Su-57 "The President" (WIP)
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Starting
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A little squeeze, to eliminate lateral gaps in the long bottom part
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These lines do not exist, at least not on Blue 511, so putty time is on!
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Cockpit blue painted with MRP-195 “Sukhoi Cockpit Blue-Grey”
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Color match between MRP-195 and Quinta’s set is perfect
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Closing the panel and scribing the missing panels
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Decision of colors........
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I rather like the combination of MRP-133 and MRP-296; the more photos I see the less sure I am... should I, maybe, just choose the color I like best?...
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Although all the surface is grainy, in some points it becomes ridiculous…
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Although all the surface is grainy, in some points it becomes ridiculous…
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Cockpit in place
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Added some weight to the nose: better safe than sorry!
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Glueing the intakes
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Closing
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Closing the rear part of the fuselage
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Sanding the face of the engine holes: closest is sanded, the one in the back will still be sanded; if I don’t do this, the engine nozzles will not fit
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Engine nozzles will also have to be sanded in the ring that connects them to the fuselage
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Nozzles sanded; if I don’t do this, the engine nozzles will not fit the fuselage engine holes
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Masking canopy and HUD parts
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Dry fitting the main landing gear; very sturdy
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Working on the bits
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Ready for the windshield
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Windshield glue in place with Tamiya Extra Thin cement
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Windshield glued, moving on
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Some nasty gaps - used Plastic Perfect Putty and cotton swab dipped in waper and I'll waste no more time
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Despite all care, some nasty gaps and asymmetry persist - will have use Perfect Plastic Putty again
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First color applied
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First colors applied
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Still not sure about the colors........
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I think maybe MRP-136 is the one! Maybe... 🙂
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Masking for the interior blue (MRP-195)
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Interior blue (MRP-195) applied
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Applied Gunze C308 to the top panels of the tails
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Putting the New Ware masks to good use, painting the side panels with Gunze C308
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New Ware masks proving they are worth their price, painting the first digital patterns on the tails with MRP-136
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First digital patterns on the tails with MRP-136 over MRP-296
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Vertical tails are done
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Landing gear
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Top of the fins corrected with Gunze C308
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Over one hour of masking
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Paint applied
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Camouflage done, minor touch ups to make
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Slight color change on these two panels, as per reference photos
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Adding the metallic plates with Evergreen plastic sheet
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Plates painted blue, will be aluminium
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The exhausts turned out awful; will have to darken them substantially……
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Too dark now!!! 🙁
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Definitely too dark 🙁
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Addding lighter tones with AK Xtreme Burnt Metal
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I think it’s better now
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Top side with corrections
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Now for the tubes…
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Some oils to use
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Exhaust tubes with oils applied
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Exhaust tubes with oils applied
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Dirtying with Tamiya X-19 Smoke
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Tamiya Smoke applied over the black oils
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Varnished and decaled
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Decals applied over X-22: very thin and prone to bend out of alignment but, fortunately, very strong
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Once dry, decals almost disappear
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Painting the lights base with aluminium
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Painting canopy seal
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Touch ups on the cockpit
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Last minute putty
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Wheels up (or down...)
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Finished!!!
Kommentarer
31 5 September 2021, 18:49
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Ricardo, imagine this same grainy surface on the 72nd edition of this kit. I took a closeup of the wing and it looked, well, hideous!!!
15 September 2021, 18:56
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Yes, the plane is very nice, although I got some nasty gaps on the fuselage joint on some point - not sure if it's the kit or if it was me...
18 September 2021, 22:21
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I think it is the kit. I built the 1:72 scale version from Zvezda and faced pretty much the problems you did.
19 September 2021, 06:29
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Thanks mates; @WhiteGlint, thank you for you feedback - always comforting to know it probably wasn't my bad modeling that caused the bad alignment! 🙂
19 September 2021, 12:03
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It's the kit... As WhiteGlint, I am working on the 72nd kit, whose basic engineering was used in 48th scale kit and I see the same problems. My intakes look hideous so I will just finish it without much of a fuss.
19 September 2021, 17:49
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Yes, a lot of Perfect Plastic Putty to remedy this; the fuselage (front to wings comparison) is also a little crooked, but only I can see it! 🙂
19 September 2021, 19:22
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Thank you @WhiteGlint - the dirty part will come after, with some restrained weathering made with oils
28 September 2021, 14:00
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Nice! I've been inveterate in this kit for a while. How is it to work on?
30 September 2021, 16:45
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Thanks. It has some fitting problems between upper and lower halves; apart from that, it's ok, although not very accurate: a lot of missing panels and venting grid due to over-simplification; for example, the grids below the intakes are decals!
30 September 2021, 19:21
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This on is complete; final photos of the model in this album -> Su-57 "The President" | Album by RReis (1:48)
21 October 2021, 22:47
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WIP album; final photos under this project album Su-57 "The President" | Album by RReis (1:48)