1/48 SU-30M2 Flanker

[Liamcraven666]

hi guys!
for the first time in a group build I've had a model ready in the stash ,but... I decided to order some resin seats (which look lovely) and I've been waiting for them to arrive.
then a couple of days ago i realized that i needed to get some paint for the cockpit so i went out and bought some paint earlier today...
anyway here his the box.








these are the resin seats i ordered , made by Aries











the instructions are good , just good (sorry for the bad pictures)

time to open the box...

...and we see a nicely presented upper fuselage half


lower fuselage half


another pic of the upper fuselage




the vertical stabilizers ,air-brakes and cockpit tub all of the parts (especially the tub) have great detail!



decals printed by cartographer (nothing to say there)



the fuselage front for the su30, and some cockpit parts













the clear parts are good , but do distort a bit.
but it will do


the kits comes with photo-etch , always a plus


There is a separate sheet for the painting and decals , the kit comes with Indonesian markings and four Russian markings;
red 10,red 30 and black 40


the nose cone looks a bit strange to me but it will work



and in a bit of a strange order , some more spures.
wheels and wepons
and on to the resin seats...


not surprisingly the seats are brilliantly detailed and should liven up the cockpit quite a bit



from looking at the parts the kit seems to be good , the panel lines and rivets are overall very crisp but can get quite shallow in some places but it should be an interesting build
i'm looking forward to it.

[Liamcraven666]

first things first, I've mixed the strange looking greeny-blue cockpit colour. its not a perfect match but its good enough.


(the actual paint is darker than the pic

[Homerlovesbeer]

Nice bird......I'm watching this baby

[Liamcraven666]

The cockpit tub is finished , I'm quite happy with it , the cockpit colour is close enough , so here it is ;




this is the assembled cockpit ,I'm very impressed with the detail


The base coated tub ready for a wash and drybrush


black wash applied



The tub details painted and tided up , ready to be put together.




fully painted /assembled tub ready for a nice pair of resin seats

[Liamcraven666]

now its time to Finnish the cockpit by building and painting the seats.

here is one of the assembled resin seat next to the kit seat , a clear upgrade!


seats base coated with tamiya xf-1


fully painted seats

[Liamcraven666]

here are a couple of pictures of the finished cockpit (sorry if the pictures are blurry)

[Smiffy]

Nice work on the cockpit, those resin ejection seats really do finish it off nicely

[Homerlovesbeer]

That cockpit looks really good!

[Liamcraven666]

Thank you very much chaps.

[Paul]

Off to a great start there liam, cockpit looks great

[Liamcraven666]

so the main construction starts with cutting up one of the main parts of the kit
[URL=http://s1377.photobucket.com/user/liamc ... p.jpg.html]
why couldn't they just make a new piece?

[Liamcraven666]

I've forgotten to take pictures of most of the build so far...sorry.
but here is where i picked up:

i filled the nose cone with das clay as a nose weight


i was going to show the model with the airbrakes up , but the detail is non existent in there

[Liamcraven666]

The model went together very well! Only a small amount of filler was needed around the front end and some around the air intakes , ready for primer

[Liamcraven666]

the primed model;

[Liamcraven666]

And the pre-shaded model!

[Homerlovesbeer]

She's a thing of beauty!

[Liamcraven666]

She's a thing of beauty!

when i first saw the aircraft I honestly didn't like the the look of her, but building the model she really has grown on me
I really love the russian jets , I think they have so much character

[Liamcraven666]

time to start base coating!


I used tamiya 3mm tape


...And some standard masking tape and maskol

The colors are
Grey: Tamiya XF-19 (sky grey)
Light blue - Tamiya X-14 mixed about 50/50 with some white with some matt varnish added.
Medium blue- Tamiya X-14 mixed 25/75 with white (25-white)

The colour is quite off but it is close enough !

[Avgas]

Lovely job so far, pit and cam look great.

[Backfire22]

nice work there I am also fond of the 27-35 series.

[Homerlovesbeer]

Beautiful job

[Liamcraven666]

Decals applied , gloss-coated, a dark dirt wash applied and matt coated ready for some ordinance and details.
(the decals are great!)


Then i painted the exhausts with
vallejo-exhaust manifold and...
citadel-ledbelcher


(sorry for the bad picture quality )

[TommyKillander]

Wow !

That's beautiful!

Great job done sofar, good luck with the rest!


Tommy

[mick]

great looking pit

[Liamcraven666]

so here's the finished model ( I'll get take some better pictures for the final reveal)
hope you guys have likes this thread !