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Trumpeter 1/32 Su-27B, Синий 24, Kluczewo Airfield, Stargard, Poland, 1992

Started by Spiros Pendedekas · 119 ≡ · ↻ 3 years ago · 1/32, Su-27, Sukhoi, Trumpeter

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Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 9 months ago:
Putty!

Here's my Putty Queen, before sanding...
1. Two liquefied styrene filler sessions have already taken place before...
And after sanding...
1. by the way, the yellowing is the weatherd glue, after all those years of idling!
At least another filling/sanding round is necessary, but me getting there (or so me thinks!)
Thanks for stopping by!
Michel Verschuere said 3 years, 9 months ago:

Great job @fiveten, she will be a grateful lady when finished, love her lines already!
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 9 months ago:

Thanks my friend @michel-verschuere!
Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but few, if any, wil not adore the graceful lines of the Sukhoi 27!
Adrian Starling said 3 years, 8 months ago:

This is great work Spiros, a really great aircraft with beautiful lines! Well done and look forward to the next post, keep them coming!
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 8 months ago:

Thanks my friend @adrianstarling!
Colin Gomez said 3 years, 5 months ago:

This is one of my favorite jet aircraft in the Russian inventory. The 1/32 kit really builds up beautifully and you have made excellent progress. I hope you elect to use one of the fine aftermarket ejection seats available - Quickboost's looks really nice and is quite inexpensive. Have you seen this build on Large Scale Planes? It is a masterclass in weathering this beast:

https://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?/topic/80776-su-27-arctic-flanker-trumpeter-132/
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:

Thanks my friend @coling! I will definitely have a look at the Quickboost seat!
That heavily weathered Flanker is really amazing!
Below are a couple of pics showing Flankers at Stargard Airport in 1992:

I haven't worked on this beauty lately, due to other projects prioritization (mainly the EoJ GB Cicogna), but she is going to be revisited very very soon!
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:

Hi everyone!
Here she is, another putty round going on, also the pylons are ready to be attached:

The intricate drag chute fairing hinges array had disappeared after the inevitable sanding there, so they were replicated by stretched sprue:

Next is pylons installation (as they will be painted the same underside color) and off to the paint shop!
Thanks for stopping by!
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:
Pylons installation

As is usual for me, I like installing pylons without anything hanging from them. I thus went on and attached stretched sprue pieces longitudinally at their bottoms, in order to make them look not bland/flat
1. "Railing"
I then started to attach the pylons

I think I will add the landing gear legs at this time, so the Sukhoi can rest onbits feet...
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Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:
Before adding the landing gear, I added simplistic brake lines at the MLG legs: they looked dead plain before...
1. The oleos need some cleanup from the nasty pin marks....
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Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:

MLG legs attached

Took some fiddling around, in order to have the parts reasonably aligned.
The small struts that secure the legs to the fuselage have no positive attachment points at the leg and, moreover, the holes that are supposed to fit into are grossly oversized. For the latter, I let the strut "rest" into the hole and "surrounded" it with quefied styrene...
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Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:
Standing on her feet...
1. Jig Section#1

2. Jig Section #2...
The improvised jig ( 🙂 ) will hopefully secure the NLG leg at its correct angle till it cures...
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George Williams said 3 years, 5 months ago:

You're doing a great job getting that undercarriage aligned @fiveten.
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:

Thanks my friend @chinesegeorge!
Spiros Pendedekas said 3 years, 5 months ago:

Painting commenced

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