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Revenge- I don't know how to post pics from a phone either, but if you send them to me I'll get them up here.
I'll send you a PM with an email to use.
Well today was a good day had it off from work so spent a whole day on the flanker and am nearly finnished all thats really left is to attach antenna's canopy under carrige missiles and afterburner cans finnished paint this evening still cant figure out how to post photos might have to just put one in the galleries section anyways if not i will have to email one to dre and maybe he can post it for me cheers
I hear you, hoping to turn a weekend run to my wife's grandparents into a LHS visit along the way.
On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister
Summer, it's a bummer. I lost a week's worth of build time when I went on vacation recently... and I didn't even look for an LHS while I was in California (but I bought online for another GB!).
Contrary to popular belief, I have NOT fallen off the edge of the earth. Something odd has happened up here... SUMMER!! Just had some vacation that I planned on getting some bench tie in with & ended up out of town for most of it. Presently picking away at small assemblies etc. on my various projects & hoping to make some real progress before too much longer.
Well for me this build is going quite well all of the fuselage and wing assembly done under carrige assembled but not in place as im gonna paint the fuselage first scheme decided its gonna be a custom one with use of the schemes that are in use still cant figure how to put photos up with my posts if someone knows id be more than greatful but i dont have a cpu just my phone
It doesn't have to awesome, just finished!
Hey dre those 1/350's are awesome im guessing by the cent that your in the states im live in the uk so it will cost you loads to send me one of those so im gonna have to make my flanker awesome so it deserves the postage
Well i have started my build and its going quite well pretty much non existant detail main gear area and not a very good fit for the cockpit tub but so far i have the wings on and i have decided to use a twist of the t-50 splinter paint scheme with a hint of the su-37 scheme so basicly the colours frome the t-50 and the digital splinter of the terminator cant figure out how to post photos as im on my phone and dont have a pc but will try over the next couple of days
Revenge- here's a great link to pretty much every operational scheme used by countries that fly the Flanker-
http://www.mars.slupsk.pl/fort/sukhoi/
And to give an idea on how some of them look on a model-
Here's the kicker- when ANYONE completes their Flanker I'll send them one of these 1/350 birds for FREE as a thank you for participating. All you have to do is finish it and PM me your address.
How's that for a deal?
My sea flanker arrived today at first look it seems to dry fit quite well the kit seems quite simple not much detail in the cockpit tub and not decided on a paint scheme yet either cant decide between a blue grey and white scheme or a tan yellow and brown scheme or even the light grey dark grey and white i know that im gonna do a digital splinter but cant decide the colours please help.
Owl, it takes a real modler to pull off purple clamps with a gray plastic, but with your sence of style you sure pulled it off
Seriously the job looks to be comming along realy well and
the cockpit decals and painting sure did the job
Steve
Building the perfect model---just not quite yet
Revenge- jump on in, we'll be glad to have ya.
"H-bomb of a son" gonna have to remember that one.
No current work on my big kit due to another GB, but I've gotten the 1/72 paint mule close to done.. it is crudely done- no seam or gap filling, minimal sanding, etc. It exists solely to test paint colors and masking efforts.
Can't wait to see it finished!
Dre Looks good so far, Owl. It also looks suspiciously like an Italeri re-pop... Are you still thinking of a custom scheme?
Looks good so far, Owl. It also looks suspiciously like an Italeri re-pop... Are you still thinking of a custom scheme?
It could be, who knows......
and yup, still doing a custom scheme!
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Now that I'm here, where am I??
Construction has begun! I picked this kit up at IPMS nat's for $31 (at half off) and there is NO WAY this kit is worth the $60 MSRP price tag. Simple/nonexistent detail, iffy fit....I guess the added cost came from the meager PE fret and updated decals? Anywho...here it goes
an example of the poor detail. Good thing PE and decals were included to spruce it up
I added seat belts to make it look a bit more busy, here's the completed office!
clamps needed to help secure the fit
more soon!
Yes, I've seen that one too. I'm blown away by the fact that they use such a small carrier to operate such a large and powerful AC. Not a lot of real estate to use before you have to punch out.
Dre, did you see the vide of the pilot who tried that and the Sea Flanker banked to the left? all the pilot could do was eject and hope the chute opened high enough above the water.....and the ocean floor had yet another decoration lol.
1/35 XM77 "Sledgehammer", 1964 Chevy Impala Derby Car
Whats next? Aircraft for Ground Attack Group Build
"I dont just tackle to make a play, I tackle to break your will." -Ray Lewis
"In the end, we're all just chalk lines on the concrete, drawn only to be washed away"- 5 Finger Death Punch
"Ahh, my old enemy.......STAIRS"- Po, Kung Fu Panda
002, as seen above, likes to look but never touches.
003, seen checking out the Flanker can't be trusted yet. No fear.
Agent 001, aka "The Black Watch" has no interest in my projects since the day she stepped on the lid of a gallon of interior latex & left a small yellow paw print all over the house.
Agent 002 looks like she's about to 'quality control' that yellow helo right onto the floor.... great expression in the first photo!! "Is it food?"
I know that wouldn't dare leave canopy parts that close to the help, they might try to polish them with their teeth.
Dre, your Director of Research looks very much like my "Agent 002", who is generally on call for quality control...
Vance, nice looking kitty (the Flanker looks good too!!). Let me share some of the behind-the-scenes folks helping me in this GB...
This is my Director of Research... sneaking a peek at the Dark Side.
Director of Security... poor guy is just worn out from having slept all night.
and finally, the Art Director thinking inside the box for solutions to a parts mis-match.
Well that cat doesn't often check out my modeling progress. But she really likes hanging out with her people. And on Monday, I was the only people at the house, so anytime I wasn't in the chair she wandered over to have a look at the progress. Just glad she didn't get into any paint or glue, would have been hard to explain that to the wife...
Vance, I've got a question about your cat. Why does it keep running over and crashing your photos ? It manages to look relaxed too. Very talented moggy.
I had a dog that chewed up a 1/32 Alfa Romeo I was working on once. I don't think it would have felt too good when he got rid of it.
This is a very classy neighbourhood, I've been looking out for a kit to get into this one for a while.
Cheers
Tony
I'm just taking it one GB at a time.
he taking measures about the correct wings alignment
rtoo speed makes ugly results, too relax don't make results
Tony!! We keep hanging out in the stylish neighbourhoods don't we!
A typical "long weekend runaround" happened for me, but SWMBO went to Calais ME on Monday with her mother & sister, leaving me the entire dining room table for the day! (well, for the afternoon I guess, once I did a little houswork) Mostly spent making last cleanups to parts requiring white airbrushing, as I discovered with my Mirage that I DESPISE brush-painting white on missiles.
So, still some airbrushing to be finished tonight hopefully, no pics of the progress, but the work can all be verified by Agent 003....
Taxtp, glad to have on board!!
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