SMER 1/48 Sukhoi su 22m4 in polish service

[adt70hk]

Tony

You've recreated that effect beautifully. Very well done.

Andrew

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
That effect on the exhaust is superb.
Jim

[yak face]

Thanks guys , i was quite pleased with how it turned out . Today Ive started to get the resin cockpit painted and have a look at the PE . The resin needs some very careful painting to get the best out of the detail but instead of using the bare brass PE instrument panel supplied with the Aries resin Im going to use the Eduard pre painted one. The problem with this is the colour is too pale so im going to have to carefully paint it to match the colour ive done the pit .

[Mark1]

Taking shape nicely.

[flyjoe180]

Tony, loving those exhaust modifications, really impressive :thumb2:

[Tim Marlow]

Just had a catch up. This is coming along really well. Exhaust work in particular is top class. Cockpit is coming on nice as well.

[yak face]

Finally managed to get some time on this one today. Been carrying on with the cockpit which will be a mixture of the Eduard pe and the aries resin set . Ive painted the intake centre body and filled it full of lead and ball bearings , the painted shock cone going on after. It looks like a fat little baby Thunderbird 1 ! While this and the cockpit bits were drying I thought I’d have a look at some sub assemblies namely the wings. After gluing the outer movable panels together I had a quick dry fit with the inner sections . This revealed that you can only fit the outer wing panels in the fully forward or intermediate sweep settings . If you try and move them to fully swept , the trailing edge is too thick and it opens up the rear edge of the inner section . Not a problem as I wanted to do them fully forward anyway but something to bear in mind if you do this kit and want them fully swept.
I want to add the outer panels last off after painting and wanted them to be firmly located so ive added some bits of sprue to give them something to butt up against and I’m going to cut a slot from the pivot hole so I can just slide them in after all painting is done.

[Mickc1440]

Some great work so far Tony, I'll join in with the rest of this build

[Mark1]

Good to see this back under way :thumb2:
A real P.I.T.A if you want swept.back wings though!

[Gern]

Excellent scratching as usual Tony!

PS As you're still alive and well and posting, I assume you got your missus' Salon Shaper back before she noticed it was missing? Or, knowing your habit of hanging around the cosmetics counters, is it yours? :smiling3:

[yak face]

Excellent scratching as usual Tony!

PS As you're still alive and well and posting, I assume you got your missus' Salon Shaper back before she noticed it was missing? Or, knowing your habit of hanging around the cosmetics counters, is it yours? :smiling3:

Its mine alright dave ,have you seen my nails , beautiful! This month ive got them painted in Russian cockpit turquoise:smiling5:

[Gern]

Its mine alright dave ,have you seen my nails , beautiful! This month ive got them painted in Russian cockpit turquoise:smiling5:

Bet they look cool! Have you done them in Gloss or just Satin finish?

[adt70hk]

Coming on very nicely.

Andrew

[yak face]

Bet they look cool! Have you done them in Gloss or just Satin finish?

Gloss of course , satin ? That would just be weird :smiling5:

[Tim Marlow]

Next is 4BO no doubt…..as I said before….love the variety on here :thumb2: