Yaks Soviet GB , the Su 34 'Fullback'

[papa 695]

Getting there Tony nice work on all the mods.

[yak face]

Heres the latest progress on the hellduck. After the primer coat it was time to sort the weapons pylons and some other bits. The pylons in the kit arent really representative of the production machines so it was into the spares box i went. Some old ones were cut down and reshaped for the outer two and the inner one was a kit item shortened and reshaped . The lower pylons on the outer two were added from kit items again reshaped and chopped about. I had to fill in the holes for the pylons under the intakes as they were too far forward and again these were altered kit items .


The pitot was made using brass tube and wire for a sturdier result than the kit plastic one ( very sturdy in fact , ive stabbed myself several times and ive come off worse !) I also had a play with the exhausts , trying to get the characteristic brown /blue striping that these engines usually have (see here http://www.bhmpics.com/walls/black_knight_su_34-other.jpg) Next stage is to start painting and Ive got to custom mix the lurid greeny blue for the undersides first! cheers tony

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[Guest]

Smooth work Tony

[flyjoe180]

Yep, nice progress Tony. You always seem to get a little more detail out of your builds, I enjoy watching them for that reason.

[papa 695]

Very nice work Tony

[yak face]

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Well its starting to get some colour on at last !! I had to custom mix the greeny blue based on studying loads of photos .im quite happy with how its turned out cheers tony

[papa 695]

The colour looks very good Tony I'm liking what I'm seeing

[Guest]

Wow! Very cool colour Tony!


This model is looking great mate

[yak face]

Thanks guys , i had to have sunglasses on while spraying it!! cheers tony

[Guest]

That's a cool blue Tony! Modern aircraft don't fascinate me too much, but this is very interesting.

[yak face]

Well ive managed to get a bit more done , the top colour is on and after a bit of touching up heres where im at. Theres still lots of little panels and stuff to paint then its the undercarriage and deciding which of the kit stores can be used . Cheers tony[ATTACH]119518.IPB[/ATTACH]

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[colin m]

Nice build Tony. So I take it the skies over Russia are always that lovely blue colour. Then again, if you fly high enough...........................

[flyjoe180]

Clean paint work Tony, looking good.

[papa 695]

Nice build Tony. So I take it the skies over Russia are always that lovely blue colour. Then again, if you fly high enough...........................

It may look nice and blue looking up Colin but I'd hate to have to look down on Russia looking at the top colour Tony's done

[papa 695]

Great work Tony