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Su-33 Flanker D // 1:72 // Zvezda


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This is my first Russian aircraft ever built, I am making it just for order, not for me.

The model must be good looking (or just impressive), not so dirty, in flight pose, fully armed.

Ok, so I am doing it.

 

Zvezda made very nice, good detailed kit, but the problem is the surface of the hull, especially vertical planes - you can find there very rough surfaces in many places. Especially on the sides of engine nacelles.

There are also a little bit to wide panel lines, very shallow, so I believe it could be a problem during wash time. We will see.

 

I have started the cockpit, as usually.

The cockpit is very simplified, so few things should be made from sratch.

Instrumental panel is just a plane piece of plastic, there is only decals with all displays and instruments.

The quality of decals is very nice.

 

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I have added some details onto antiglare shield, and later I am going to make air-conditioning device inside the canopy.

 

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Air intakes.

The technically those parts are made very well, generally the fit of all parts is just perfect.

I prepared something I can find on the bottom of those intakes, kind of lattice - using jut piece of polistyren and masks.

It is much easier then paint it inside the inlets.

 

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Inlets are painted and ready to assemble...

 

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...and assembled.

 

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The cockpit is ready and in place.

 

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The same is with inlets.

 

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Finally the hull is glued and ready for next steps.

The fit is, once again, just perfect. I am really surprised of this good engineering of Zvezda.

 

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I stopped by for a while to paint exhaust nozzles.

Usually the most challenging part in models of Su-33 are engine covers and exhaust.

Really difficult but almost always not really succesfully reproduced on models.

I hope I will make it better.

 

I have started with light metalic colour.

 

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Then I have added some oil paint.

 

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And some Alclad laquers.

 

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And the same with second half of those parts.

 

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Result is not so bad I believe.

 

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Thank you guys.

 

For the first time I am going to use black basing technique.

I hope it is worth of such lot of work.

So, I used Gunze black primer on the whole body of model.

Also painted all missiles I am going to use.

 

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Then I used first (gray) colour: mixed Gunze C307 and C308 (1:1) on the bottom surfaces and grey parts of camouflage on the upper surfaces.

Really lot of work...

 

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Here you can see the comparison: how big is this Su-33...

 

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And then second and third colours: (Gunze H025 and H045 1:1, and the dark blue marble is Gunze GX-5).

 

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Here are the next steps.

 

First colour applied. Miexed Gunze H307+H308 (3:2).

I have also made all weapons.

 

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Second colour: Gunze H025+H045 (1:1).

 

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The missiles with decals applied.

 

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Final masking and the last colour (Tamiya XF8).

 

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And... flight pose.

 

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After a long break I have just finished engine cowlings.

It was not so easy to make it like this, but I hope you like it.

Engine exhausts are just dry fitted.

 

Top:

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Bottom:

 

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I also try to prepare the stand:

 

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Blue colour on nozzle petals is Alclad's Hot Metal Blue (and also the Violet), painted onto the bright metal background with a little W&N french ultramarine oil paint dabs.

On engine cowlings there are mostly Mr. Paint colours, including Burnt Metal Blue and Violet.

 

 

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