Breaker Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 (edited) Hi Guys, My first WIP here, hopefully my first finished 32nd model and first competition in a while. I've always had a thing for Air to Ground birds, they always seem to be very purposeful. I've always liked USSR cold war types as well. I'm currently in the pit of filling, sanding, rescribing so heres some photos of my progress up to now... First up is the cockpit. I've used the Aires item here: Edited October 23, 2016 by Breaker Zero77, Rainer Hoffmann, Swan-neck and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaker Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Next up is the main body, dry fitting to see what's gonna be needed... I did notice at this stage, that the tops of the engine nacelles and the spine of the fuselage dip down in the center. I'm assuming some mold flaw or cooling contraction. It's a bit beastie. The intakes have lovely detail as well but a bugger of a seam line. Fortunately Eduard provide a piece that covers this entirely... All metallics were done with Alclad and AK interactive turbine wash for the compressor face. I've also started modding the tanks to be 800l versions as opposed to the larger tanks provided in the kit. Zero77, mark31, ShotMagnet and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Nice work so far. Going to try to follow this have these one and the UB in the stash. What color did you use for the pit. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaker Posted August 4, 2016 Author Share Posted August 4, 2016 Mark, I used Mr Paint MRP-195 "Sukhoi Cockpit Blue Grey". Cheers, Simon mark31 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Very good start ! The pit is outstanding. Will be following.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 The cockpit is niiice, very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ray Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Very nice work! Look forward to watching you work on this monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Very good start, enjoy the build!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Fantastic work on that cockpit! Looks great. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1971Show Posted August 5, 2016 Share Posted August 5, 2016 Yeah, the painting in that pit is exquisite! Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breaker Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 Late decision to change to flaps and slats to retracted has meant I've got some filling work to do all along the wings. I was going to go with them down but without a pilot in, it wouldn't happen. Kit doesn't really want you to do this so some surgery needed. Tanks are about finished, just need to create the seams for the welds with some stretched sprue. I wasn't happy with the rocket pods I decided to use either. I went for the B-13L launcher, it was used late in the Afghan invasion for caves and the thick walled compounds. I've created the illusion of tubes on the rear which will have tube inserted to represent the rocket motors. The front end will receive a blanking plate that I've seen on most pods that I'm guessing the rockets fire through, similar to RAF fibreglass covers. Finished front end. Out2gtcha, Zero77, ShotMagnet and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Great start! That cockpit looks really wonderful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelmkr Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Awesome start on the Frogfoot. I've really got to get back to the bench and finish mine. Tip: for the gaps at the nacelle to fuselage join and the tail base, Perfect Plastic Putty worked great for me. I applied it with a large bore syringe and after completely dry swabbed away the excess with a damp q-tip. Marc B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimW Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Excellent! Tim W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Nice work keep up the good work. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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