OEZ 1/48 Sukhoi su7

[Mark1]

A challenging kit it would seem, good job your up for it :thumb2:

[adt70hk]

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/threa...s.25049/page-4

Actually, looking at it again they're weren't as many as I thought. The Spitfire and 109 dogfight doubles I did for the battle of Britain group build had 116 between them - 53 and 63 respectively. Allowing for all the duplications, I think this has a similar number.

Again great work.

ATB

Andrew

[yak face]

Its been a long slow burner this one but a final push today saw it done. The final fiddly bits included fitting the undercarriage doors and wheels , fitting canopy ( with demister bars) , drop tanks cannons and rocket pods, elevators, landing lights (from rhinestones ) ,nav lights ,pitots on wing and nose and various aerials . The nav lights were drilled and red and green paint added to look like a coloured bulb . The kit cannons were ok but rather than clean up the seams and drill them out it was easier to use brass tube with a bit of aluminium tape wrapped round the end ( the end section needed to be a bright silver anyway). There are a couple of things that ive not shown as I only just remembered them after i had took the photos - the static dump wicks on wingtips and elevators and the boarding ladder . heres a few pics to round off this thread and ill put some completed ones on tomorrow ,including a size reference with a MiG 21 to show how big this brute of an aircraft was . Thanks to anyone with the patience to follow this one ! Cheers tony

[Tim Marlow]

Great result. It is a bit of a thug compared to its little brother isn it….very Russian in appearance though…..

[Steven000]

Nice model Tony, well done :thumb2:
Steven

[minitnkr]

Coupl'a beauties.