JE5TAR Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Despite being my favorite modern jet and both being born in 1977 this is only the 2nd flanker kit I've made in 26 years. I have plans to build may more but was drawn to do this two tone bright blue scheme first. Coming off the back of building hurricanes and wildcats you forget how big the damned thing is. This is a fighter that is nearly as long as a Lancaster! This was the first Zvezda kit I have built though it wont be the last, a beautiful kit to build with only a few breakdown compromises to allow other variants to be tooled. Painted using Mr.Color acrylics with a bit of oil paint weathering. Any comments or suggestions welcome 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbob12 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Lovely result: great work on a charismatic jet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
March Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 Yup, that works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Beautiful Flanker JE5TAR. The colours look spot on. Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Nicely built and nice colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 well done you ave captured the look of the beast well. Glenn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Lovely work, looks really good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngstROM Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Man, that is beautiful -just how I want mine to look! Can you reveal the Mr Color numbers used, please? I'm a huge fan of these paints! This build shows off the Flanker's 'New Cool Blues' superbly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rémi Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Very nice build ! The paint is beautifull Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordstrpe Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Nice! Very blue! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vh-bob Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Beautifully done, I would love to be able to produce one as good!. Trev. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Brilliant, it looks great in that scheme! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cellarfrog Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 great! very spectacular! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagyarMatt Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Stunning work on a stunning plane! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Yep, that's blue alright!! Great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sig226 Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Yep, that's blue alright!! Great work Think the vividness of the blue is down to his camera white balance being off slightly, nice job on the build though ! I've been toying with getting a couple of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JE5TAR Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 Think the vividness of the blue is down to his camera white balance being off slightly, nice job on the build though ! I've been toying with getting a couple of these. Thing is it's not though, the saturation may be a bit high but the white balance is spot on. One advantage of using a mirrrorless camera is I can adjust the white balance until the screen matches exactly what I see in front of me. Check out images of the real plane, it's really very blue! Man, that is beautiful -just how I want mine to look! Can you reveal the Mr Color numbers used, please? I'm a huge fan of these paints! This build shows off the Flanker's 'New Cool Blues' superbly. I used H25 and H323, I think there actually called out on the Academy boxing if this kit and are the closest you can get until someone colour matches them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngstROM Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Thing is it's not though, the saturation may be a bit high but the white balance is spot on. One advantage of using a mirrrorless camera is I can adjust the white balance until the screen matches exactly what I see in front of me. Check out images of the real plane, it's really very blue! I used H25 and H323, I think there actually called out on the Academy boxing if this kit and are the closest you can get until someone colour matches them. Many thanks for that, Sir! I do have a couple of photos (probably Flankerman's! ) of Red 04 and Red 06 in bright sunlight, which takes some of the 'edge' off the blues but they are still rather like the Famous Blue Stone of Galveston, if you're a Black Adder (original series) fan..."Very blue indeed!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil5208 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Impressive, tempts me to go for a Soviet subject next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 sweet looking "little" Flanker! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sig226 Posted April 29, 2016 Share Posted April 29, 2016 Thing is it's not though, the saturation may be a bit high but the white balance is spot on. One advantage of using a mirrrorless camera is I can adjust the white balance until the screen matches exactly what I see in front of me. Check out images of the real plane, it's really very blue! I used H25 and H323, I think there actually called out on the Academy boxing if this kit and are the closest you can get until someone colour matches them. I'm using calibrated IPS monitors and if the background is supposed to be white then the white balance is off. (still doesn't detract from a good build though) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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