Alexander G.
Thanks mates

@Andy, someone said it looks like a fish, so I am good with reptilian-like

Daniel Klink
Really excellent Finish and detailwork Alex..
A real eycatcher brillantly done

Gerald Willing

Olivier
Wild !

Alexander G.
Gald you liked it, mates

Lars Stigaard
Just love your paintwork !!!!!! Hope some day I will be able to accomblish this

Guy Rump
Just picked this up, the camo is sublime! Superb build and finish

Erik Leijdens
Impressive camouflage!

Alexander G.

Slavo Hazucha
Yep, that's the picture showing the obligatory return to the depo after "confirming" the recipient cannot be reached...

Andy Ball
Oh my!, Alexander...I'm going (a) to steal your idea in slide 215, (b) praise your attention-to-detail on the rail having one too many slides 219/220...Mine, (once finished), will a teeny bit better for the attention to your detail...

Alexander G.
You may treat yourself, m8!

BTW no updates until end of next week, I am on vacation now, biking across Europe

Slavo Hazucha
Any hopes for updates in SEP? You have quite a project going on here - looking forward to some progress!

Andy Ball
C'mon Alex...get those a/burners ON!!.....I've finished [my] the 'control group' (the subject Trumpeter wanted you to build ootb)

Alexander
Wow, just wow! Your dedication to to correct all those numerous mistakes is truly remarkable! I hope I can achieve the same quality of scratch-building and such one day.
And going through your album was a joy as well.

Alexander G.
Hello guys, thanks for your replies and concerns!

I took a longer vacation to travel with my bike across Europe, after approx 2000 km I have definitely enough of the saddle, it is time to trade it for the cozy workshop chair! Updates following soon!

Laurent "HELLER-forever"
great

Alexander G.
Merci!

Spanjaard
beautiful

Thomas K.
Schönes Modell

Neuling
This automobile cannot be overlooked. Very appealing!

Nigel Chapman
That actually looks really smart. Love the wheel / tyre combo

Spanjaard
very nice

Alexander G.
Thx mates!

Tom ...
Super clean and sharp! Love it!

scalemates

Slavo Hazucha
Cool - I am waiting for this kit in 48-scale - hope it will not literally be "this kit" just made bigger...

This plane really tells the story of Russian thinking (and financial realities...) to the knowing eye better than a thousand words... Shape and aero-kit are rudimentary anchored in the 5-th generation, but "the engine topic" is just (temporarily...!) solved by shoving 2 Flanker turbines up it´s rear end and the pitot tube brings back the charme of the days of Nikita Khruschev... Not to forget that even in lo-vis, Red Stars are still Red..!

Sorry for veering off, it´s a really nice take on the topics, the Sukhoi-favorite splinter camo done really well (surely this time in super-secret radar-absorbing paints..! ) and the many stencils remind me a bit of the "Pink Pig" racing Porsche scheme... Would really like to see a mechanic after a bottle of vodka navigate that minefield.. Good stuff, hope to see more from you in the future!

Alexander G.
Hey Slavo,

Thanks, I did screw up the colors though, the dark grey needs to be WAAY darker...even turning up the contrast on the pictures didn't really help

Zvezda released the Su-57 with brand new moulds recently, pretty sure they will put the old kit to rest.

100% spot on what you said about "russian thinking", exactly what I thought about the juxtaposition of the new hull and shape with the old style "heavy metal" Su-27 engine arrangement and look. Times were pretty bad in Russia, especially in the 90ies when the development of russian stealth fighter projects started, REALLY bad, believe me I grew up there. This plane is the russian way of making the best of the possibilities I guess.

The pitot was only on the prototype, they do not use it on the production machines. The "minefield" of stencils is from the Begemot decal sheet, there were none in the kit but are clearly visible on the real thing and are also there to this extent. And I am PRETTY sure no mechanic with an alcohol problem is allowed near that thing

Anyway, I might build this thing again, maybe even in 48, the new digital camo looks terriffic

Palo M
Nice summary of how the design process went I think they did the front, cockpit and upper half, then decided "this will do" and added whatever engines they found lying around. They never got around designing the bottom (center) of the plane, just welded the pieces together and sprayed a layer of paint.

scalemates
lovely! (ps: don't forget to create a project.... so people can see your model when looking at the kit page)

Alexander G.
Thx, yeah i remember there was something

Nathan Dempsey
Like Slavo I'm awaiting this in 1:48. Yours came out great! Fine work sir

MS K
cool! I like it. realy realy nice.

Neuling
Impressive result!

Alexander G.
Thx mates, glad you like it

Alec K
Very nice work on the Mig

Alexander G.
Hey Alec thx. It is not one of my favourites though. Wasnt
happy with the NM finish in hindsight....too dull to my liking. Anyway glad you liked it!

Andy Ball
Cuban Faggot, el Presidenté would approve!, super work!

Alexander G.
I think it's "Fagot" with one "g".....but yeah

Alexander G.
or do you mean El Presidente himself?

Andy Ball
Si!

Łukasz Gliński
I like such unique well done topics

Alexander G.
I actually built this one at the time when Castro died a couple of years ago and decided to dedicate my plastic monument to El Presidente

Andy Ball
I was in Cuba last year - only managed to see some old Cubana hulks at the airport, not a smidge of a MiG or Mil....a country full of contrasts and contradictions.

Alec K
Cuba sure is a unique place to visit. Strange mixture of new and old. I visited their museum of the revolution in Havana. Very interesting! No MiGs though.

Alex, I think your finish is spot on. I don't thing too many MiGs very very shiny.

Alexander G.
I don't think Cuba will present their whole airforce glory on a civil airport, what is a bummer they have some rather nice blue and green camo schemes. Trying to lay my hands on one of these:

Cuban Raiders II (Aztec Models 72-049, 1:72)

Neuling
Clean finish and colors, good presentation!