[Marcel111]

Here are some pics of "56", in all her crazy beauty:

56 AB

56

56 Gear retract

56 Landing

56 Head On

This post has been edited by Marcel111: 19 April 2013 - 01:25 PM

[TaiidanTomcat]

My favorite Ukrainian Flanker scheme. Very Vivid! Do you know what colors you are going to use to replicate it? Looks like you are off and running, Can't wait to see more

[Marcel111]

TaiidanTomcat, on Jan 24 2010, 02:33 PM, said:

My favorite Ukrainian Flanker scheme. Very Vivid! Do you know what colors you are going to use to replicate it? Looks like you are off and running, Can't wait to see more

Thx... yeah, the scheme is just over the top! Not sure about the colors yet, I have stocked up on a variety of blues and grays and will have to do quite a bit of experimenting.

Cheers,

Marcel

[loftycomfort]

Great attentiont to details, Marcel. I have the -UB in the stash with plans to make it a Ukraine splinter too, so I'll be watching this build with interest.

Cheers,

Terry

[Ken Middleton]

Marcel,
excellent - great choice of a scheme. I am sure you will make another 32nd scale masterpiece.

[catcow1234]

This looks like it's going to be a nice build. I'll be watching this one.

[rom]

great!!!
a big Flanker!!

have fun!!

rom

[Marcel111]

Terry, Catcow, Rom, thx for the comments. Ken, I appreciate the early vote of confidence!



Marcel

[Marcel111]

Here's a rather minor update. I'm really not getting much modelling time lately, and the Trumpeter Flanker does take some time.



Those are the Aires wheel wells and the Zacto compressor faces. Please excuse the poor image quality, I bought a new ultra small camera and the pics are just not that great, I'll be going back to the old clunker for modelling pics. Anyway, the compressor color is burnt iron, the pics of the real thing I have indicate this color, which is different to the more usual silvery color associated with other engines' compressor faces.

As has been pointed out many times before, the Aires wheel wells are a work of art, they are just stunning. All that I needed to do is slap some paint on. I used some different shades of blue and gray to introduce some interest.



And here are some cockpit pics. That is Eduard photo-etch on Aires tub. I have hand-brushed many of the Eduard panels with the color I used on the rest of the cockpit to make it blend in. Next step for the cockpit is adding back raised detail.





My next update will likely feature the beautiful Zacto intakes.


Cheers,

Marcel

[infideon]

Marcel

nice cockpit!....i remember your outstanding hornet build and so i will follow this closely too!

[Qian]

I know this is just gonna be yet another top-notched project by you once again Marcel! That wicked scheme on that Flanker is just gonna be one helluva finish! I'll be watching this one!

[mareku]

Great start! I´ll be viziting this buid very often. Big Flanker is a great to see being buid. Keep working and keep sending pictures, mate. Please!!!!

[Youngtiger1]

Wow, I like that splinter camo. It will sure stand out in the crowd. Keep up the good work!

Mike

[Aggressor Supporter]

If this is going to look like the real one, this should be an excellent model.

[Marcel111]

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Marcel

nice cockpit!....i remember your outstanding hornet build and so i will follow this closely too!

Thx Infideon, I'm really aiming at going all out with this cockpit, including amalgamating the Aires and Eduard sets.

Thx Qian, Mareku and Mike... yes, that camo is really hard to resist, getting the colors right will be the challange.

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If this is going to look like the real one, this should be an excellent model.

Thx Aggressor Supporter, I'll try my best... the fact that the Trumpeter kit is just really inaccurate does through a curveball into the mix. Good thing Zactoman has remedied the most glaring deficiencies, but some hard to fix issues remain.

Cheers,

Marcel

[Marcel111]

I decided a few weeks ago to re-engage this build, which meant splashing out some $$$ on a new kit as well as getting another pair of Zacto intakes. More on that in the next post. In the mean time, I have done some more work on the cockpit and wheel wells.

Since it's been a while that I posted, a reminder that the cockpit is an amalgamation of Aires pit and Eduard color PE. I had to scratch build the swiches etc. to re-introduce a 3D look after applying the Eduard PE on the Aires instrument panels.





Here is a wheel well update. I didn't have to do much, Aires did all the work already...





Thanks for looking,

Marcel

[Eastern]

Nice work, Marcel!
Keen to see more!
Cheers and happy modeling!
Alexander.

[Qian]

Nice update Marcel!

I really like that cockpit and wheel wheels! Looks very very realistic!

[rom]

oh yeah!

those instruments in th pit are sooo nice!

bye

[mareku]

Great progres Keep going. You are doing great.