DaveJL Posted November 27, 2019 Author Share Posted November 27, 2019 23 minutes ago, Col. said: A lot of work on the paintjob but heading for a stunning result Cheers Col. The painting wasn't too bad with the masks et al, just time consuming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Very nice job Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FortyEighter Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 Very impressive work Dave! Having an Eduard boxing and Foxbot masks / decals in the stash, can I clarify your painting stages: Spray the whole upper surface grey Apply masks to cover the grey and then spray dark blue where not masked Apply masks to dark blue, remove the small sections in the grey and dark blue masks that need to be light blue and then apply light blue ie does the light blue have dark blue underneath? Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 5 hours ago, James G said: Very nice job Dave! Thanks mate. 1 hour ago, FortyEighter said: Very impressive work Dave! Having an Eduard boxing and Foxbot masks / decals in the stash, can I clarify your painting stages: Spray the whole upper surface grey Apply masks to cover the grey and then spray dark blue where not masked Apply masks to dark blue, remove the small sections in the grey and dark blue masks that need to be light blue and then apply light blue ie does the light blue have dark blue underneath? Regards Mike Cheers Mike. Yes, that's right - I painted it in the following stages; 1. Overall primer 2. Dark grey for nose cone, tail fin tops etc then mask (I used the excellent New Ware set) 3. Upper surfaces in light grey - apply relevant Foxbot mask 4. Dark blue - apply relevant mask 5. Blue 6. Light blue undersides The instructions with the masks aren't the easiest to follow and it does seem strange to spray light over dark but went on fine in the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 More done today and we're nearly there. Flat coat (Mr Paint) went on first thing this morning and left to cure for a few hours. Once set, I added the landing gear, missiles, ejection seat, removed the windshield masking, added the exhausts and popped on the pitot tube. Semi Gloss black for the IRST lens. I went over the metallic exhaust areas with the following: Dry brushed Tamiya XF-16 (Flat Aluminium) Air brushed a mixture of clear blue and clear orange Mixture of Tamiya weathering powders - Titanium, Light Gun Metal, Soot and oil. With camera flash: Without: Looks better in person as opposed to the camera. Maybe a touch more silver is needed. Just have to finish off and add the canopy. I'm really quite pleased with how it's turned out. By far my favourite scheme for the Su-27! I've even gone and bought the digital masks for a Ukrainian Mig-29 and Su-24... watch this space. Hoping to have this RFI come Sunday lunchtime. Dave 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 28, 2019 Share Posted November 28, 2019 You've every right to be pleased with this one Dave. It looks stunning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted November 28, 2019 Author Share Posted November 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Col. said: You've every right to be pleased with this one Dave. It looks stunning. Thanks mate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 That's her done! Plenty more pictures in RFI thread here As always, thanks to those who commented/followed the build. I'll be doing a 'digital' Su-24 and Mig-29 very soon. I also plan to build more Flankers, possibly using the Hobbyboss Kit or I might wait to see what GWH or Kittyhawk do; Su-27P (Russian) Su-27 (Uzbek) Su-27UB (Eritrean) Su-30 (Chinese) Su-30MKI (Indian) Su-30MKM (Malaysian) Su-30MKA (Algerian) Su-30SM (Russian) Su-33 (Russian) Su-35 (Russian) Cheers Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, DaveJL said: As always, thanks to those who commented/followed the build. I'll be doing a 'digital' Su-24 and Mig-29 very soon. I also plan to build more Flankers, possibly using the Hobbyboss Kit or I might wait to see what GWH or Kittyhawk do; Su-27P (Russian) Su-27 (Uzbek) Su-27UB (Eritrean) Su-30 (Chinese) Su-30MKI (Indian) Su-30MKM (Malaysian) Su-30MKA (Algerian) Su-30SM (Russian) Su-33 (Russian) Su-35 (Russian) great list! I am missing a J-15 here... probably an Indian Su-30Mk and a Mkk (Indonesia? you did an Venezuelan one already, no?"!) looking forward to the Fencer!! Edited December 1, 2019 by exdraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveJL Posted December 1, 2019 Author Share Posted December 1, 2019 Thanks Werner. I’ve already built an Indonesian, Vietnamese (years ago) and Venezuelan -30MKK. Might re-do the Indonesian one as I do like the paint scheme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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