Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback

John Ballman 'Nice paint job looks smooth, how about some more pictures. Thanks.
J. B.

Nathan Dempsey Following! I'll get to mine eventually.

Frederic Andre Also nicknamed «Platypus»

Philippe Cano The Cold War Studio corrected nose don't fit easy. The engraved lines are inconstants, but overall it is workable to obtain a good result.

Nils Steyaert work has started

Maciej Bellos Following!

Gluefinger My post was not meant to lambast the Dynavector Gannett. I built the Dynavector Wyvern some time ago, and although it was my first vac kit, it went together easier than some injection moulded kits I have built. In fact I cannot remember a single issue that was not induced by my inability to properly use cyanoacrylate glue .

Jeremy Wiltcher Today I see that Sprue Brothers has them in stock.....Soooooo yep, I bought another one, let's see which one gets here first!

Maciej Bellos Check this out:

https://modelclub.gr/forums/..042/topicseen.html#msg669042

It seems that the mould has some issues...!

Jeremy Wiltcher As soon as one of them comes in I'll check it out and get some pics up.

Murad ÖZER return of the mad riveter. btw the step behind the cockpit is hideous and of course it has to be right on top of the rivet detail so they can be all erased when leveling it all out. since the kit is free of charge out of good will of kh nobody should complain, nope....

Jeremy Wiltcher Ok, I just got the one I ordered from Sprue Brothers and I couldn't even see the seam at first but once I unwrapped it I could make it out, but I don't think it looks bad. I looks like another panel line to me.

Jeremy Wiltcher OK I can't figure out how to add my pics to this thread so I have 3 pics in an album, see what you think.

Jeremy Wiltcher I just got the one I ordered from China yesterday, and it looks the same except it came with additional resin pieces, it had the wingtip ECM pods and some crew figures as well as the two types of engine nozzles.

Lukas . Box, company logo and decals are here. Decals are universal for other kits from same company, Su-30MK, Su-33, T-10: https://web.archive.org/web/..php?f=46&i=990&t=990

Bryce Nicely MRP-032 for wheels, MRP-195 cockpit, MRP-205 eggplant, MRP-044, -199 or -202 for underside, MRP-186 landing gear

Bryce Nicely MRP-90 for yellow primer

Melf Boyens How are the Mr.paint colors ? platypus is a nice nick-name by the way.

Bryce Nicely They are hands down the best paints I've used

Melf Boyens Thanks mate, I have bought them for my project and you are right , especially the MRP 205 eggplant is fantastic!

Aghis Barberopoulos Your impression of the kit ?

Christian Ristits Really cool!

Bryce Nicely Glad to hear it, Melf!

Aghis, I haven't had it in my hands to give an honest impression, but judging by the pictures, I'm a little disappointed. Even moreso for where they are pricing it.

Nazid Kimmie Obscene pricing for this kit...

playtime 222 WTF is it made out of? Gold?

Guus As they say, "never fly the Mark 1 of any aircraft" or install any Operating System on your computer until there is at least one service pack There seem to be a few of these in the pipeline so I'm going to wait until someone has sniffed the plastic before parting with my cash. Still rooting for a 1/72 though ....

Bryce Nicely MSRP could be around that, but I wouldn't put it past 70$

Melf Boyens It's not the first Hobby Boss in 1:48 that is expensive . Compared to Su-27 or other Russian jets of same dimension what is the average price for them 40-50 EUR? I guess Holger has the right price feeling.

Selman Yarar For me the 2016 industrial standard for 1:48 jets is the AMK Mig-31. It is technically the most sophisticated kit on the market. Look at the "one piece" front part, look at the "one piece missiles". Its price is still between 55-70 USD in the far east. Companies like Hobby Boss usually divide the kits in as much parts as possible to be able to write 400+ or whatsoever parts on the box to increase the price. After building the AMK Mig-31 no other kit in the same class gives me the satisfaction anymore. So the price should be maximum at the same level. Otherwise those companies will only be creating inflation on the kit market and WE will (or won't) pay for it, no one else.... PS: try to follow Ebay and you will see what people are offering nowadays: e.g. for the ESCI Tu-22 for around 100 USD, althought there is a brand new and much better kit from Modelsvit on the market for 50-60 USD (in Ukraine of course). The trend is towards pulling much more money from our pockets to cover their costs, because the worldwide number of hobby modelers is unfortunately decreasing.

Bryce Nicely Well said

Cortex Thank you for bringing up this topic, I brag about this all the time. The only way to have our demands listened to is to stop buying ridiculously expensive kits .. simply boycott them and switch to cheaper brands.
Other ways: encourage local manufacturers, and focus on bargains of older and 2nd hand kits, we are in 2016 already so any 20 years old kit will be from 1996 and there are fantastic kits released by that time and available now for steal prices.

Phenix Personnaly, even if I'm nut of that plane, I will at least wait for the Kittyhawk offering ... Sorry HB, but it's not the best idea to insanely increase prices . Looks they forgot they aren't alone on that market

Bret Marquardt Thanks!

komoras This is an Italeri re-box. Just got the kit today. The decals are crazy! Made with silver color, look like real metal. We can only hope for a new tool Su-34 from Zvezda soon...

Glenn . Thanks Komoras. The decals are silver???? The Italeri kit is not bad but i was hoping for a new tool kit. Trumpeter kit should be a different tooling?

komoras Yes, some details are made in silver color, like the decoys dispencer. Looks really neat.
Well, looking at the HobbyBoss (Trumpeters sister company) Su-34 disaster in 1/48 with the price of over 100$, I don't know what to expect...time will tell...

Bart Goesaert Damn... received mail akan paints are available, sold out already the day after....

Germen V Bart, contact Sturmtiger, ben er vanmorgen geweest, hebben nieuwe paintline van Mr. Paint binnen, veel USSR-kleuren.

hier de site van Mr. Paint : mrpaint.sk/eshop/farby/lietadla/USSR

Bart Goesaert Thx for the info, will do.

Jens Hi Bart, I think with the AKAN colors you're 100% on the safe side, because of the processing Martien has already written much about it at his MiG 21 dukmodell.com/Farben-Weather..r-Force-Su-30MKI::12404.html , when it comes to Russian colors, I would rely on Russian manufacturer

Jens dukmodell.com/Farben-Weather..ir-Force-Su-32-34::9099.html

Melf Boyens The Cockpit Looks Great! considering the tiny pieces the Detailing Is WOW!

Christian Ristits One of my favourite jets...looks really good so far, cant wait to see more!

Bart Goesaert Jens, thx for the link, will look to it into detail at monday. Thx for the compliment, Hope to have some progress soon. Looking how to deal with the engine parts at the moment

Harry Eder Ingo, Zvezda will rebox the kit this year!

Jose Miguel Rodriguez Thanks for your kindly comments...
Cesar I don´t have any problems with the fit of the Pavla cockpit
Harry, yes Zvezda rebox this year with the new cammo, but I think that Trumpeter will be released a Su-33D and later a SU-34

Ekki Watching.

Ingo F Thank you for the Info Harry. I knew that Zvezda will realease a SU-34 this year but i was not sure if its a rebox or a completly new mold.

arne vd burg Nice start Jose ,watching.

Greco Otero got the kit ... count me in!

Dave Flitton Looking good!

Jose Miguel Rodriguez Thanks!!!!

Torben H. Wenn die das alles bringen muss ich 2016 einen Zweitjob suchen...

Norman Gruss Pfandflaschensammeln, sonst könnte ich dich auch in der Süderstr. einsetzen....

Torben H. Für die Southstreet bin ich zu alt. Aber schön dass Du an mich denkst.

Christian Ristits Super Sache, freue mich schon auf den Bausatz!

Norman Gruss @Torben mein Bester, in der Southstreet legen ab und zu auch mal ältere Schiffe, die mal gesegelt werden wollen, an.

Torben H. Ah, verstehe! "Special Interest".

Edward May I see, I found a good picture of 01, still looking for 46 - I'm finding every other 40-odd numbered Fullback though! Haha...

Pavel Pinzhin [img1] - taken from forum.topwar.ru/topic/97-%D1..D0%BA%D0%B8-%D1%81%D1%83-34/ (yep, some cyrillic search results here )
Here's a 1:72 build of 46 (if you're interested): scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic_p_770898.html#770898
scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic_p_766296.html#766296
Here's an article about its EW complex (with a b/w photo of №46 test plane): militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-802.html
I can dig some more in the russian net, if you'd like

Pavel Pinzhin Oooh, babe...
[img1]

Edward May Wow, thank you! Saved, archived and will be the subject of my build when I get the kit, accessory set and decal pattern to print. Once more thank you very much!

Pavel Pinzhin Sukhoi Su-34 (Authentic Decals 72-58, 1:72) - this set has №46

Edward May Perfect!! Seems you are as excited for this project as I! Should you plan to build No.46 yourself too??

Pavel Pinzhin @Edward - surprisingly, it feels good just helping on a subject you simply have somewhat easier access to information about! I'm actually not into the modern aviation, but it swallows you sooo fast... I'm actually waiting for my SU-27SM to arrive shortly, bought it simply because it's a really great new kit, and because it was a SALE! for Zvezda at the moment.. Quite enough the reasons for any modeller, right?

Edward May Yes, very right! The quality of Eastern Europe kits has improved so much in the past 20 years! I am happy to have had your' assistance in solving the riddle of the Sukhoi Su-34 seeing combat. I can hardly wait to get the reports that the PAK FA has drawn first blood ... just hopefully not American blood! Haha!

Aris aka Amen hi , the second detail set is a new nose?

Es George No mate.

Aris aka Amen What is it? I'm talking about Sukhoi Su-34 (Olimp Resin Accessories ORA 72-12, 1:72)

Es George I'll check again, but I don't think the resin includes a nose.

Es George The picture is for decal placement

Aris aka Amen Thank you George

Sebastijan Videc Can't wait to see some progress pics!

Aris aka Amen Here is recently finished one modelclub.gr/forums/index.php/topic,26710.25.html#msg558234 to boost you up.

Es George Will take a look!

Bill Gilman Hi Burkhard,

Is this kit a re-box of Italeri or a new tool?

Cheers,
Bill

Burkhard D It's a re-box of Italeri

Burkhard D See here for summaries of strengths and weaknesses of the various kits
lindenhillimports.com/flankers.htm
flankers-site.co.uk/su27surv.htm

Bill Gilman Thanks for the links. These will be very helpful for an upcoming project.