npomeroy Posted September 29, 2024 Posted September 29, 2024 (edited) I forgot to take photos before sealing it into the custom display cabinet. Perspex and aluminium bracket. The decals are from Foxbot in Ukraine - intended for the digital camouflage scheme but I opted for the curvy pattern. Masked with heavy paper offset from the surface with rolled masking tape to give a blurred margin. Not sooo successful. In places there was overspray under the mask, but not too visible in the whole model. I only used wash in a few places. You don't really see rivets and panel lines in whole aircraft from a distance. I used the photo etched metal parts for the control surface hinges, which went OK, although a bit pointless with the model sealed in a case. The PE parts drove me nuts trying to laminate the parts for the antennae so I used the plastic parts. I spent a lot of time buffing the clear canopy to remove the mould line, and was fairly happy with the result. As the case all screwed shut. I did not want the model moving inside. I was considering making it diorama style with grey airfield concrete colour and lines, but chose to keep the plain wood, which nicely contrasts with the blue colours. I drilled 3mm holes in the underside of the wheels, which matched short projecting toothpick stakes embedded in the ply floor. Edited September 29, 2024 by npomeroy NFR, Cicciuzzo, Isar 30/07 and 14 others 17
TankBuster Posted September 29, 2024 Posted September 29, 2024 Looks great, love the case for it. Cheers. npomeroy 1
Greif8 Posted October 2, 2024 Posted October 2, 2024 Great looking aircraft! You did a wonderful job on the camo scheme, it is very eye-catching. Ernest
scvrobeson Posted October 4, 2024 Posted October 4, 2024 Beautiful Flanker. Not a normal scheme to see one in, you did a great job with it Matt
npomeroy Posted October 4, 2024 Author Posted October 4, 2024 (edited) 4 hours ago, scvrobeson said: Beautiful Flanker. Not a normal scheme to see one in, you did a great job with it Matt Thanks. Was based on this one http://sukhoi.mariwoj.pl/big/su27[39]-ukraine-2009.jpg but using decals for the more recent "digital" camouflage. Cheers Edited October 4, 2024 by npomeroy scvrobeson 1
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