Flanker Frenzy 2012

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bsyamato

This tip work with old decals? i have some old decals to cure

I tried the sun-bleach trick with the oob decals I used on the Airfix Magister - in a window for a couple weeks in the fall & it worked nicely, without bleaching out the colours. (Very good news - where else was I going to find decals for a Belgian trainer??)

VanceCrozier

Beautiful finishing work kaiyudsai!

cool markings

Beautiful finishing work kaiyudsai!

some more progress,.....  stencils down and decals....   unfortunately I had two that were unclear on  the location diagram and I placed them without checking the pics... and they dont belong there...  on the port side under the cockpit... I couldnt get them off without destroying my finish   so Im just going to leave them.... got my first Flory wash off.....  I used black   since it really stood out nicely.. and these Flankers are notoriously dirty,,....   Unfortunately ... I only had Bort no 56 in 32 scale... so I used 57.,... even though in reality 57 is painted with stripes on the wings....    creative license//// LOL  

You can see the back up water compass on the resin casting... now ti find a way to get the white liones on it  LOL 

digging between oldest colors refound these

start you, here's a little problem with sun lately.... he hiding behind clouds LOL

Waith to put yours, my decals are for sure oldest than yours (some smer or airfix from 80 for sure), so if the sun give a worst result will lost only my old ones decals

Bsyamato- I sure hope so, but I haven't yet tried it.   Let us give it a try and see?

This tip work with old decals? i have some old decals to cure

My Begemot's are slightly yellowed as well, but I plan on setting them in a window to get blasted by some late afternoon sun- I've heard that the UV will knock the yellowing out in a few days.  

Akan paints are acrylic....  but they are the richest acrylics aside from Lifecolor Ive worked with.... i really wish they were enamel..... I prefer using Mr Hobby Enamels the best..... they never peel....  but Akan has all of the soviet and eastern block colors spot on.....    you just have to thin with distilled water....  and find the perfect ratio... and they spray really nice.....they leave a really nice semigloss coat.... so you never need to gloss up for decals...

I have the Begemot stencils for my 32 scale Flanker too   but they are so yellow,..... The guy at Linden Hill told me they were using a cheaper lacquer back in 2008 when all of the 32 scale decals were printed   so MOST of them have yellowed up....  How do yours look/???  I tried contacting Begemot with no luck....    Linden hill sent me their own stencils  which are really nice,,, and I will supplement with the ones they havent included I guess   But Im sold on Begemot now   

Good to hear that the Begemot decals are tough- I have the stencil set in 1/32 (all 4 pages!).

I can't decal that fast- I'm slow, slow, slow...

So, AKAN paints are enamel or acrylic?

I dunno about a blue filter, if anything I'd think that a warmer toned filter would be more appropriate for a sun-bleached look....  perhaps a highly diluted paint mixed with your dull coat?  I do that all the time for a final dusty look.

I starting decaling last night.....   I had decals from 2 sources.... the big Begemot set....(stencils and Flankers on Patrol    And Hi Point   (a polish Company).....  the latter were horribly thin and melted with microsol,   so i used the Begemot.....  they are amazing..... they are thin  but durable... they settle down with just a little microset..  I got all the top stenciling and Ukrainian insignia on last night....  So i got about 150 stencil on... only about 200 left!!!  LO)L...    at first i thought this to be a daunting task... but the Begemot decals prep fast.... just 2 dips in the water... and they slide in about 25 seconds.....    believe it or not   i didnt have a single tear or messed up decal last night...... that's a testement to Begemot's quality....  because Im famous for screwing these up..... 

i thought at first the stenciling was a bit much.. but it really adds a level of realism that you just cant match..... I will get pics up soon....

The AKAN paint is great.... but there are a few lessons I learned when working with it.... Prime your surface well... and down use too smooth of a micromesh for polishing prior to painting.,.... the paint chips too easily then... and you can forget it on plain plastic....    Generally speaking I like enamels... because they bond better.... but being a Soviet modeller... The Akan paint is just too good of a resource not to learn to use it properly.....   It also brushes perfectly right out of the bottle...   and you need 24 hours of curing time before you can even handle your plane....  lay it on soft surfaces till you get your future on....

the AKAN paint is a nice semi gloss.... so there isnt a need to future coat prior to stenciling,..decals  etc.... I dont like to build up thick layers of clear prior to panel line washes so it's good to be able to eliminate this first clear coat......  I will add a nice layer after i finish my decals and post shading...... then future,.,.,,, then washes....  then dull coat..... and I think very last i will brush on a filter to bring together the splinter camo and give it a sun bleached effect on top... I will prob use the blue filter for panzer gray     any thoughts....  trying to finish by Saturday......  it will be a close one.... there is a show this weekend

Kaiyudsai- that is looking great!   Those AKAN paints look to be spot-on, more so than the Model Master enamels.    Please let us know how those Linden Hill decals are to work with- they look pretty delicate.

Good luck in your contest- this looks like a winner.

huge mask work

kaiyudsai

Nice job on that pattern, what did you end up masking with? FYI, I saw an ad for an upcoming issue of, welll, "a British Scale Aircraft Modelling magazine that shall not be mentioned here"   They are doing a build of Italeri's 1/72 Su32/34, which I just happen to have in the stash. Hoping to start making some progress on my first Flanker in the next few weeks, but enjoy lurking her in the meantime.

Magnific incoming beast kaiyudsai

Excellent work on the steel painting

kaiyudsai

 

Wow, nice work! It actually looks kinda sharp wearing the heat-burnt metal + pre-shading!!

kaiyudsai, that is some nice work!!

Your shopping list is quite comprehensive- those Eduard fins look fantastic on the missile- do they make that PE set in 1/32?

Started on this about second week of January......     Details are

Flanker B    - ukrainian Blue 56

Academy 1/48 scale

Aires Cockpit

Aires Burners

Quickboost (Nose, Pitot Tubes, sensors, )

Aires K-36 Seat

Eduard Brassin Alamo missles  4 IR  2 active radar type

Wolfpack Sortitsya pods wingtips....

Eduard exterior PE.

Begemot Stencils and Ukrainian Markings by Linden Hill

AKAN exterior paint    stencil by gator's masks   

Alclad metal paint ( steel, stainless steel, Magnesium, Pale Burnt Metal, Hot metal sepis, violet, blue, green)

Gunze solvent based acrylics, 

Im starting exterior paint tommorrow.......  new pics coming soon.......  This is a really long seriod for a group build... i may have to b uild my Trumpy  big Flanker with all the Zactoman bits!!!

Hey look - pocket Flankers!!!

Great little pieces and awesome idea Dre  

Whew.. my eyes hurt!  All of the decals are on the -27K's, the canopy glue is drying and it's time to Future them.

They are numbered 01-05 and the -33UB's series will be numbered 10-15 with some kind of different color scheme.

Here's the deal- these are giveaways to thank y'all for participating in my first GB.  To get one, all YOU have to do is complete your build and then send me your postal address*.  These will be awarded in the order of completion- first person to post pics of their finished kit gets #01, and so on until they're all gone. 

* if you don't feel comfortable with that, that's OK.

Thanks, but today I'm not entirely satisfied with the results...  really itching to strip them clean and start over but I'd lose all the red star decals and I've only got enough to finish the set... 

they look like Flankers but they don't have a Flanker camo scheme

Well done on these micromachines Dre

That is a sharp scheme, but the colors aren't very flattering...  while doable in a larger scale, there's no way I was going to cut those masks...

So far, so good although one had major paint seepage under the masks and its paint is ruined.  No worries though, I still have another box of -33's to do.

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Those semi-digital patterns are sharp, almost like they are coming full-circle back to some of the WW1 lozenge patterns!

Dre

The first squadron of 1/350 Su-27K's is assembled and ready for paint!

 

 

 

Yikes those are small!!!  Wish you the best of luck and a Huge mangnifying glass!!

Here is the Su-37 (Super Flanker) scheme that came with the kit, although I am not sure if I am going to go with it or create a notional scheme based off of some of the various demonstrater birds that we have all seen.

Breaking into the cockpits tonight! although there is almost nothing to both of them.