SMER 1/48 Sukhoi su 22m4 in polish service

[yak face]

Well I managed to get the seat back together and touched up , it looks ok . Ive got the instrument panel in and the coaming fitted , just the HUD and gun camera to fit then the windscreen can go on . The HUD in the aries resin set consists of two tiny arms and a clear piece of acetate ,I’ll be replacing the screen with my good old holographic confetti. The tiny round projection lens under the HUD has been added from a punched disc of the same confetti. The gun camera ( the thing that looks like a grey saucepan in front of the HUD on most older russian jets ) isnt supplied in the kit or the aftermarket sets so I had to scratch one . Another job ive been doing is fitting the numerous air scoops , which have been drilled and scooped out .

 

[Mark1]

Holographic confetti! I wondered how that bit always stood out so well in your photos, all progressing quite nicely good job with the seat you would never know from the pictures.

 

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
I'll bet the air was blue with the seat. Glad it's back together ok. Really coming together nicely now. Cockpit is excellent.
I'm with Mark regarding holographic confetti - who'd have thought it
Jim

 

[Tim Marlow]

Just had a catch up. This is a great build and has masterful tricks and tips on display. Shame about the seat, I can imagine the language, but you look to have recovered it well. All round, an excellent build Tony

 

[yak face]

Just had a catch up. This is a great build and has masterful tricks and tips on display. Shame about the seat, I can imagine the language, but you look to have recovered it well. All round, an excellent build Tony

I wasnt mad , just disappointed . I gave myself a patronising shake of the head in the mirror . Not really ! , the language would have made a navvy blush !

 

[yak face]

HUD now fitted and the gun camera installed . The windscreen has been masked and glued on and the rear canopy section has been temporarily stuck on while the build continues. Ive started cleaning up the undercarriage parts which need a couple of sink marks sorting. Ps. Dont know why the photos keep uploading 90 degrees out !

 

[JR]

Di you mean the wine foil or the dotting pen john? The wine foil is Terre di faiano organic primitivo , £9.99 Waitrose ( but often on offer at 6.99 , which is when i go and buy a case !! ) a beautifully smooth full bodied red . The dotting pen was off ebay , theyre for applying dots of nail varnish ( or in our case paint or embossing) Just search ‘Dotting pen’ , theres loads , i got a set of 5 various sizes double ended ones so you get 10 different sized balls ( ooh er !!) for less than £3. Theyre so much more accurate at placing a tiny round dot of paint than trying to use a brush , i use mine most often for cockpits and instruments .

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Sent off for those dotting pens thank you Tony.

As for the photo I've gone back to editing down to 1.5 mp

 

[scottie3158]

Tony,
Coming together very nicely, the office looks good.

 

[Allen Dewire]

Ps. Dont know why the photos keep uploading 90 degrees out !

Tony, first of all, your Sukhoi is looking really good and you have taken this old kit and turned it into a masterpiece with your finery. Love the pit Sir and glad the seat survived!!!

Next, if you keep on crushing parts under the feet, you are going to have to change your name on here. What was once Yak Face, will now have to become Big Foot......

Lastly, It's after New Years and don't you think it's time to get up off the floor. After all, you still can't be drunk!!!...Or??......Then, maybe the pics will be straight and normal.........Just saying..............

Prost
Allen (Retired)

 

[Mark1]

HUD now fitted and the gun camera installed . The windscreen has been masked and glued on and the rear canopy section has been temporarily stuck on while the build continues. Ive started cleaning up the undercarriage parts which need a couple of sink marks sorting. Ps. Dont know why the photos keep uploading 90 degrees out !
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My pictures are the same only way i seem to be able to do anything about it is turn my phone sideways to take the pic.

 

[yak face]

Just had a catch up. This is a great build and has masterful tricks and tips on display. Shame about the seat, I can imagine the language, but you look to have recovered it well. All round, an excellent build Tony

My pictures are the same only way i seem to be able to do anything about it is turn my phone sideways to take the pic.

I tried that mark but it still seemed to keep turning them , maybe its something to do with resizing them on the iphone before posting ?

 

[Mark1]

I've got a Samsung, was all fine,never changed settings then just started happening!

 

[yak face]

Got the inner wing sections fixed on and the nose ring after fitting the small clear part on the intake shock cone . The resin flare dispensers have also been cut off their stubs and fitted . While I was cleaning up the outer wing sections I noticed that the nav lights are just moulded solid , which would be ok if they were coloured light covers but the actual ones are a clear light with a coloured bulb . The spares box provided a bit of old clear sprue of the right thickness which was sanded to a half round shape . The lights were then cut out of the wing and pieces of the clear sprue were cut to size. I drilled a small hole in the back of the clear bits and using a pin coloured them red and green , they were then superglued in the wingtips. Once these have set i can sand them to shape and polish them back to clear .

 

[yak face]

Ive now sorted the lights . I started by sanding them to shape with a 240 grit stick and plenty of water . Once I’d got the shape right it was a case of out with the nail buffers and shine it up through various steps . They're now blended in and clear so just need masking up ready for painting.

 

[papa 695]

Been off the forum for a while Tony, just caught up with this great build. Love what your doing to this , but getting a little worried about the make up and nail varnish. You know those colours don't match your eyes.

 

[Mark1]

That's a lovely bit of detailing .

 

[adt70hk]

Coming on very, very nicely indeed. The lights have turned out beautifully!!

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
Those wing lights were a lot of work but by 'eck they do look good.
Jim

 

[yak face]

Little bit more progress on the sukhoi today . The 4 weapons pylons on the inner wing sections have had the front part cut/ sanded to the right angle and glued on. The long flat pylon under the belly for the KKR reconnaissance pod has also been fitted . I’m fitting a typical mission load out - two fuel tanks on the outer pylons , two UB 32 rocket pods on the inner pylons and the KKR pod under the fuselage, the middle two wing pylons being left empty.

 

[scottie3158]

Tony,
Beautiful work mate the navigation lights are excellent.