OEZ 1/48 Sukhoi su7

[yak face]

Getting to the stage now where more bits are being added to the airframe . There are 13 scoops/ intakes that have to be stuck on in various places so these were cleaned up and as none of them were hollow ive drilled and ‘scooped’ them out .The weapons pylons have also been fitted and ive been deciding what ordnance its going to have and assembling that.
The range on the Su7 was poor so they were almost never seen without two or more drop tanks , usually on the underfuselage pylons. The other thing seen commonly was the UB16 unguided rocket pod so two of those are going on too . Im leaving the middle pylons empty .The drop tanks had the thickest fins youve ever seen so they were cut off and replaced with plastic card .
The aforementioned gun camera has been painted and fitted , also ive made a couple of demisting bars from fuse wire and painted and fitted these to the instrument panel shroud . These finish flush with the windscreen back edge and connect to another pair on the rear canopy which i’ll have to make too. Once these were fitted I could get the windscreen glued on and its now setting , held down with a bit of tape.

 

[colin m]

I'm liking what I see here. it's got a Gerry Anderson swept look about it. And I think you're getting fussy in your old age, that kit supplied seat looks absolutely, errm, adequate.

 

[yak face]

And I think you're getting fussy in your old age, that kit supplied seat looks absolutely, errm, adequate.

Yes it is colin , if youre after a short back and sides and maybe something for the weekend sir!

 

[scottie3158]

Tony,
Lovely work so far mate.

 

[yak face]

The airframe has now been cleaned up and had a misting of Halfords grey primer to show any areas that needed sorting . It was all ok so it just got a quick rub with some very worn 1200 sanding sponge followed by a coat of gloss black . Next up is the silver .

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks nice under gloss black.

 

[yak face]

After the gloss black had thoroughly dried it showed up some noticeable sink marks on the upper wings , above the undercarriage bays . These have been filled and sanded and touched up . Ive also been looking at assembling the multi part undercarriage legs , not helped at all by the very vague instructions . After a look at a lot of online pics of the legs I think ive got them sorted , just a transverse link to be added after they are fitted . The undercarriage on the BKL version had a retractable ski under the main bogey , just above the level of the tyre ,which was used when landing on rough fields or snow to prevent the wheels sinking in .

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nice catch on the wings Tony. Be a right pain if that had only showed on the final finish.

 

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Tony, working your magic once again

 

[yak face]

Slow going on this one , been too knackered after work to do anything but heres the latest progress. The airframe got a coat of silver a week or so ago ( vallejo metal color , white aluminium ) and today i started to mask up and spray a few access panels and other areas in a darker shade ( dark aluminium) . The blast shields for the cannons in front of the wing roots and the drag chute housing on the tail were done in steel as these areas were stainless steel and darkened quite considerably .

 

[Mark1]

Works a bugger ain't it!
The planes looking very good though,paintwork looks lovely look forward to the seeing the end result.

 

[JR]

Beautiful paint work Tony.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Excellent work Tony. The different shades on the metal give a nice variation to the finish.

 

[papa 695]

Just caught up Tony some great work going on and looking very good indeed.

 

[adt70hk]

Tony

Apologies, got very behind on this. It's come on leaps and bounds since I last saw it.

Looking very good indeed.

Very well done.

Andrew

 

[yak face]

Tony

Apologies, got very behind on this. It's come on leaps and bounds since I last saw it.

Looking very good indeed.

Very well done.

Andrew

No need to apologise andrew , ive been behind on it myself !! Cheers tony

 

[yak face]

Decals on today and what looked like a simple quick job turned into a bit of a slog! First off the kit instructions dont have any decal placement drawings . All you get is a three view of each of the camouflaged aircraft and a side view only of the silver russian one , and these are on the back of the box! The six red stars and bort number were easy to locate but there are quite a few stencils on the sheet ( some black ,some yellow) , not numbered and with no clue as to where they go .To top all this off the kit decal sheet has an all over carrier film meaning each decal to be applied has to be closely cut round .
I found a few images for stencil placement on the net ,pages from the Eduard and Modelsvit instructions so with a few extra stencils from the spares box applied them in roughly the right places . Luckily soviet cold war era stuff wasnt as liberally sprayed with the damn things as US aircraft were so there arent hundreds to sort .Next up painting the undercarriage and fitting the multi part undercarriage doors ( again with bugger all help from the instructions !)

 

[adt70hk]

Looking good Tony. That's a few decals there!!! Rather you than me!

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Tim Marlow]

Good detect work on the stickers Tony. Looking good when they’re on as well.

 

[yak face]

Looking good Tony. That's a few decals there!!! Rather you than me!

ATB.

Andrew

Theres not many really andrew , unlike the chengdu j10 I did a few years back that had literally five hundred ! AND they all got put on BUT were virtually invisible as they were a light purple colour on a light grey aircraft !! https://www.scale-models.co.uk/thre...gorous-dragon-1-48-bronco-models.25049/page-4