To all of you. Here's my SU

[GuyMac]

I'll be building a Revell SU-27 SM. Scale 1/72

I'll build it out of the box.



More to come as soon as the build starts

[GuyMac]

Here we go for a more in dept overview of the contents of Revell 1/72 SU-27 SM Flanker.

Width 20,6 cm
Lenght 31 cm

Decal options /Camo schemes

Sukhoi Su-27SM Flanker
  Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii (Russian Air Force 1991-Now)
2013

Sukhoi Su-27SM Flanker
  Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily Rossii (Russian Air Force 1991-Now)
2012

One 2-color grey/blue scheme and one 3 color blue/light blue/grey scheme

The kit number is 04937

I'll build this out of the box which has some nice features : 2 figures, stair and wheel blocks for the pre-take off display


Contents of the box




Little 1/72 figures. I'll call them Ivan






Nice details, not trench like








2 of the same sprues with loads of armament




Belly of the beast




Some more styrene







The clear sprue in a separate bag together with the little figures






And Decals which look OK (printed in Italy)

[GuyMac]

Made some progress on the Flanker during the live show
Going together very well

Cockpit all decals but look OK




Closing her up tightly. Not really necessary, but to be sure

[kiwigav]

looking sweet mate

[GuyMac]

All primed up at the moment.
pictures later today. First I have to earn a living

[GuyMac]

All primed up at the moment. So here's a picture.

Oh yes I've being an idiot, priming some stuff on the sprue
The fit on this kit is actually very good. Made me doubt if it is a Revell... According to Scalemates it is a Zvezda rebox.




Some of the cockpit detail. It's not the kit, it's my eyesight you have to blame...and me. Touch ups will be done later

[Joesdad]

She's looking really good, cockpit decals excellent Guy. What colour are you doing your wheel wells mate?

[GuyMac]

While I was just building along, it occured to me that I hadn't updated this thread...
Now I'll just tell you what I did so far and what I found out during the process.

This is going to be boring

The Revell kit falls together. So well I doubt this is a genuine Revell kit as stated earlier. Nice job Zvezda

So far for the plastic. As a kit doesn't complete without paint we've also arrived at the weaker point of this kit : The color call out. Especially the camo. In short it well you know... starts ith an S and has an U, C, K and S in it.
The colors are way of. Mixing three or more Revell Aqua colors together (as Revell suggests), to get an even more stupid color. So I went on the prowl for other call outs. In the end I've managed to get the blue-ish - Grey/blue-ish finish which isn't still spot on but OK for me.

The metal colors I've used are Revell Aqua, MrHobby buffable for the burner cans, and AK True metal aluminium and gun metal (messy stuff ). Gloss coat will be Aqua gloss.
Weathering with Ultimate washes. Some panel line accents with oil and I might try the aquarel (water) pencils and see how that turns out. To add some dirt I will use some pastels and Revell's pigments.

Anyway, we're almost there. Really enjoyed it so far I might build it again (not the Revell one) in 1/48th.

What still needs to be done?

- Weaponry painted and added
- Some smaller bits added (pitot tubes, etc...)
- Gloss coat
- Decals
- Gloss coat
- Weathering
- Dull coat

So still much to do but once finished it's back to the Spook




Do I recommend this kit ?
Yes and No.
Yes as it builds up nicely.
Yes for the amount of ordonance provided in the kit.
No for the color call out. (Get your references out peepz)
But that's just my personal opinion for what it's worth.

[SergioSolo]

Looks great already

[GuyMac]

Meet Ivan, he'll be flying this SU
But he needs some accents...



Now the top side of the SU needs a gloss coat. Then I'll be applying the decals, gloss and wheatering and 'semi'-gloss again.

[GuyMac]

After wash shots. I used oil paints to make a greenish-blue pannel line wash and pastels for dirtying it up.
Removing the exces oils caused some paintwork ruined but that got corrected quite easy. The wash is too much overdone in my opinion. Not 100% satisfied with it.

Anyway see for yourself









As this is a Revell kit, the decals were cr... -you know what I mean