Zvezda 1/72 Su-33 nose weight?

[Vlad]

Is this kit a tail-sitter and if yes how much weight would you recommend in the nose cone?

[Phantome]

I can't speak for the Su-33 but I added a .44 pierced bullet  (3-4g?) and a smaller weight (1g or so) to the Zvezda Su-27SM and all good.

[Vlad]

Thank you, I shall aim for about 5g then. It should be similar, if anything the 33 should tail sit slightly less because of the canards. Seems I bought shot that may be a bit too small (biggest is AAA that's 0.8g each), but I guess I'll just use more of it for now!

[Phantome]

I bought the .44 bullets at a fishing/hunting store ages ago and they're too big for most 1/72 radomes. The Su-27 is the only one that they fit neatly.  Otherwise, yeah, you'll need a lot of lead weights to fill that nose up but I don't think it needs that much weight to be honest.

[Flankerman]

I've built about a MILLION    Flankers in 1/72 scale........

 

 

.... and not one was a tail sitter.

 

I have never added nose weight to a Flanker kit... it just isn't a tail sitter.

 

Ken

[Vlad]

Well... fair enough 😁 guess it's that long cockpit/nose section. At least on this kit the radome is not integral with anything else, so I can leave it off until testing the full build with the landing gear dry-fitted. It's not that I don't trust you, just being extra cautious as this is my first big jet wheels down for a very long time 😋

[Ryan Hothersall]

I would put a little nose weight in just to be safe.