tomprobert Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 (edited) Evening folks, I've put the finishing touches to Trumpeter's 1/32nd scale Flanker C over the weekend. I embarked upon this build as I have always loved the twin-seat Flanker and thought it would be a straight-forward build to be getting on with in the background and as a break from my longer term vacform and scratch-build projects when I needed it... I was wrong. I was rather disappointed with the overall quality and fit of the kit to be honest - the fit was very poor in places, in particular the wing to fuselage join was problematical as the wing was much thinner than the attachment point at the root. The fit of the intake trunking was tricky (I think the forward sections are actually slightly larger in diameter than the rear sections) and the cockpit glazing was considerably wider than the fuselage and was difficult to attach - it's still far from perfect to be honest but passable from a distance. There were numerous mold-lines and flash to clean up in many places, and the nose cone section was also a poor fit. However, perseverance is the key, but there is more filler on here than I had anticipated, especially for a 'modern' kit of this nature. There are some lovely aspects to the kit though - the gear bays are nicely detailed out of the box, jet pipes are pretty good and the airframe surface detail is lovely and comes out well after a light wash. And it certainly captures the mean, menacing look of the Flanker nicely. Sukhoi Su-27UB - "Red 64" Apart from some Eduard etch in the cockpit, the model was made from the box with Hannants' Xtracolour enamels being used along with the kit decals. All painting was completed freehand with a Badger 200 airbrush. Happy modelling! Tom Edited September 2, 2018 by tomprobert Typos Haggis9444, MikeMaben, Jan_G and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Lovely! Great work Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Great build despite your issues with it, Tom! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Very impressive work! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dany Boy Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Brilliant. I have only heard good things about this kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Leduc Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 That's a very nice huge bird you got there, I love it. Thanks for sharing, Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Cross Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Very nice, it's a plane I would build in another lifetime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeA Posted September 9, 2018 Share Posted September 9, 2018 Beautiful build, especially being almost OOB. Well done! Cheers, Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Sweet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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