What did you refer to?That’s one of the disadvantages of building big planes right there
Oh, OK.  That is OK. I just wanted a good bond. I like that scale as I can see details better.Having to use so many clamps to keep the wing halves together If it was 1:72 you could probably have gotten away with none at all, or at worst, two or three.
Oh, OK.  That is OK. I just wanted a good bond. I like that scale as I can see details better.
Go for it, some informed modellers/historians here....Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker B Trumpeter Scale 1:32 and what triggered this post and my presence here in forums.
I work with my friends on models for X-Plane flight simulator. Facebook link is here CRJ-700 Facebook Group, and our website is here Delta Wing Simulations
Please do not take is as any form of advertisement, it is just for these who would like to look, no harm done.
I will be working on the SU-27 UK for the mentioned above simulator and in order to make a realistic 3D model, I needed some materials more than just pictures as pictures do not show the details and the way aircraft is built.
There are shapes and places that even the best pictures cannot give one the idea how are they constructed/built.
That was the major contributing factor to buy Su-27 Flanker B Trumpeter Scale 1:32 kit.
I was going to just glue the major components to see how the design look.
After joining this forum, I found out that there is many great, friendly people here willing to help, answering questions etc.
That had changed my original plan and instead of just putting it fast and roughly together, I will try to make a nice scale build out of it.
I had a terrible time at the beginning to grab little parts with fingers, but I have to say it gets MUCH better. I wish I had a little miniature finger set though.that's one of the reasons i do 1/32 as well. Also the fact my fingers are fat like pigs nipples
There’s this really neat gizmo for that:
Buy some (different brands are also available ) with pointed tips and with either straight or rounded ones, and you can probably get most parts into position fairly easily. Possibly after some practice
I will know soon. I am sure they will do the job.Those self locking tweezers are very handy for holding small parts for painting as well.
Andy.
Oops … Clear polystyrene is brittle, the pigments in coloured polystyrene not only make it opaque but also more flexible. Aircraft canopies are probably the worst bits in this respect, because of their shape they tend to be easier to break accidentally than more or less flat pieces like car windshields, headlight lenses, etc.Well, I was just dry fitting it and it seemed to be too narrow, so I tried to open it up.
The plastic parts from the sprue are much more flexible and can be deformed if overbend carefully so I thought the same will happen with the canopy. I was wrong!
Did not know that! Thanks!the pigments in coloured polystyrene not only make it opaque but also more flexible. .
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