Su-24M Fencer - Soviet Naval Aviation

[Manuel Gil]

Nice!

[BIG X]

Nice Fencer and a great cockpit

[Unfinished project]

Fantastic Fencer 👍👍👍

[MarkEP]

Wow! Excellent build! Most impressed with your work.

 

I'm new here, just starting out with the build of the very same model (commencing with the cockpit), and would appreciate your input please!

 

I purchased the Pavla Su-24 cockpit upgrade and the Eduard Zoom photo-etched parts for this Zvezda model; while the Pavla parts state that they're suitable for the Italeri kit, and the Eduard parts for the Trumpeter kit, I don't see why they can't be used to improve the Zvezda kit. However, I've noticed an anomaly with the structural cockpit divider that sits between the two crew ejection seats: Pavla appear to show the divider the wrong way wrong. Despite searching online for a suitable photo confirming if my suspicions are correct, your cockpit build shows exactly what I was looking for!

 

Pavla drawings show the "T" part of the divider between the top of the ejection seats; your cockpit build shows the "T" part at the other end (finishing under the fore windshield, not under the canopy components above the seats).

 

Did you come across this problem with the cockpit build?

[gengriz]

3 hours ago, MarkEP said:

Pavla drawings show the "T" part of the divider between the top of the ejection seats; your cockpit build shows the "T" part at the other end (finishing under the fore windshield, not under the canopy components above the seats).

 

Did you come across this problem with the cockpit build?

Hi Mark,

 

it doesn't ring a bell and I don't remember having any doubts at the time. (PS there are many more in-build pictures on my web blog - try http://www.gengriz.co.uk/2015/dec15.htm#top. )

 

I used the Aerofax book as a reference and there are pictures on page 65, 90, 109 and 110 that seem to confirm I got it the right way round, with the divider strut tapering to a thin end at the windscreen.  I must admit though that I did wonder if the little tab on the end should have been removed as I couldn't see its purpose. 

 

FredT

 

[MarkEP]

- From the research I've carried out, Pavla have made mistake here. The cockpit divider terminates with a "T" shaped part under the fixed (fore) part of the canopy, not between the crew ejection seats that Pavla's drawing shows.

 

While writing, can anyone out there advise me with respect to the following: Converting the original Zvezda 1/72 Su-24 kit to "Su-24M" status - What are all the visual external differences?

 

- Refuelling probe on the nose

- Different antennae/pitot tubes?

- Wing fence changes/additions?

- Duct additions?

 

Where can I obtain ALL these specialist parts? I can't locate the nose cone for 1/72 scale, and given this, may stick with simply building the original Su-24 as-is!

 

Unfortunately, due to work commitments, it's going to take a while too!