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Guardian of the East...1/48 Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker-B Russian Airforce


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14 minutes ago, exdraken said:

colors look good to me!

at least for a not too heavy weathered airframe! 

Looking through pics of Soviet/Russian Su-27, it seems there are two main camo versions, a pale, light toned one and this more dark and "juicy" one. Already curious how it looks when my dad starts with the upper camo and applies the grey and blue paints.

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second upper camo paint done with Tamiya XF-18 Medium Blue, XF-23 Light Blue and XF-2 White, mixed approx. 4:1:1

48502464742_df23a45e53_b.jpgDSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48502464207_592802aeb1_b.jpgDSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48502294671_c2b1b9bc8d_b.jpgDSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

exhaust nozzles more or less done

48502463187_6b712708a5_b.jpgDSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

aircraft size evolution...

48502293746_91bcc76283_b.jpgDSC_0005 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

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Great progress on a kit I have in the stash but have been put off building due to it being a lot bigger than anything I have made in the past. Having watched your Dad's build so far I am really tempted to get mine out and give it a go. I know there are some accuracy issues that real Flanker fans would pick up on but it looks like a real fun kit to build.

 

Duncan B

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1 hour ago, Duncan B said:

Great progress on a kit I have in the stash but have been put off building due to it being a lot bigger than anything I have made in the past. Having watched your Dad's build so far I am really tempted to get mine out and give it a go. I know there are some accuracy issues that real Flanker fans would pick up on but it looks like a real fun kit to build.

 

Duncan B

 

Every HB and Trumpeter kit has shape and accuracy issues. But it looks like a Flanker, has better detail than the Academy kit and is easier to build than a GWH kit. Plastic and moulds are good, therefore my dad chose the HB kit.

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Started with the decals, the loosen nicely from the carrier sheet but seem to be very thin because they tend to wrap, even the small ones. Maybe gonna need some spare decals, using a Hi-Decal sheet.

48598886742_f00ff13d81_b.jpgDSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

also started to build the rockets, won´t do a full weapons load

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That's coming along well, Hobby Boss decals are really not that great to work with. Sometimes the decal will work perfectly, other times it will wrap or stick like a limpet in a place it shouldn't be. Experience makes me just invest in AM decals for HB kits these days. 

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more decals progress, still some from the kit, some from Hi-Decal and some from the sparesbox

48615284433_292335e805_b.jpgDSC_0001 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48615779572_21895c8bcf_b.jpgDSC_0004 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

the kit decals for the red frame squares on the upper wing didn´t work, the ones from Hi-Decals didn´t fit in size, so my dad puzzled them together from Bf109 wing walkways

48615630711_b681dd4647_b.jpgDSC_0002 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

 

48615283703_5524bea947_b.jpgDSC_0003 by grimreaper110, auf Flickr

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40 minutes ago, Parabat said:

Looking so impressive now. 

Yes, it's a huuuuge beast...don't know where to put it yet when it's finished 😃

23 minutes ago, IPMS19 said:

- Which reference of paint did you use for the sand looking color? may be is it an distorded effect of the photo 

There is no sand colour. I guess the post was meant to be in the MiG-15 thread?

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13 minutes ago, Reini78 said:

Yes, it's a huuuuge beast...don't know where to put it yet when it's finished 😃

There is no sand colour. I guess the post was meant to be in the MiG-15 thread?

-O.K, I think the old age begin to show its ugly nose making me confuse a Mig 15 for an Su 27.......😯 ; it may be here a  mysterious color distorsion caused by a trick of the photo. Don't mind my post....

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