Sukhoi Su-7 VEB Plastikart
Lovely vintage box art
Fuselage halves
Wings and canopy
Some other silver and black plastic parts
Black plastic sprue
Stand
Instructions ,,, quite comprehensive 😉
Instructions , as you can see ... very comprehensive ... 😉
Decals. Note decals for nose radome and tail dielectric panel in red and blue. Also note gun anti-blast panels in red.
Ailerons with quite obvious sink marks. Will be dealed the old way ... with paint.
Assembling the wings
Cockpit and nose weights
Intrument panel , pure retro-style .... black and silver ....
Cockpit
Fuselage being glued together
Starboard wing glued to fuselage in the old way, with sellotape.
Now ,,, both wings are glued.
Frist coat of old trusty Humbrol Silver # 11 by brush
Some panels were also brush painted this time with Tamiya XF-16 enamel
Some progress ... Undercarriage and weapons glued in place
Underside .... fuselage halves joint is quite noticeable .. arrggg 🙁
Exhaust ring also brush painted. As well as nose radome and dielectric tail panel in dark green
Nose ring in chrome silver.
Overall view ... nose wheel still to be glued
Front wheel and stabilators being glued in place
Overall wiew with all wheels in place ,,,, over my latest buy .... yesterday in a flea market
That's it ... a 1/100 Mig-21 also from VEB
Scalemates Mig-21 Group Build 2021 - 1/100 Retro-modelling | Album by yuri (1:100)
Scalemates Mig-21 Group Build 2021 - 1/100 Retro-modelling | Album by yuri (1:100)
Undercarriage doors and drop tanks that deserve more "attention"
The sort of information I got in the late seventies ,,, the old , and then trusty , Blandford books
Front page of Munson book. Truly vintage ....
Overall view above my latest adquisition
Some more work on the drop tanks ,,, let's see how they look tomorrow, when Humbrol pain is dry ...
Drop tanks in place
Before decalling, I tested one spare decal , and results seem to be good .... so let's go with all the decals
Decalling completed the old way (no varnish, no setting solutions).... let's see how it turns when dry
Good news for our Polish mates .. I've removed the "offending" blue bort numbers with sellotape
"Look ma , no numbers" .... 😉 this time the old style (no varnish) helped ... 😉
And , finaly , red bort numbers from the HDL decal sheet I had as back-up
Finished just in time for xmas
Merry Christmas to all of you .... mates
Finished
Finished
Finished
Finished
Finished
And some hi-res pictures from the Aviation Museum in Riga.
Su-7 in Riga
Su-7 in Riga
Su-7 in Riga
Su-7 in Riga
Su-7 in Riga
Su-7 in Riga
Su-7 in Riga
Su-7 in Riga
Comments
4 16 January 2017, 18:53
Julian Herrero aka YuriVery toy-like model. Main parts in silver plastic and detail parts in black plastic. Moveable ailerons and rudder. Stans is also included for an in-flight pose.
I plan to do some kind of retro-modelling, so I'll try to build it the very old way ,,, as I should have done in the late seventies. The only 'modern' concession would be gloss varnishing in order to avoid decal silvering.
16 January 2017, 19:04
Łukasz GlińskiWhoa, that's a cool one, like my SR.53, I have to watch this one, loving such projects 😄
Nice decals you have got in your box, usually they are out of register
Sometimes I consider buying me one too, but I'd rather stay with modern decals anyway
16 January 2017, 19:53
Maciej BellosFollowing! Those VEB plastikart kits were some of my first kits, a Mercure 100, a Boeing 727, a Tu-134, a Tu-154 and a Mil Mi-10. All in 1/100 scale. I still have the first four of them, the helicopter didn't survive.
16 January 2017, 21:08
Julian Herrero aka YuriI've got a back-up decal sheet from HDL ... just in case .. 😉
17 January 2017, 13:32
Julian Herrero aka YuriThanks folks ... I've got some other VEB kits ,,,, I know they're quite tough ,,, but somehow I have a penchant for this "naive" kits ,,,,, I tried my hand at the 1/100 Mi-6 but was "killed in action" during my moving to my new flat. I'll try to get some pictures and post them .
17 January 2017, 19:49
Łukasz GlińskiVery nice, looking forward to seeing it completed. What roundels will she get?
6 December 2017, 19:35
Julian Herrero aka YuriLukasz ... I've still not made-up my mind about the roundels .... May be Czech or Polish, if the original decals are still in good condition ,,, If not , I've got a HDL sheet as back-up , and then she will be Afghan.
7 December 2017, 12:22
Erik LeijdensNice work so far Julian. My favorite Sovjet aircraft. Made it myself too but in 1/48 from OEZ, also a rather crude kit but not as crude as yours. Like the pictures of the real aircraft, what a beast. Looking forward to your progress.
7 December 2017, 14:29
Julian Herrero aka YuriErik , thanks a lot .... It's almost finished .... I'll post more pictures soon. Indeed it's very, very big and brute ..... Before the Su-27 was "born" , this was my favourite soviet aircraft. Pure brute power , in old soviet style.
7 December 2017, 16:49
Łukasz GlińskiYay, Polish roundels! 👍 No clue how accurate you wanna be, but the PL ones carried only red numbers...
8 December 2017, 20:33
Julian Herrero aka YuriHi Lukasz. You know , accuracy is not the main point in this project. My plan was to use decals as per instrutions but birt number 22 red broke.
9 December 2017, 06:07
Julian Herrero aka YuriI've been searching in my spare decal box , but I don't have red bort numbers that size .... so ,sadly for you polish folks, numbers will remain blue ,,, 🙁
9 December 2017, 12:42
Bernhard PetheI should also build a Plasticart model again. Reminds me of my youth and the beginnings of plastic modeling.
Although the models are no longer up to date, I like watching them. 🙂
9 December 2017, 15:33
Julian Herrero aka YuriLukasz ,,,, following your advice ,,, I've changed the bort numbers to red ones ,,,,
10 December 2017, 17:26
Gordon SørensenGreat lookng build, Julian! With some skill and a little patience, these old kits can still look good...
10 December 2017, 19:09
Julian Herrero aka YuriJust finished my retro-project which I really have enjoyed ... let's hope more to come in 2018 ,,,,
24 December 2017, 18:42
Julian Herrero aka YuriWell ,,,, those are dogs of kit ,,, taking it to a decent std is very demanding ... so my aim is the other way round ... build it as I did in the seventies ..... more akin to the level of detail of the kit.
7 October 2021, 16:28
Julian Herrero aka YuriNow I'm going a step forward and use acrylic paints ... less harmful and more good looking that the old Humbrol tins. Thanks for your comments.
7 October 2021, 16:30
Album info
It's a very toy-like model. Main parts are moulded in silver plastic and detail parts in
gloss black plastic. Ailerons, rudder and wheels are movable. Stand is also included for an in-flight pose.
My aim is to do some kind of retro-modelling. That means I'll try to build as much as I can the very old way ,,, as I should have done in the late seventies. "Classic" Humbrol #11 silver overall brush painted , no putty , nail files, no clear varnish, and kit's decals. For the sake of economy (I didn't want to buy a lot of Humbrol tins), airframe details were painted with Tamiya enamels , and details were painted with acrylics (Gunze , Tamiya, and Vallejo).
Plastic is very hard and some parts don't fit as well as modern kits do, but I kind of like these basic VEB kits.
