Serkan Sen Posted May 25, 2021 Author Share Posted May 25, 2021 57 minutes ago, Gondor44 said: Hi Serkan, what did you use to mask the hatches after you had painted them stainless steel? Fantastic result by the way. 👍 Gondor Thanks Gondor, For masking I use vinyl stencil film Oramask 810. I prepare first the contours in corel or inkscape and then export them as svg file and create masks using cutter/plotter. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 I have scaled up the Su-35UB mask artwork which I prepared for my 1:72 conversion reported here: The upper surface of model was painted to MM1562 and the masks were placed for mid blue areas: Next step is to paint dark blue and place masks and masking putty for faded camouflage edges. Serkan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 Next color MM1594 dark blue was painted: When the paint fully cured the masking film and putty ribbons will be placed before painting last color. Serkan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share Posted June 21, 2021 The deep blue areas were masked and masking putty ribbons were placed: And the MM2131 was painted as last color: Next step is to remove all masks and see the result... Serkan 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 Here is the result: In general the paint scheme looks great but it seems that the Alclad black microfiller primer didn't stick well the resin parts and caused lifting off all the paints. Of course this can be fixed but will cost me a week long work... Serkan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrianm2 Posted June 26, 2021 Share Posted June 26, 2021 Hi Serkan, I had a very similar (if not the same) problem while painting the floats I made for my VVA-14 1/72 a few years ago. No matter what I tried it would peel off until I was told to try a painters Primer-Sealer / Stain Killer. The product available Downunder is called B.I.N. (Where you are, it might be called something different). Smells a but it does the trick. The colours you got look really good and the whole build has been a joy to follow. I Hope you can give one last push and get it across the line. Adrian 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 On 6/26/2021 at 7:11 AM, adrianm2 said: No matter what I tried it would peel off until I was told to try a painters Primer-Sealer / Stain Killer. Thanks for your advice Adrian. I will definitely find a similar product here in Germany and give a try. Currently the problem was solved by light sanding with 1000 and 2000 grit sandpaper and repainting without black primer. Also the deflected slat area was painted to stainless steel: Next is to finish landing gear bay details. Serkan 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 1, 2021 Author Share Posted July 1, 2021 The landing gear wells and stabilizer tips were masked for painting: First stabilizer lower surface tips were painted to stainless steel: And the intakes were masked as well: All masked areas were painted to light grey: Next is to finish wheel well details. Serkan 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Hi Serkan, looks like you nailed the blue scheme. Regards Robert 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 6 hours ago, Robert said: Hi Serkan, looks like you nailed the blue scheme. Regards Robert Hi Robert, After repairing the paintwork she looks pretty good. I have spent significant amount of time to repair all. Even I was thinking to remove all paints and start from the beginning... Serkan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neffan Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Hi Serkan, nice camouflage. I like this SU-35UB. 😉 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
su27rules Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Nice paint and very good work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 8 hours ago, Neffan said: Hi Serkan, nice camouflage. I like this SU-35UB. 😉 Thanks Neffan. I hope your Flanker builds go well too... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 The pipes and other details were painted with the Gundam pens: The MLG uplock fairings were detached, repositioned and repainted: Next is the landing gear assemblies... Serkan 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel John Shanks Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 Looking awesome cannot wait to see the end product! Keep it up. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Daniel John Shanks said: Looking awesome cannot wait to see the end product! Keep it up. Thanks John, although it seems that this project is very close to RFI there is still long way to go... Serkan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 (edited) The nose landing gear strut of MHM (left) kit is very pathetic and there is no way to fix it. Therefore I decided to clone this part from Academy Su-30 kit (right): As the main landing gear strut of MHM kit is within acceptable accuracy I have worked on these parts before cloning NLG parts: Some copper wires were added to replicate the hydraulic pipes in real machine. The wire diameter is a bit undersized but I can live with this... Serkan Edited July 3, 2021 by Serkan Sen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 6, 2021 Author Share Posted July 6, 2021 (edited) The Flanker intake lower lips are in stainless steel. To avoid masking and painting jobs I decided to give a try using the metallic foil from auto industry; First port side; And the starboard side as well: The result looks in overall not so bad: Next step is to fix NLG assy issues... Serkan Edited August 14, 2021 by Serkan Sen 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neffan Posted July 7, 2021 Share Posted July 7, 2021 On 03/07/2021 at 02:50, Serkan Sen said: Merci Neffan. J'espère que vos builds Flanker se passent bien aussi... Hi Serkan, not yet for my flankers.I hope to start SU-37 Number 711 during my holidays, maybe on september or ... 😉 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 7, 2021 Author Share Posted July 7, 2021 (edited) 6 hours ago, Neffan said: Hi Serkan, not yet for my flankers.I hope to start SU-37 Number 711 during my holidays, maybe on september or ... 😉 Hi Neffan, I hope you are happy with all the T10M parts and masks you have received. Please let me know if you have any problem with the resin parts during your builds... Serkan Edited July 7, 2021 by Serkan Sen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 9, 2021 Author Share Posted July 9, 2021 Back to NLG assembly... I have prepared the master parts to be cloned from Academy Su-30 kit: Also all the pylons will be copied from the same Academy kit: Next is to prepare silicone molds and duplicate the parts... Serkan 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neffan Posted July 9, 2021 Share Posted July 9, 2021 On 07/07/2021 at 22:30, Serkan Sen said: Hi Neffan, I hope you are happy with all the T10M parts and masks you have received. Please let me know if you have any problem with the resin parts during your builds... Serkan Hi Serkan, yes I'm very happy with all T10M parts. Many thanx 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 13, 2021 Author Share Posted July 13, 2021 (edited) Here is the NLG assembly comparison of two Academy kits with MHM one: The NLG assembly molds were made and the assembly parts were casted from PUR. First twin wheel fork: And NLG main and lower strut: Drag stay: And mud guard: Note that the resin nose wheels are thinner than the Academy wheels. Therefore mud guard was reshaped to fit the resin wheels. And last but not least the steering assembly: Here are all cloned parts assembled together for test and comparison: The upper torque link is still missing but it will be added as well. Also the landing light above is missing as I have used one of the early casted part which had some imperfections due to trapped air in the mold. Serkan Edited July 13, 2021 by Serkan Sen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonehammer Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 It's a treat to see your progress! I have a question. Is the resin leg able to take all the weight of the model, just so? No metal 'core'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 58 minutes ago, Bonehammer said: Is the resin leg able to take all the weight of the model, just so? No metal 'core'? I am asking the same question to myself too. Till now I had no significant issues in 1:72 scale but this bird is very heavy compared to her little daughters 😁. Here the trick will be to keep centre of gravity very close to MLG to avoid excessive weight on NLG. Serkan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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