1/72 Su-47 Berkut Hasegawa

[EagleOnyx]

Hey guys, I'm working on this Hasegawa Su-47 Berkut in Idolmaster paint scheme. There hasn't been much activity in here recently so i'm just trying to kick it into gear!

The Kit: I think this is either a Zvezda or Italeri plastic kit that was reboxed by Hasegawa with their decals and instructions. The Su-47 was just a test platform aircraft, it was unarmed and so is this kit. The plastic doesn't really have a lot of detail, the wheel wells and cockpit are extremely sparse. The clear parts are poor and distort the view pretty bad. I'm blacking out the glass anyway. The landing gear were engineered poorly on this kit; they way they mount looks very flimsy. The fit of the parts all around isn't that good and it required a lot of sanding and filler. Thankfully since there isn't much detail to the aircraft sanding everything was easy.

Here is the kit!


the decals


closeup


ton of decals, these hearts are linked together somewhat so there aren't as many as it looks


There aren't many parts so I'm already nearly done with the basica assembly



Primed



That's all for now, thanks for looking!

[chief5437]

Great looking jet! Not sure about the decals though, not my cup of tea. Interested to see how it turns out though, might change my mind!

[UKguyInUSA]

It's another one of those Hippie style jets! Was this owned by the Doors?

The wings are on backwards as well.....must have been all those acid trips from the 60's?!

Good luck mate....looking forward to seeing how she turns out

[Brasko]

I enjoy this series of schemes. I played Ace Combat quite a lot it was fun flying these around. I plan to build some of these as well they certainly add a little color to any collection. It's hard to find someone who actually builds these, so keep it up...build them all if you don't mind

[EagleOnyx]

Thanks man! I am really enjoying these builds myself. I learn more ways to improve whichever version is next each time I build one. So here is more progress!

Mixed up and applied the basecoat



Here is the first decal, it's huge! These stripes are the bottom most layer and must go on first.


First decal is on the model!


A bunch more installed, easy so far



That's what 95% of the heart decals look like. The clear film does a good job of disappearing, surprisingly.


White lines installed. I should really paint these on future models. The main character decal is HUGE and it's up next!


Not the most complex shape that it has to conform to but challenging nonetheless.


Installed and Mr. Mark Softer applied.


A little bit later, maybe an hour. This one took a long time to snuggle down.


Still later and not conformed yet. It's getting there. That was the last photo I took of the decals in progress.


Nearly complete! All Decals installed! Just a few minor things to accomplish remaining.




The canards and vertical stabs are just hanging out, they are not glued yet.

[amsvkng]

amazing work with those massive decals!!!