Su-27 1/48th scale by Academy Flanker B

[Impisi]

damn, thats a shame with the decals

 

[moon puppy]

Go man Go!

 

[Flyingbabydoc]

That is one nice beast Gary, well done. I used to like big shiny decals but had my share of FUBARs so I am more into delicate subtle decalling now.

Great job!

Cheers

Alex

 

[Skinny_Mike]

looking good so far!

 

[centaur567]

I'm trying to make the best use of my airbrush time and do multiple paint jobs at one sitting. Like when my wife goes for a hair cut. So last Wed. the flat coat was applied. I think I'm going to stay with this finish and not do the white dry brush panel line thing I usually do. I like the way it looks now, plus there's a lot of panel lines on this bird and I think it would look too busy and it will be done that much sooner. With building a F-106 and an A6M2 at the same time my focus and "what do I do next?" taxes my brain. When the canopy was unmasked a boo boo was found and needs some touching up. Gary S. XLV MMXXIV

 

[mustang1989]

That is a beautiful camo scheme and one heckuva good looking build so far Gary!!

 

[centaur567]

I had to come up with a way to show the canopy open because the kit offered no attaching parts. After looking at photos, I decided to make the hydraulic lift from the unused airbrake and to glue to the underside of the canopy 2 pin nails. After lining up the nails I drilled 2 small holes and vola!! It worked. The rest of the antennas and sensor were flued on also. Hopefully I'll get a chance to take the beauty shots and post them.
Gary S. XLV MMXXIV

 

[moon puppy]

Nice job!

 

[Heavens Eagle]

The blue camo finishes in the Russian and Ukrainian fleets look really good. Yours it turning out quite nice Gary!

 

[jeaton01]

Nice progress, Gary.

 

[paddy]

Looking good
I would be interested to look at one of these Russian aircraft close up ? when i was in engineering we bought a russian verticle and horizontal Mill that looked the buisness in the pictures and spec but when it arrived it was the crudest bit of engineering you could imagine.

 

[centaur567]

Here's the beauty shots. Most of the problems with this kit were of my making. The cockpit benefited with a detail set, but if the canopy was left closed it would be ok. Gary S. XLV MMXXIV

 

[Rhino]

Are you sure the big SU has enough missiles? I dunno....................

 

[moon puppy]

Sweet display, well done!!

 

[centaur567]

Thanks MP. As far as to the missiles go, I just went by the instructions. What do I know? Gary S. XLV MMXXIV