Kitty Hawk Su-35S Flanker-E - Completed!

Michael Phillips
All done!

This is my favorite model of all I have built so far, so I hope you all enjoy the pics! I will be entering this in the "Multi-engine 1/48 Jets" category at the Cleveland Model Show next weekend. Wish me luck!

Peter Hardy
Don't know if you will win Mick but if you are beaten then you can be proud of being beaten by a brilliant entry. Good luck Mate!

Sarunas D
Congratulations! Another great build.

Sarunas D
What will you build next?

David Thor
Perfect! Wish you the best for the Model Show, but i would be very surprised if you wouldn't win.

ForestFan
Absolutely superb

Marko
Brilliant

Murad ÖZER
stunning build Michael, best of luck at the contest - hope it'll get what it deserves. 👍 👍 👍

Konrad -
Perfect build really nice 🙂

Adam Gudynowski
👍

Stefan Fraundorfer
What a great Flanker. Congratulations! And good luck!

Soeren R.
Awesome work Michael. You can be really proud about it!

Stephan Ryll
Beautiful build Michael 👍👍 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
A wonderful build!

Christian Ristits
Perfect Flanker, awesome!

Alexander Grivonev
Another great build Michael! Good luck for the contest!

Michael Phillips
Thanks Peter, Sarunas, David, Forest, Marko, Murad, Konrad, Adam, Stefan, Sören, Stephan, Roland, Christian, and Alexander! I truly appreciate all of your kind words!

Sarunas, my next build will be quite a bit simpler... It is actually for a friend. My buddy's fiancee is a former Blackhawk pilot for the South Carolina National Guard. He wants to give it to her for her birthday on December 15th. So I will be building a Minicraft 1/48 UH-60L Blackhawk, all OOB. So I anticipate meeting that date should not be a problem. After that it is another helo, an Apache.

Kees Kleijwegt
Absolute masterpiece Michael!
Good luck at the modelshow, but looking at your pics this should be a price winner! 👍👍

michael tremeer
Wow truly an amazing build, very inspiring stuff!

Eelco Gregoire
He looks fantastic!

Spanjaard
Wow, sorry for the others in that contest, this one is a clear winner IMHO. Seriously Michael.

Jens
in Germany we say "just hammer" 👍 👍 👍

Erik Leijdens
Amazing Michael! ! 👍

Rhys Young
Amazing work, one of the best models on the site!
Keep up the good work!
Thanks

Michael Phillips
Thanks Kees, Michael, Eelco, Spanjaard, Jens, Erik, and Rhys!

You all humble me with such wonderful compliments. Thank you all.

I hope it does well at the show, this will only be the second time I have entered a judged contest. Last year, I entered my Hasegawa VF-84 Tomcat, Academy Kazakh Su-27, and Revell F-15E in the Multi-Engine Jets category at the Cleveland Model Show. The F-15E took a second. So I am hoping I can take a first this year. I will be entering the following four this year:

1/48 Multi-Engine Jets - This Su-35
1/48 Single Engine Jets - My Kitty Hawk Polish Su-22M4 and Tamiya F-16C Blizzard Aggressor
1/48 Out of Box - My Hasegawa F-4G Wild Weasel

Agustin Prellezo
This model deserves a gold medal!

Muphlon
Excellent and careful.

Sarunas D
Good luck in the contest! Will you make photos from the contest?

Michael Phillips
Thanks Augustin, Muphlon, and Sarunas!

I will definitely take pics from the contest.

Bart Goesaert
Looks very good. Thx for the how too.

Michael Phillips
Thanks Bart, I hope it helps someone with their metalwork some day.

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
Good luck in the contest,Mate.Should be no problem with this great work.

Mike Daniels
Absolutely wicked. Great technique Michael!!

Sebastijan Videc
Top job, mate!

Tim Heimer
Sweet looking bird Michael! Nice!

Donald Dickson II
My friend, if this doesnt win you need to throat punch the judges. IPMS show?

Michael Phillips
Thanks Markus, Mike, Sebastijan, James, Timothy, and Donald!

LOL Donald, that might get me, uh I dunno, arrested! Hahaha It is indeed an IPMS Show put on by my club, IPMS John Glenn and IPMS Western Reserve (both of the Cleveland area). It is a decent size local show with usually about 400-500 model entries. Should be fun!

Maciej Bellos
Splendid result Mike!
Good luck with the competition and more importantly have fun!
Decent size local show you say, uhm, last weekend's annual IPMS show here in Athens, Greece, was something like 900 entries. So I'd say it's more than decent. I would like to know the size of the IPMS US Nationals...

Michael Phillips
Thansk Maciej! I actually don't know how big a Nats is, I've never been to one. Actually, I really haven't been to any other show than the IMPS Local show. But next year we are hosting the Region IV show, so that will be the biggest one I will have been to. I have actually only been modelling for about 2 years now, so I need to get out to other shows a bit more.

Gustavo Bruzual
very nice job

Donald Dickson II
The US nationals are HUGE. Havent been to one myself, but they take over a large hotel for a number of days. Not sure of the numbers, but 1000 or more entries would not surprise me.

The Northern VA show is a big one as well. We had somewhere in the area of 400 entries as well. And maxed out the vendors.

Michael, not if you dont let anyone else see. Your word against theirs. And they wont be able to talk!😉 LOL

Spanjaard
i was recently in Scale Model Challenge near Eindhoven (Netherlands). 2000 entries in the contest (majority of it figures, around 1700 i believe).... it was incredible.
I have never seen anything like that before. And they are hopping to host World Model Expo in 2020... that will be something i will certainly not miss!

Michael Phillips
Thanks Maciej and Gustavo!

So this discussion got my curiosity piqued, so I did a search. It appears US Nationals has 2500+ entries on average every year. Would be impressive to see!

Peter Hardy
Either way Mick it'll take an extraordinary model to beat yours. And so say all of us!!