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1/72 - Sukhoi Su-33 "Flanker-D" & Shenyang J-15 "Fēishā" by Trumpeter - released - new Su-33 boxing released


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I hope it's just missing from the photos - but there is a sprue missing from the above.

It contains the lowered double-slotted flaps and the upper halves of the folded tailplane.

This is the one from the J-15 kit........ (plus the sprue with the deck crew, which probably isn't included)....

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I also think that is a J-15 fuselage - note the tiny RWR dimple on the tailboom - not present on the Su-33.

Simple to remove, so no big issue......

Can't wait for it to appear in the shops.

Ken

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The Trumpeter Su-33 boxing is now on sale at Hannants

I can confirm that it does NOT include the drooped flaps (see my post #31) - so you cannot build the Su-33 in takeoff mode.

Deck crew and pilot figures are also not included - I presume you have to wait for the 'with flight deck' version for thiose parts?

The fuselage moulding is exactly the same as the J-15 - including some tailboom-mounted RWR antenna that are unique to the J-15.

These is no mention in Trumpeter's instruction sheet that these 'bumps' should be removed for a Su-33.

A welcome new release though - I'll be doing mine all folded up - with a scratched built-in boarding ladder.

Ken

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I can confirm that it does NOT include the drooped flaps (see my post #31) - so you cannot build the Su-33 in takeoff mode. Deck crew and pilot figures are also not included - I presume you have to wait for the 'with flight deck' version for thiose parts?

Ken, since you built your J-15 on the deck, I didn't build mine. Would I be able to just use the J-15 and make the small changes to it for an Su-33? Or are the carrier blast shields too different? As for deck crew, I don't think anyone will notice the race change.

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Sharkmouth, if you Google Kuznetsov, then Liaoning, you should get some pics of both blast deflectors.

Since boith carriers are essentially the same, you would expect that they would be the same - but you should notice that the actuating rams are subtley different.

I used the J-15 deck to display my Hasegawa Su-33 - but changed (scratched) the actuating rams....

Su-33 / Kuznetsov......

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J-15 / Liaoning....

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I wonder if they have spotted the differences in the blast shield actuators?? - I doubt it.

 

I noticed when studying photos that the raising rams of Liaoning were different to Kuznetsov - so I modified my J-15 deck to make my Su-33 deck.....

 

Liaoning shield....

 

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Kuznetsov shield....

 

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Ken

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