adrianm2 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) Hello Everyone: This is my first post here, my first Russian plane in 48th and my first Flanker! I have done what a I could to take better pictures, as it was to resplendent I changed the gloss finish to semi-gloss and I added a picture of the conversion I used. It is a conversion I found on ebay time ago, does not have any brand on it (or box... or bag...), i guess is the copy of a copy... of a good conversion. Interior, seat, windscreen and IR were not included so I used some parts from the academy kit, seat from wolfpack and scratch for the windscreen and IR. Decals from begemont, demo flankers and PE ladder from Turbine. It was painted with water based acrylics, Akan for the interior and the dark brown, Vallejo for all the rest, including primer, varnish and decal solution (first time working with this kind of paint and I loved them, no smells, no thinners, just tap water!). I tried to build a model of the first prototype, as it was seen in FIDAE 98 in Chile. I have just started to work on Flankers and I`m not an expert so would be great to have some feedback. All comments and constructive criticism welcome. Thanks for watching. Adrian Edited March 31, 2013 by adrianm2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintsPhil Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 I like that! I've seen those conversions on eBay and wondered if they were any good, not enough to buy one yet though! A good replica can be made with them though if your is anything to go by! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 That looks so cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted March 15, 2013 Share Posted March 15, 2013 Lovely scheme and a great model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 Thanks F-32, glad you like it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunnylurve Posted March 16, 2013 Share Posted March 16, 2013 Great build and nice to see a different scheme on show. Smashing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted March 16, 2013 Author Share Posted March 16, 2013 Thanks for your words bunnylurve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Very nice conversion! Looks like a lot of work! Congratulation on the camo, looks the part! Did the nozzles come with the conversion? Thanks, Werner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul A H Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Very nice! The engine exhausts in particular look great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 That is quite RESPLENDENT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glyn Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 very clean looking beast. glyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerPaulo Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 Cool looking bird! Just as I remember that imposing jet. ps: que buena FIDAE esa eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 That is quite RESPLENDENT. :worthy: Hi Houston you are right... to shiny, I tried semi-gloss, I think looks much better. Thanks for your comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted March 30, 2013 Author Share Posted March 30, 2013 Very nice conversion! Looks like a lot of work! Congratulation on the camo, looks the part! Did the nozzles come with the conversion? Thanks, Werner Hi Werner, yes the nozzles came with the conversion, I added a picture for you to look at it. There are heaps of other bits and pieces included but they are all rubbish. I used what you see in the picture. . Very nice! The engine exhausts in particular look great! Thanks Paul, good to hear you like it! Cool looking bird! Just as I remember that imposing jet. ps: que buena FIDAE esa eh? Hi PanzerPaulo, great FIDAE indeed! PM for you Sr. Thanks for your comments and questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted March 31, 2013 Share Posted March 31, 2013 What a fantastic looking plane, I'll always have a soft spot for the graceful giants that are the Flanker family, bonkers, but so agile. What a cool rendition of this bird, good joh on the paint scheme, what masking did you use? Look forward to seeing more Flankers from you in the future if this Is anything to go by! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted March 31, 2013 Author Share Posted March 31, 2013 What a fantastic looking plane, I'll always have a soft spot for the graceful giants that are the Flanker family, bonkers, but so agile. What a cool rendition of this bird, good joh on the paint scheme, what masking did you use? Look forward to seeing more Flankers from you in the future if this Is anything to go by! Thanks Parabat, I do like flankers too, I have seen them performing a couple of times and it is just amazing to see a machine of that size doing what they do! On this model all the masking was done with Tamiya masking tape and it did the job perfectly. I got the SU-30MK bort 603 that I saw performing with this SU-37 in FIDAE `98 waiting to be build... Hopefully I`ll get started on it next month! Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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