Azeri Su-17M3 in progress

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September 18, 2017
Nicely molded exhaust turbine
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September 18, 2017
Ejection seat consists of, believe it or not, 23 parts! What you see here is 22 parts as I left of the commendably thin ejection seat lever to add at the end. All in all a model inside a model I could say and the level of detail is just great. The only pr
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September 18, 2017
Ejection seat consists of, believe it or not, 23 parts! What you see here is 22 parts as I left of the commendably thin ejection seat lever to add at the end. All in all a model inside a model I could say and the level of detail is just great. The only pr
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September 18, 2017
The exhaust pipe is of correct length and made out of 3 parts. It is a bit tricky to assemble, but for some time lost during the assembly, you get some really nice interior details and the dreadful seam lines that usually plague the exhaust halves, won't
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September 18, 2017
Cockpit and front wheel well details is awesome as well - larger companies should be learning from a small short-run company like Modelsvit.
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September 18, 2017
I've bypassed the instructions a bit here - instead of building the cockpit/front wheel well assembly first and then gluing everything into the fuselage halves, I found it easier to just glue the cockpit halves into each respective fuselage half and build
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September 18, 2017
Just look at the back wall details. Much better than with KittyHawk kit in larger scale. You get two different instrument panels - one with flat surface if you choose decal and one with all the little details if you fancy painting all the little details.
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September 24, 2017
Yours truly taking reference photos at Krumovo AB in Bulgaria
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October 1, 2017
As I suspected adding a few colours and some weathering to the front wheel bay brought out all the details. You even get some decals for this area!
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October 1, 2017
Another view of the front wheel well.
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October 1, 2017
Combination of decals for the side panels and carefully painted details creates a very convincing cockpit right out of the box.
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October 1, 2017
I am really sorry the beautiful details of the back wall will be mostly hidden by the ejection seat.
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October 1, 2017
Vie of the left hand cockpit/wheel well. Modelsvit, unlike so many bigger producers, didn't forget to include throttle lever.
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October 1, 2017
23-piece K-36D ejection seat. I am really sorry that they are painted black with black leather and details get hidden away.
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October 1, 2017
Some drybrushing with Gray brought out details without exaggerating the effect.
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November 1, 2017
not much to report... I was having a bit of a problem with outer wing fences but she's finally taking the shape!
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November 11, 2017
Nice coat of primer makes a whole bunch of difference to the overall looks. Some little touchups were needed but nothing serious.
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November 11, 2017
First top colour. I had some problems determining the right paint to use, as all the photos of this rare birds I found have really bad photo reproduction resulting in colours appearing different from one photo to another.
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November 11, 2017
And first part of splinter camo pattern is applied. No major problems, apart from some slight overspray, but that will be easy to remedy.
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November 11, 2017
And first part of splinter camo pattern is applied. No major problems, apart from some slight overspray, but that will be easy to remedy.
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November 16, 2017
Green splinters applied.
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November 16, 2017
Green splinters applied.
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November 20, 2017
Main camo done!
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November 20, 2017
Main camo done!
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November 25, 2017
Painted the green dielectrics, exhaust and aluminum wing sweep.
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November 27, 2017
Some additional colours applied in form of decals 🙂
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December 2, 2017
Some light wash done, added some details and she's ready for a coat of matt finish.
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December 5, 2017
Just a few details to be added and I'll be calling her done!

Comments

1 18 September 2017, 21:27

Alexander Grivonev
I'll follow you on this one--

19 September 2017, 09:29

Cuajete
Me too

19 September 2017, 09:41

Denis Kuleshov
Another awesome building? I'am follow too.

19 September 2017, 11:00

Sebastijan Videc
Thanks for the interest, guys! I am travelling to Bulgaria in a few days so expect the next update sometime next week. But I do intend to visit museum at Krumovo AB so expect some reference photos to go along😉

19 September 2017, 12:03

Łukasz Gliński
Very interesting, will follow

19 September 2017, 13:05

Michael Phillips
Count me in here too!

19 September 2017, 17:27

Stefan Schneider
Watching!

19 September 2017, 18:39

Ekki
Following.

20 September 2017, 18:07

Stefan Schacht
nice start, i take a seat.

24 September 2017, 19:56

Łukasz Gliński
Nice pic from Bulgaria😉 Btw. I'm just wondering if the Bulgarian Fitters weren't different from the ex-USSR Azerbaijani ones. Probably Bulgarians had the export version (like Poland does).

25 September 2017, 07:03

Marko
Following

25 September 2017, 07:07

Erik Leijdens
Alway nice to see a Fitter. Following

25 September 2017, 07:20

Sebastijan Videc
@Łukasz Gliński The one on the pic is Su-17UM3 while they also used M4s. The one that I am building is M3. There are certainly differences between the air frames, but mainly in the cockpit area and probably some antennas (and the intake at the base of the fin with M4). I expect the engine exhaust, wheel wells and struts and pylons to be the same - the thing that I took most pics of.

25 September 2017, 08:11

arne vd burg
As always., Inspiring work Sebastijan.👍

5 October 2017, 20:17

Clifford Keesler
Very nice so far.

5 October 2017, 20:20

Oleg Bogolei
Su-17 in my plans, so following)

6 October 2017, 06:38

Sebastijan Videc
Thanks guys!

6 October 2017, 09:11

Holger Kranich
Well i take a seat here with a tea, listening to "the jesters race" and enjoy you building this cool and detailed kit!

6 October 2017, 09:21

Sebastijan Videc
Thanks Holger! A perfect soundtrack for watching my build 😄

7 October 2017, 05:18

Stephan Ryll
Very nice Start so far 👍

7 October 2017, 05:55

Holger Kranich
Best Album of in flames for a cool build!🙂

7 October 2017, 13:32

Sebastijan Videc
Thanks guys! I'm affraid you'll have to wait a bit more for the next update - unfavroable working schedule and a little kid (2 months old today) take quite a lot of my time now. I can only report that the fuselage halves have been already closed and I started working on the wings.

8 October 2017, 11:00

Gordon Sørensen
Fantastic looking detail and you have really made the most of it. Really like the splinter camo too. Looks great so far, Sebastijan!

12 November 2017, 00:11

Sebastijan Videc
Thank you Gordon! Quite a lot of paint work (and masking) in front of me.

12 November 2017, 07:24

Łukasz Gliński
That's quick and nice progress 👍

12 November 2017, 16:51

Sebastijan Videc
Thank you, Łukasz!

12 November 2017, 21:27

Spanjaard
excellent cockpit and amazing masking job on that camo! lots of work, I am sure, but it will certainly pay off!

20 November 2017, 00:26

Sebastijan Videc
Thank you, mate!

20 November 2017, 05:49

Adam Gudynowski
Very nice 👍

20 November 2017, 08:45

Erik Leijdens
Nice Sebastijan! Very good masking job. Turned out great 👍

20 November 2017, 11:31

Mike Daniels
Looking good. Unusual geometric camo.

20 November 2017, 12:32

Stephan Ryll
Interesting camo 👍 looking good

20 November 2017, 17:52

Konrad -
Top result 👍.

20 November 2017, 18:30

Sebastijan Videc
Thank you guys! Glad you like her! I'm now busy with painting all the details. All those wing fences and other protruding things make masking a nightmare...

20 November 2017, 21:29

Clifford Keesler
Looking awesome Sebastijan.

20 November 2017, 21:49

Martin Hooper
Awesome work there

25 November 2017, 07:40

Sebastijan Videc
Thank you, Martin!

25 November 2017, 09:11

Alistair Graham
Very interesting cammo scheme. Great model. Wonder if I'll see this in real? I'm heading there on business soon.

25 November 2017, 10:09

Eugen P.
Very nice camo.

25 November 2017, 11:01

Sebastijan Videc
Thanks, guys!
Alistair, I seriously doubt it. From the information I got, all 4 Su-17s in their inventory are stored in hangars, sitting in reserve.

25 November 2017, 11:33