Roger Newsome Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) This will be the project for my next trip away. Straight out of the box with no additions. Edited July 11, 2018 by Roger Newsome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 (edited) Excellent. I've already done the Italeri one and have an SU-34 in the stash. Depending on your findings I may have to get another. Edited July 11, 2018 by Harry_the_Spider 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyxxx Posted July 11, 2018 Share Posted July 11, 2018 Looking forward to this one Roger. Are you at the club Friday? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 16, 2018 Author Share Posted July 16, 2018 (edited) On 7/11/2018 at 9:33 PM, Harry_the_Spider said: Excellent. I've already done the Italeri one and have an SU-34 in the stash. Depending on your findings I may have to get another. On 7/11/2018 at 10:58 PM, Tyxxx said: Looking forward to this one Roger. Are you at the club Friday? Sorry I missed your posts fella's, I travelled back to Aberdeen on Thursday, crew changed and sailed Friday. Which also explains why I wasn't there on Friday Andy. I have made a start though and first impressions of the kit are good. I'll apologise now for any errors in the positioning of flaps or anything else for that matter. The intention is to have this built and painted before going home on 10th August purely for the fun of it and without stressing about minor (to me anyway) details. I'll post some more pics shortly but here's the first one... Edited July 16, 2018 by Roger Newsome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 17, 2018 Author Share Posted July 17, 2018 The WiFi was refusing to cooperate last night so I couldn't post this but this is where I am at present. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 And a bit further. This is going together way better than the last Zvezda kit I built. After that one I said I would never buy another. However, having said that I've got a bit more experience under my belt so it's maybe being a bit unfair to Zvezda. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Nice progress! I have one in the stash, but have just returned to airbrushing after not using one for more than a decade. I'll practice some more on older kits first before tackling the Sea Flanker. Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 46 minutes ago, Hook said: Nice progress! I have one in the stash, but have just returned to airbrushing after not using one for more than a decade. I'll practice some more on older kits first before tackling the Sea Flanker. Cheers, Andre Thanks Andre. I havent airbrushed anything as complex as this myself either so we'll see what happens. 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Looking good! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 39 minutes ago, Azgaron said: Looking good! Håkan Thanks Håkan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 A coat of Mr Finishing Surfacer 1500 which will be my black base for when the real painting begins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azgaron Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Looking good! Love to see colors on! Håkan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 (edited) Not too heavy on the filler then Roger? I feel an imminent purchase coming on. Edited July 22, 2018 by Harry_the_Spider Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Azgaron said: Looking good! Love to see colors on! Håkan Thanks very much Håkan, hopefully not too long to wait. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 1 hour ago, Harry_the_Spider said: Not too heavy on the filler the Roger? I fell an imminent purchase coming on. I had a problem with one area which required filling and sanding, I'm attempting to upload a photo to Flickr at present to best demonstrate it. Our WiFi signal isn't very strong so it usually takes a few attempts. Which is also why there are few update photos. Apart from that it's gone together very well, I would recommend it (So far 🤣 ). Photo coming as soon as it will upload. ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 At last. This is the only area where I've run up against any kind of problem fit wise. Whether it's the fault of the kit or something I've done, or not done, I don't know. I needed quite a bit of filler here and there was a sizeable ridge. After a fair amount of sanding I decided I'd removed enough of the ridge and unfortunately the surrounding detail and just to get on with it and hope it's not too noticeable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Underside. Nobody cares. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, Harry_the_Spider said: Underside. Nobody cares. 😉 Lol, probably somebody does but you're not bothered and I aren't so that's good enough for me. 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry_the_Spider Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 Looking at my less than perfect example, the join is the transition from the engine casing and the fuselage. The difference in colours will hide it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 22, 2018 Author Share Posted July 22, 2018 I think they probably will..... and that looks fine. I once jokingly said I'd be better buying and building two of each model, one to practice on and learn the potential pitfalls and the second the real build, they more I think about it..........😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 Progress with the painting, the camo was done freehand, just to see if I could do it. 😃 I'm going to apply a filter or two today to try and tone down the brightness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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