Su-30SM WIP
The first of many rescribes
The two piece canopy will be longer than the frame, some serious sanding required if going for closed canopy. No reviews I've seen mentioned this issue.
Quinta Studio set, the cushions and seatbelts are a nightmare to attach, but the look pays off I guess.
Joined the fuselage
Dropped glue, damn you Tamiya cement...
I squeezed as hard as I can, there's still a step.
Scribed lines and more putty work
After some excessive sanding and polishing... it's still a little foggy but I'll leave it be.
Gap due to sanding
Not sure how this would turn out
Coming together, but the process has been mildly infuriating. A bit disappointed after seeing so many glowing reviews online.
The main reason why I got the PE
Little gap between intakes and fuselage
Resin nozzles
Flares
Ready for the first layer of Mr. Surfacer 1200
PE goes in with white glue
Cockpit test fit, I will glue the canopy in place before painting. The back end of canopy pops up without some strong glue to hold it.
Glued and masked
Black for canopy
Mr. Finishing Surfacer 1500
Finally ready to go
RIP my right hand
1mm masking tape cut in halves, unfortunately I sprayed too much black afterward, these are barely visible as of now.
Kotobukiya's color chart for X-02S, it completely matches the colors extracted from the game files, I did some quick math to figure out the drop ratios.
AK Xtreme Metal Dark Aluminium
Vallejo Pale Burnt Metal, the paint pooled a little on two spots, I don't like using acrylics at all...
A little gloss white to soften the preshading
It looks muddy in the tray but it's surprisingly vibrant when sprayed
The tone is spot on!
Everything sprayed with 4 to 5 (maybe 6?) light coats in quick succession, the surface is still smooth, Mr. Color takes the win again!
Let's try this again...
Bottom light grey
More masking
Main eggplant grey: 4 black, 3 white, 2 wine red, 1 orange yellow
It feels so nice to work with darker color again
Second coat
Final coat
Anti-glare panel
The front is a dark brown
Masking for whites
Masking for gun port
Masking for barley grey
The barley grey ended up almost identical with the main color, hmm
Metal rims around the intakes
Pulled off paint from PE parts... again
AK Xtreme Metal Gun Metal buffed with Tamiya polishing compound sponge, shiny!
Masking for refueling probe
I used GX-1 instead of the normal white, there's a bit of color difference here, damn it
You must construct additional pylons
Finally, no more masking (except nozzles)
Gloss clear
Two layers of 1:3 diluted gloss clear, it will become smoother overnight.
Decal time, how exciting!
I don't know how, but I smudged off the metal particles from the enamel paint. There were at least two days between the enamel and gloss clear... perhaps I sprayed too thick?
Had do to this all again... I'm shooting lacquer this time
I attached the probes in the meantime. They were very hard to install since there are no locating pins, only shallow panel lines to align.
The surface color was too dark, so I'm applying a heavy white oil filter
Brushing and dabbing with damp brush
It's a little heavy for now, but it will be covered by the black wash.
Tamiya panel line accent black
Okay, the lines are too shallow, I needed to apply a heavier coat
Bottom wash
Oil dot filter
Kh-31s
Undercarriage installed. The hinges on the doors are all individual pieces with no clear shape, not very clever engineering I must say.
Ready for Flat Clear
Final coat, I think...?
Attaching verticals
Main body done, The missiles need a little more masking.
Yorumlar
22 14 June 2021, 00:26
Robin (WhiteGlint)I plan to build Mihaly's Su-30SM, too.
Watching with interest. 👍
14 June 2021, 11:07
Harry@WhiteGllint Good to see you again! I finally have the chance to build models after a few months of intense school. I'll make sure to record any problems I encountered along the way.
14 June 2021, 11:33
Nils Steyaert"ive seen pilots like you in every generation, and i felled every last one of them!"
following 🙂
14 June 2021, 17:59
HarryJuly 2nd update:
Working on this kit has been annoying, maybe I am spoiled by other modern kits. There were just a lot of body work. Every time I scribe something, I need to do twice the amount of filling and sanding, and the process repeats time after time. working with PE was also a bit unpleasant, I ended up cutting off some of the protruding PE parts and rescribed the details. The canopy also gave me a ton of troubles. At first the two halves don't fit onto the rail. Then I snapped off the back end while trying to fit it onto the fuselage, and had to glue and fill it. It conformed perfectly at the time but somehow warped itself back to the old state. Long story short, I'm glad it's finally ready for painting. There will be a lot of imperfections once it's done, and they will haunt my dreams forever.
2 July 2021, 08:48
Robin (WhiteGlint)Sounds like she gives you some real headaches. But that makes a good result even more impressive.
Thanks for the detailed reports on this kit.
Regarding your custom decals, especially the aircraft number: did you extract the number and other decals from game files?
Like the the white erusian roundel? Couldn't find that one anywhere.
2 July 2021, 11:24
Harry@WhiteGlint I used Amarillo USAF font to type the numbers. The rest of the roundels are found on Google, with some simple editing. I could share the psd files if you're interested!
2 July 2021, 20:32
Robin (WhiteGlint)Aw man, sometimes I feel really dumb. Sure, editing is also an option.
I installed Gimp some time ago, especially for projects like these, where you need custom decals.
But until now I didn't really find the time to learn how to use it.
And thanks for the tip with the font. It helps me a lot with my Mi-26 project as well! 🙂
If you don't mind, I am very interested in the psd.
4 July 2021, 07:29
Harry@WhiteGlint drive.google.com/fil..1L2/view?usp=sharing
Let me know if you can download it
4 July 2021, 08:34
HarryMore update:
There will be more rain in the next few days, so not much else can be done. The orange came out beautifully and the other main colors came out great in my test mixes, I finally feel good about this model, after all the frustrations with body work. My custom ordered decals are being held by Canada Post for about a week now, so no updates on Galm 2 or other projects yet. Hopefully they'll remember to deliver it within this week.
7 July 2021, 07:26
Robin (WhiteGlint)Coming along nicely.
I wonder how she looks without masking tape.
11 July 2021, 18:43
FranckyNice to see I am not the only one confronted with the difference between what I experience, and what the reviews on the web claim 🙂 This promises to become a nice Flanker though
14 July 2021, 11:06
Harry@Francky A lot of the frustration stemmed from me trying to fix the shallow panel lines (it's not worth it), so perhaps the kit is not as problematic as I previously let on. But there were some noticeable fit issues around the nose, canopy, and the wings. Of course none of these problems would show up in an in-box review, even a horrible Italeri kit can look nice on the sprues. But overall, I think this kit just needs (and deserves) some time and attention to make it work.
15 July 2021, 04:26
Robert PodkońskiIt looks like you have overcome all the obstacles, Kengdad... Congrats!
15 July 2021, 06:29
Robin (WhiteGlint)Looks really nice with the decals. Really love the white erusian emblem on the orange wingtips.
It sucks that the paint on the engines came off. 🙁
Is it better with the lacquer now?
18 July 2021, 06:50
Harry@WhiteGlint Yes, I used Mr. Color Super Metallic this time, it's just as shiny and a lot more sturdier. Some more enamel paint came off during the weathering process, luckily it doesn't warrant a respray. I should probably put my Xtreme Metal paints away for now.
18 July 2021, 08:52
NorK@pic 78 and the white lines: I try to have a not too sharp bent in the backdrop between the bottom and the back wall. Never get rid of it completely, but an as large as possible radius in the bend and playing round with angles between light and camera can reduce it significantly.
18 July 2021, 16:35
