Flanker Frenzy 2012

here i am, the kit is the italeri 1/72

IN iv got 3 kits dunno what il get done though

whoot, reporting for duty. Dunno which to choose though, the Academy 1/48 or the Hasegawa 1/72....

Eatthis, welcome to the GB; glad to have you in.  

If y'all can tell me specifically what kit/maker/version you're planning on building, then I'll get it added to the roster up top.

Here's a sweetener- I'll give y'all the opportunity to decide which kit I'll build for this GB.

You have these to choose from:

• 1/32 Su-27 B single-seater
• 1/32 Su-27UB C two-seater
• 1/32 Su-30MKK G two-seater

So just let me know and we'll get cracking in the new year!

my vote for the UB version have more cockpit space to show!

Actual su-34 situation and some kit detail

the glued missiles and bombs with sutted rudders

the six pavla k-36 copies, the ones painted are for the mig-31 and mig-29 UB (actually my favourite stash/workbench queen ... started from the half 90' )

beasts confrontation 

ready on the start grid (but with some month of delay )

Looking good in the box Bsyamato-  they really redesigned that cockpit area and added a lot of curve to that section.

Ridiculously large ordnance, even in 1/72...  the Russians are compensating for something?   There's 5 or 6 sprues of missiles and bombs for the Su-30 kit, some are large enough to stuff a model rocket motor into and send into orbit.... 

Cleared for take-off on Monday.

these curves make the su-34 one of more elegant planes never fly imho

some pictures from http://www.airliners.net

have nice year

Happy new year to all and this BG is officially open for business!

Bsyamato, I have to disagree- IMO the F-111-like nose and cockpit and enlarged stinger throw the lines all off (but only from certain angles).  I think the -27UB has the best lines, from any angle, over the entire family, but I might be biased.

Dre - your 3 options are all 1/32?!?! Wish I had the space for those! ;) I'll be building an Italeri 1/72 kit, likely a Sea Flanker as I have 2 of them.

Vance, I wish had the space for them as well!   I'm actively seeking a cabinet large enough to hold one, let alone four, once I'm done with the lot.  The -27 B I've got working, a guinea pig if nothing else, is massive.    

I'll list you with that 1/72 Sea Flanker unless you say otherwise.

Intelligence pictures of Dre finished kits exhibition room

you're right about su-34 Dre but is my own opinion.

Vance put some sprue shot of sea flanker please, in mind to get one and i'm curious about the detail level of it, actually i have only these seven seaflanker in my stash

is one of ships we talk other day in 1/720

To clear ears from holydays song watch and ear this video about flankers engines runs and afterburner power check on ground, watch after the 5:30 minutes to see the complete external power progression

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9By6bPn3DM

and night version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df3vW5HsPlc&feature=related

bsyamato, I'll take some sprue shots for you tomorrow. Raised panel lines, but the details are close to the Strike Flanker you have already.

Dre, yes, Sea Flanker it will be. Looking forward to this GB - will you be building at the same pace you kept with the nightfighter GB?!

Vance, I hope I can exceed that pace of output, but I don't recall being a part of any nightfighter GB..  did I flake out and forget a GB, or have you mistaken me for someone else?  The only GB that I took part in last year was the Made in the USSR, in which I banged out a 1/35 T-34/76 and a 1/32 MiG-3 in about 8 weeks.

Bsyamato- give me a space like that and I will fill it.  Have your people contact mine with the leasing info on that cosy little cabin and I'll begin to precelebrate my new digs.  That flight deck of Flankers looks mighty tasty.  The fact that the Russians took this aircraft to sea and made it work off a smallish carrier is just awesome. 

Anyhow, I'm ready to roll and have the goodies to go for this GB.   I've got a nice selection of stuff for each kit and the resin parts are phenomenal (although that opinion may change once it start trying to get them to fit and play well).   

The OOB mule that you see there is the one I'm working on now to establish a baseline of knowledge to apply to the others that get the full treatment.  I've already picked up a thing or two to do down the road regarding the fuselage seams, wings and nosecone seams..  stuff I can apply on the kit that qualifies for this GB.

It's a new year, let's rock some kits!

Dre

Vance, I hope I can exceed that pace of output, but I don't recall being a part of any nightfighter GB..  did I flake out and forget a GB, or have you mistaken me for someone else?

DOH!!!!   I'm reading Dre, and thinking Trey!!!

Dre

 

huge plaes huge boxes

my contacts just give the picture and diseppears btw dre, a good report about sprues on the blue trumpeter boxes are needed

This brand again not convinced me too much, prices are too high, till now i scorered only a good 1/144 mavis (found between a site offers with high price cut)

Vance take care of you, tamiya cement fumes can cases  hallucinations   

I need to finish about 4 kits included the mig 31 in previous pictures before to start my sukhoi, but planning to add lots of details on it, already collected lots of pictures of fullback (this seems the actual su-34 nickname)

bsyamato

 

 

...Vance take care of you, tamiya cement fumes can cases  hallucinations   ...

Actually, I do use Tamiya cement...

Bsyamato, what do you want to know about the Trumpeter sprues?   There's a lot of them inside each box, the most being used for the underwing weapons.  They have packaged the fragile parts inside interior boxes and everything is pretty well stuffed inside the big box, so much so to the point that repacking the box can be a challenge.

Generally speaking, they're not shake-n-bakes like a Tamiya product but still pretty easy to work on.

Vance, that Tamiya cement... for use on styrene plastic models only, son.  I can only wish that I could equal Trey's pace and quality of output.

LOL

Drey (just opened a jar of tamiya cement) i know wath do you mean , had same problem with bandai mech kits in 1/100, just post some picture if you can when starting assembly

I'll happily post sprues and AM goodies once you guys tell me what I'm going to build for this GB...

I'm voting for your -UB two-seater... because I don't have one of those!!

That's an issue easily fixed, Vance....

I do have a boxing of Italeri's Mig-29 UB, no flanker-twin though.

They're not as good-looking as the Sukhoi's, are they?

VanceCrozier

I do have a boxing of Italeri's Mig-29 UB, no flanker-twin though.

LOL i have a single wip of it suspended for GB duties same kit

the little mig looks like a litter and fatted flanker  

this similar engines position and aerodynamics was enginereed by Tsagi institute for the new generation of russian fighters... sukhoi bureau put more style ,mass and power than mig i presume

if anybody knows where i can find a 1/48 kit of the SU-37 or a conversion to change a 1/48 SU27 or SU-35 into a 37, then i may consider joining.

WildChild, I hope you can join us even without having to convert a kit.

Dre, sign me up!! The flanker is one of my favorite modern aircraft.  i will have to get back with you on which kit and scale, i have a few in the stash plus just ordered the new academy Su-30MK. Will have an answer for you next week.  

thanks,

Matt

Matt, welcome to the group and whatever tickles your fancy is fine by us!