SMER 1/48 Sukhoi su 22m4 in polish service

[yak face]

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

My eye shadow is 4bo tim

[Gern]

Gloss of course , satin ? That would just be weird :smiling5:[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1165919[/ATTACH]

You're right! That's so much better than satin.

[colin m]

Great work Tony. And only one bottle of wine was sacrificed for the build.

This month ive got them painted in Russian cockpit turquoise

The women in my life spend a fortune on nails. How many times have I offered my services, as long as they want green, brown or grey, but alas no.

[yak face]

Starting to move along a bit quicker now . The inner wing sections have been glued after spraying the insides light green and the outer moving panels have had a slot cut to the pivot hole so they can be added last off. Ive also got the resin cockpit tub ,the intake cone and the exhaust fitted ,with the fuselage halves now glued together and setting nicely. A bit of adjustment is needed to fit the wing pylons and large fence extension on the inner wing -the pylons all have straight mating edges , ok if they were going on a 90 degree straight wing but theyre not . The toolmakers must have been feeling a bit lazy when they did this bit of the kit although the instructions do tell you to cut them to fit which shouldnt be a problem , just needs a lot of patience and dry fitting till its right .

[yak face]

Fuselage has now had the seams cleaned up and the many panel lines that cross the seam have been reinstated using a fine razor saw . The two part fin and spine insert have been glued together and cleaned up and the spine insert has had the intake drilled out . The kit includes an insert without the air intake for the su22m3 version which obviously isnt needed here. The fin section has had a bit of sprue glued in to match the width of the spine insert. As with most builds its a case of dry fit , trim , dry fit , trim etc until you get the best fit . All too often I see people complaining about poor fitting kits with big gaps , if you just stick it together without a trial fit or trimming then you are going to get that , a little dry fitting and adjustment can save a lot of hassle and filler later .

[Mark1]

Looking tidy

[JR]

Looking good, of course here we are waiting for the 4 BO :nerd:

You posted this photo some time back


Would you mind saying where you got it from please. Just the job for imprinting pewter foil for track guards . Thanks .

[yak face]

Looking good, of course here we are waiting for the 4 BO :nerd:

You posted this photo some time back
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Would you mind saying where you got it from please. Just the job for imprinting pewter foil for track guards . Thanks .

Di you mean the wine foil or the dotting pen john? The wine foil is Terre di faiano organic primitivo , £9.99 Waitrose ( but often on offer at 6.99 , which is when i go and buy a case !! ) a beautifully smooth full bodied red . The dotting pen was off ebay , theyre for applying dots of nail varnish ( or in our case paint or embossing) Just search ‘Dotting pen’ , theres loads , i got a set of 5 various sizes double ended ones so you get 10 different sized balls ( ooh er !!) for less than £3. Theyre so much more accurate at placing a tiny round dot of paint than trying to use a brush , i use mine most often for cockpits and instruments .

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Nail-Art-Dotting-Pen-Crystal-Marbleizing-Tool-Kit-Set-Manicure-Painting-2-Way-/393024466700?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0

[yak face]

Just walked back into the shed and saw something on the floor , thought to myself ‘whats that?’ and looked closer
Its the resin ejector seat , which was finished and ready to go in last off , it must have fallen on the floor and some idiots stood on it! ( me)
“Oh dear” said I or something like that :rolling: So ive now got to try and rebuild / repair it .
Back to the build and ive been looking at the airbrakes. Like a lot of kits the makers assume that everyone wants to have the airbrakes in the open position. Anyone who wants them closed is faced with a poor fit and a bit of hassle to get a decent result . After a lot of fettling they are sitting flush and a quick wipe over with vallejo acrylic putty should blend them in nicely.

[Mark1]

Ooh bad luck with the seat! :confounded: man of your skills will sort it I'm sure.

[yak face]

Well I managed to get the seat back together and touched up , it looks ok . Ive got the instrument panel in and the coaming fitted , just the HUD and gun camera to fit then the windscreen can go on . The HUD in the aries resin set consists of two tiny arms and a clear piece of acetate ,I’ll be replacing the screen with my good old holographic confetti. The tiny round projection lens under the HUD has been added from a punched disc of the same confetti. The gun camera ( the thing that looks like a grey saucepan in front of the HUD on most older russian jets ) isnt supplied in the kit or the aftermarket sets so I had to scratch one . Another job ive been doing is fitting the numerous air scoops , which have been drilled and scooped out .

[Mark1]

Holographic confetti! I wondered how that bit always stood out so well in your photos, all progressing quite nicely good job with the seat you would never know from the pictures.

[Jim R]

Hi Tony
I'll bet the air was blue with the seat. Glad it's back together ok. Really coming together nicely now. Cockpit is excellent.
I'm with Mark regarding holographic confetti - who'd have thought it :thumb2:
Jim

[Tim Marlow]

Just had a catch up. This is a great build and has masterful tricks and tips on display. Shame about the seat, I can imagine the language, but you look to have recovered it well. All round, an excellent build Tony :thumb2:

[yak face]

Just had a catch up. This is a great build and has masterful tricks and tips on display. Shame about the seat, I can imagine the language, but you look to have recovered it well. All round, an excellent build Tony :thumb2:

I wasnt mad , just disappointed . I gave myself a patronising shake of the head in the mirror . Not really ! , the language would have made a navvy blush !:surprised::smiling4::smiling5: