upupandaway Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Hello there everybody, I´m not a member of these forums for such a long time , but I thought it might be interesting to start an in-progress documentation of my new build (quess what - it´s another Flanker). I hope you don´t get annoyed with it, as several people are doing the same thing right now. I´m starting with the cockpit set of Aires and will, later, use it together with Zactoman´s canopy parts (in this place again, I have to say that this Kit is really superb and exceeds even the LOD that is provided by Aires parts :o ) and so on. I haven´t planned much of the further progress and I might take some time to get there as this is my second build after a time-out of seven years. Also previously I had never worked with resin or photoetched parts. So a lot of things are still quite new to me... I hope you enjoy what I bring up... Greetings :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joachim Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 looking forward to follow your progress. And welcome to the group! Joachim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted February 18, 2006 Author Share Posted February 18, 2006 Here is the K36 Ejection Seat out of the Aires cockpit set in its current state. Maybe it wasn´t the best idea to start with this part because I´ll only "use" it much later but I couldn´t really help it - it´s too beautiful so I had to do it once it was out of the box. As reference I used some pics of a ukrainian Su-27 and other pics which can be found in these forums. My build will definitely be a russian bird, so there might be differences between russian or ukrainian K36s. This was really hard to figure out as most pics don´t really show the colors of the belts and the rear or even the plane ID but I think it also works out like this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stusbke Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 KICKASS job on the seat dude man there's surely a flanker mania going around here but he im not complaining bring them on another build i have to follow closely :D greetz STB frederick jacobs Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted February 18, 2006 Author Share Posted February 18, 2006 (edited) Hey! Attachments do work! :D I believe the belts were folded incorrectly though but this is only an interpretation :D . I´ll have to take care of some minor issues still, first of all ageing effects and maybe some other stuff... See you soon (with the instruments panel and the tub) Edited February 18, 2006 by upupandaway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
John Langton Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Nice I will also be following this Quote Link to post Share on other sites
joachim Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Great built. It's a really Ukrainian seat I would say make it in Ukrainian markings :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skuki Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 WOOOw, this is the best seat I've seen so far. Great job!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wasserfall Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Annoying?, no no the more the better :D Super job on the seat Flankers rule the world!!!! Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted February 18, 2006 Author Share Posted February 18, 2006 It's a really Ukrainian seat :DI would say make it in Ukrainian markings :) Hm, yeah you´re right... I would if I hadn´t spent about 50$ on getting the Linden Hill Flankers on Patrol 2 and the Stencil Sheet. They were quite hard to get and they look too good so I think I´ll end up with this litte (?) incompatibillity :D Hope you dot mind but when I was painting the seat I wasn´t aware that the pictures were actually taken from a ukrainian bird because the rest of the cockpit looks just alike... By the way: Are there any decals for ukrainian markings available as aftermarket or so? (just in case...) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 WOW! :o Terrific job on that K-36, upupandaway . I know how difficult those straps are and you've done a fine job Sir. Excellent work. I'm really looking forward to more updates on this thread. We can't get enough of these big Flankers... :D Welcome to Flankerville, A.R.C. :D ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AnthonyWan Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Wow, everyone's doing Flankers!!!! :P Seat looks great, captures the really busy look of the real thing Anthony Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 (edited) Hello again, I´ve come to finish the Aires instruments panel today and I´ve airbrushed the tub, but that´s nothing worth posting yet. It was really an awful job doing the white marking around the instruments - even with my finest 0000-brush and a magnifiying glass. At first I tried to mask it - I gave up after about 2 minutes. I´m sorry that I can´t get a bigger image on the photo but from any closer distance my digicam won´t get a focus... There goes my weekend... Edited February 19, 2006 by upupandaway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dashotgun Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 use thin decal to do the white lines instead, great seat I saved as a refrence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 (quess what - it´s another Flanker). I hope you don´t get annoyed with it, as several people are doing the same thing right now. Welcome to the party! :unsure: How could anybody be annoyed by too many Flanker builds? I'm loving it! Looking very nice so far...Looking forward to more! Chris Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted February 19, 2006 Author Share Posted February 19, 2006 (edited) Ok... I have still changed some tiny things on this and I managed to take a better picture of the panel. That´s it definitely now. Time for a drink. Edited February 19, 2006 by upupandaway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
geedubelyer Posted February 19, 2006 Share Posted February 19, 2006 Oh yeah!! Lovely painting...GREAT JOB :blink: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
josepedro Posted February 20, 2006 Share Posted February 20, 2006 Fantastic!!! :blink: ;) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EJ DeVivo Posted February 21, 2006 Share Posted February 21, 2006 It's really beautiful man. I have the Trumpeter Flanker sitting in my closet and must admit I'm a little intimidated by it. I hear it's a poor fit around the nose, pit area. Keep us posted, the K36 seat you did looks awesome.. EJ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 (edited) Hello! So here are a few more pics of my little Su 27 (nothing fancy at all but I´m happy to achieve at elast some progress). I´ve cut the Zactomodels canopy so far and separated it (not seen on the photo), mounted the IRST and the Aires rear of the cockpit and I´ve finished the frame for the canopy. Here are a few photos: Edited March 2, 2006 by upupandaway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 This is the canopy frame - I chose to use the Zactomodels part because it is even better than the frame that came with the Aires kit. A few wires have been added as they were missing on the parts... Top view: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 The bottom view: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 So here´s the upper fuselage with the new IRST and the Aires cockpit part - all ready for the tub to be mounted once it´s done... Everythings gooing quite slow but I´m hoping to be able to present you the munted cockpit tub and all the other stuff soon... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
M&M Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 UP UP You managed to get rid of the extra sliver of resin on the IR mount that runs over the side of the nose. I think it belongs there?? rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
upupandaway Posted March 2, 2006 Author Share Posted March 2, 2006 (edited) Yep, that´s right. When the IRST came out of the box, it was already a bit loose so I cut it off. Sure the part is very thin in this place - I just didn´t lilke the thought of losing it to my ever hungry carpet monster. I´ll put it back in place when the canopy front is ready. Edited March 2, 2006 by upupandaway Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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