1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

[nicholassagan]

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Ha yeah, I gotta get crackin on it, too. Need to be painting in 2 weeks at the latest.... :-[

 

[suavetomcat]

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Wow! Great work mate. Looking fantastic!

 

[Quaralane]

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Going to look great when you get her done, Nick.
But I know the feeling about needing to get a move on with the build

 

[Junkie]

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Looking great nick. Loving the insanity fer shur.


Im feeling the heat too man...who comes up with this idiot of a deadline anyways?!.!?

 

[Mikey_W_1980]

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The level of detail is phenomenal!! Absolutely outstanding so far and really inspirational as well.


This is the kind of level of modelling I would love to get to, in time with guidance I know it can be done.

Really looking forward to the paint scheme you'll be doing....

 

[JohnSimmons]

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Nick
This is
Sick

 

[nicholassagan]

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Been plugging away slowly so will have another update Monday. Gonna wrap up the MC80 this week too so ill be able to focus on this bird.

 

[JohnSimmons]

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Noice. Looking forward to see the MC 80 done 8)

 

[nicholassagan]

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Another week has gone by with many minor updates. Finished up the lower wings…and figured I disconnect them while I was working on the wheel bays. They should be easy enough to pop back in place once she goes together.

Also finished the riveting process…which wasn’t as bad as I thought it’d be. Tedious, but not bad.

Finished adding the wheelbays.

Worked on the canopy hinge by re-adding the PE plate to the new piece of styrene and puttied in place.

Lastly, added the spacers to the radome and added to the upper fuselage. There will be a touch of putty and sanding but the shapes match, which is more important.

 

[Alan Kelley]

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So much detail..

This is looking fantastic Nick.

 

[nicholassagan]

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Thanks...I'm going to have to ramp it up to 2 updates a week if I'm going to get this done...only a month left!! BUT ONLY 3 WEEKS UNTIL BABY COMES

 

[Quaralane]

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Definitely some excellent details being added.
I hope the baby lets you finish.

Based on my family's history, "due in three weeks" translates loosely to "could come any time now"

 

[nicholassagan]

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Q, exactly. we're in the red zone...she's just gotta hold off until june for FMLA...

 

[suavetomcat]

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Looks great mate, and good luck with the baby!

Chris

 

[nicholassagan]

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Did a little work last night while paint was drying on the MC-80. The wheel well detail on the upper fuselage needs to be filed/sanded down to get the new wheel wells to fit. There’s also a fair bit of sanding to come along the seams. Also added the last of the AMUR vents.

Here’s what’s happening with the radome right now. I’ll need to shave some material from one side of the lower fuselage edge and add some to the opposite site. It’ll fit nicely in the end.

Did some more work on the intakes. The fans were dropped in, painted black then dry brushed silver. I’m not too concerned about the sloppy paint as you can’t tell once the intakes are in place.

Lastly, since the intakes have open tops, light bleeds through from the open wheel bays. To correct this I fitted a piece of adhesive vinyl to the top. Works as an effective light block with no impact on the fit.

 

[Grendels]

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Looks great!

 

[Quaralane]

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Excellent work there.
Detail is going to be popping all over this one

 

[nicholassagan]

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Minor updates. Started working on the fuselage part of the cockpit. The instructions call for PE to be added as the braces, but those part numbers aren’t actually in the set so I made some vinyl strips. Before moving forward some paint needed to be added and AKAN makes a Flanker interior color. Personally, I think it’s pretty good but it doesn’t match the Eduard PE color. I’m mostly OK with that…

I also added the cannon barrel with some brass tubing.

 

[Quaralane]

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Nice work with the cannon.
Cockpit color looks close enough for me. Call it field repaint

 

[Junkie]

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Great project Nick. looking kewl...super kewl.