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 s00ntir, Greif8, NFR 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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