tuned! Yufei

Hi all Finish this aircraft on March end and finally found some time to take photos of it. Not very satisfied with the photo quality, so just very few shots. Painting scheme: Su-27P "Flanker-B" serial number: 36911027920 (means the 20th airframe of 27th batch), 689th GvIAP, Baltic Fleet, Russian Navy, Autumn 2003 Kit: Great Wall Hobby GWH L4824 1/48 Su-27 "Flanker-B" Accessories: Detail & Wonder Studio 480601 Su-27 highli detailed 3D print landing gear set Master 48113 brass static dischargers Tempmodels AL-31F exhaust nozzles This will be finalized as a diorama, so let me show you the final version of photos later one. If you are interested in the in-progress thread, you can find it here: https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235103573-gwh-148-su-27-flanker-b-heavy-fighter-building-record/ Comparison with "Red 01" in real life.

During the lock down in Shanghai, I have plenty of time to keep on building other items for the diorama. This time figures are done. So what's next? It will be PAG-14 tarmac, and APA-5D starter truck! Thanks for watching and have a nice day!

It‘s the D48018 set. I will build the Tamiya 1/48 F-16 to change the taste from Russian aircrafts. Actually I have not built a Tamiya kit for 20 years!

Haha, hope my built is informative and helps to promote kit sales! I have been staying at home for more than 1 week since Shanghai is now lock down by local government due to Omicron pandemic here. So I have not received my Su-30SM while some folks in other China cities even finished building it...sad story but at least I have plenty time to finish this Su-27 diorama patiently. Yufei

Thank you all, friends!!

I also took some photos of Su-27 together. My photo booth is too small for this huge bird, so I just took several shots and gave up. Need to buy a bigger booth later to take the formal photos... Also took some photos of the model with some nolstalgic reference(yes I even bought a Su-27 LD from Japan which is narrated by the very famous aviation photographer Mr. Katsuhiko Tokunaga!) to bring back the good old days to those who remember like me, when Su-27 was still the cutting edge top secret of Soviet Union. Happy weekend.

Seems people are not very interested in Flanker here. Or maybe because of the red star on it? Hahaha, never mind. I finishied building the accessories of the diorama, for this Su-27 in last week. Very very very tiring, but hope the final layout will worth all the effort!

So, after 5 months built, the aircraft itself is finished! Still working on some small accessories for the final diorama. Will find some time to take formal photos of the aircraft itself later. Oh by the way, when I designed this kit, I offer you to switch canopy from open and close condition any time even after you finish it. So that you can enjoy the beautiful out line and detailed cockpit, at same time! Stay tuned!

The painting process for AL-31F engine exhaust nozzles. I used some resin sample from Tempmodels. There is some 3D printing trace on some padels on the master, since it was created by 3D print. But I was told the trace will not appear on formal products. Better to check before your purchase.

Thank you guys for your encouragement! I believe this is kit to represent you all the detail you need, visible after building, at a well balanced level. All you need is patience, and you will find the final outcome worth every minute of your effort, not like some kit is too complicated which makes you waste your time since many "details" are invisible after finish. I use Platz micro circle cutter. The smallest diameter it can cut is around 1.5mm. Highly recommend! OK, so the final few steps! I used AK pencil to add some chipping effect to replicat the used trace.

Yes, GWH design is under good progress. There will be A, A+ and C variants. I have seen the CAD and they are quite promising with new level of surface detail and accuracy.

Almost forget to special thanks to "Frozen" team for helping the built!

ALWAYS glue the wheels at last! ALWAYS! I cannot bear the wheels not touching ground flatly, can you?? The final "dirty job", is to deal with the gaps between vertical fins and fuselage. Nothing serious, if you use the correct method. I have seen many fantastic Flanker builds, but very very few of them noticed the unique angle of the pitot tube on the nose! Here I share with you some trick, to install that small but very noticable part correctly(I mean the angle). That's all for now. Thanks for watching and stay tuned!

So the final assembling begins. The very last part of wiring work still remains, since it has to be added only after gear bay is glued in place. And the "how to" about Detail & Wonder Studio 3D print gears installation. Patience, patience and patience!

I still want to add more texture on non-metal area, so I also used another method: dry brush with enamel gloss coating paint. A big relief when I found no paint leaking on clear parts after removing the masking tape. So here are all the parts, waiting for final assembling!

Then I move to anti-heat covers on AL-30F engines. This time I used a new method considered by me: the hybrid one combined with painting and sanding. Here is how I did it.

And the weathering started. Once the weathering goal was secured by a semi-gloss clear coating, I turn to the bare metal area painting. First is the small areas on fuselage, where Galaxy Model pre-cut masking tape comes for rescue. A must buy item for the built!

Thanks for following guys! We are facing lock down in Shanghai recently, due to re-breakout of COVID-19. I have been staying at home for more than 2 weeks, but there is never boring life for modeller like this! So I made lots of progress over the past 2 weeks. Here we go! Some addtional work on small parts:

Hi Duncan I used both ways: pre-shading and post-shading. It's quite fun doing this, but very tiring since the plane is just too big... The kit decal I think is a bit thinner than the one in Su-35 kit, based on my building experience. They could be a bit thinner maybe, but that will increase then handling difficulty for some beginners. I did not spray gloss before applying decals, since the base color for camo I used are all mixed by gloss paints. I always do it that way, to save my time and effort. Thanks sir! This is indeed very encouraging!