Trumpeter 1/32 SU-27 - Ukrainian Air force (plus aftermarket & scratchbuild)

[tomfomes]

Hi everyone, this is my first thread on the forum and first 1:32 model which I am actually planning to finish. I have started a 1/32 F-14D a few years ago, but didn’t get past the cockpit, landing gears and some extra details which I made up. That model is still waiting for me in the box and might as well be the next after this one.

 

So my plan is to build an Ukrainian air force SU-27 in the blue digital camo (not decided on the number yet). The loadout will include 4x Archer missiles, 6x Alamo-C missiles as you can see on the below photo. Please let me know if I’m wrong about the identification of these rockets, as I am not so familiar with Russian weaponry yet.

I have bought the set of 4x Archer, 2x Alamo-C & 2x Alamo-B missiles from Zactoman, so I might use these at the end, but I will see.

 

 

Here is nice photo of the beautiful blue digital camouflage that the Ukrainian air force uses:

 

So this is the list of aftermarket items & tools I am planning to use for this project (I will update the list if something is added later):

• Trumpeter 1/32 SU-27 Flanker B
• Aires 1/32 SU-27 B detail set (cockpit, wheel bays, exhausts)
• Eduard 1/32 SU-27 Big Ed photo etched parts (interior, exterior, seat, masks)
• Eduard 1/32 SU-27 masks (canopy, wheels)
• Master 1/32 SU-27 Pitot tube
• ResKit 1/32 SU-27 Wheels set Late Version
• Quickboost 1/32 SU-27 UB seats (option to Aires seats)
• Quickboost 1/32 SU-27 Pitot tubes
• Zactomodels 1/32 SU-27 Nose correction
• Zactomodels 1/32 SU-27 Intakes correction
• Zactomodels 1/32 SU-27 Pylons set
• Zactomodels 1/32 SU-27 Missiles
• Foxbot 1/32 SU-27 Ukrainian decals
• Foxbot 1/32 SU-27 Ukrainian Air forces digital masks
• Hataka SU-27 Ukrainian digital camo acrylic paint set
• ANYZ 1/48 & 1/32 Universal Labels and Stencils AN001, AN003, AN005, AN006
• ANYZ Universal Placards & Symbols (Chrome & Aluminium) Scale Independent AN048, AN050
• ANYZ 1/48 & 1/32 Universal Placards & Symbols AN020
• ANYZ Universal Lines (Chrome/Aluminium) AN052, AN053, AN054, AN055
• ANYZ 1/38 & 1/32 Dials, Knobs, Switches AN024, AN028, AN029, AN031, AN033, AN034, AN035, AN036
• ANYZ 1/32 Cockpit handles AN030
• ANYZ Hatching Lines (Black & White) AN049
• ANYZ Universal cockpit dials AN038
• ANYZ Line connectors (scale independent) AN016, AN017
• ANYZ Nuts & Washers AN018, AN019

 

Apart from this I might do some scratch building on the way.

 

 

 

 

Not much progress has been made at the moment, but I have started with fitting the Aires cockpit. I have noticed some kind of molding lines on both sides of the upper front fuselage. Looking at the walkaround photos I couldn’t confirm that these should be there, so I made a decision to get rid of them! Hopefully I will not regret it.

 

 

No way back…

 

And violà… gone forever.

 

For the cockpit to fit, you have to sand off around 1.0-1.5mm of the edges on both sides on the cockpit opening as you can see already done on the above & below photos. There’s some sanding needed also on the cockpit sides as well.

 

Unfortunately my cockpit from Aires came with some small parts broken (see below). First I wanted to repair it myself, but then I made a decision to order another one (hopefully with no damage) and use this one to figure out how to fit it properly. Then with the new one it should be easier and no risky manhandling will be required.

 

 

That’s it for now. Next will be dry fitting of the aires front wheel bay and then I can start with the cockpit painting.

 

If someone could recommend good literature about the SU-27 (history, walkarounds) this would be highly appreciated. Thank you.

 

Wish me luck and thanks for watching.

 

Tomas
 

Edited April 23, 2022 by tomfomes

[Kagemusha]

Great start Tomas, and a mighty fine choice, very much looking forward to following along.

[LSP_Kevin]

Nice progress, Tomas!

 

Kev

[Stromboli]

Nice start to watch is sure to be a complicated build with all of the after-market and corrections you are adding.

[Alex]

8 hours ago, MARU5137 said:

 

 

 

 

It’s kind of amazing to see the flanker able to fly that slowly.

[blackbetty]

cool! will start mine shortly

[AnthonyWan]

For some reason his photos aren't showing up for me... I'd really love to follow this! 

[LSP_Kevin]

11 minutes ago, AnthonyWan said:

For some reason his photos aren't showing up for me... I'd really love to follow this! 

 

Missing for me, too.

 

Kev

[Landrotten Highlander]

I could see the pictures when the thread was started, but now all I get is a blank screen

 

[Woody V]

3 hours ago, Landrotten Highlander said:

I could see the pictures when the thread was started, but now all I get is a blank screen

 

 

Same here. A shame

[steinerman]

I can't see them either.  Too bad because I'd really like to follow this thread.

[themongoose]

No images for me either

[Hawkwrench]

4 hours ago, themongoose said:

No images for me either

Me too!

 

Tim

[KiwiZac]

I'm late to the party so I've not seen them at all I'm afraid.

[tomfomes]

Hi everyone!

 

First of all thanks for the useful reference info and videos.

 

I am sorry the photos are not showing up. I have added photos via Google photos on ARC forums and it worked without an issue. I have tried uploading borh PNG and JPEG files and posting here, but they seem to disappear after some time for some reason.. I have re-added the photos in the post again just now and will see if they stick this time. If not, I will upload the photos to some other website. Any favourite/recommended photo storage websites?

 

Thanks,

Tomas