1/48 Academy Su-27 Flanker B

by Wild Dog

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This is my first real plastic model kit. The Flanker has always been my favorite aircraft & when I saw this kit I just could not resist & had to pick it up. The model was huge & it really dwarfed all the other 1:48 kits in the hobby shop. I decided to use this paint scheme because it is very rare amongst Flanker modelers & seems to be the first of its kind on ARC. Modeling paints are not easily available over here so I had to make do with whatever I could find. The gray is the base primer gray. I airbrushed the flat black & white on top of that. Since this is my first model I made lots of mistakes. I really messed up the paint job in some areas & broke the front & one of the rear landing gear struts. I had to find a workaround for all the mistakes that I made but eventually the final product was great.

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I got the burnt metal effect on the engines by a really unique idea. First I painted the engines silver. Then I took a normal AAA battery & split it open. I found some black powder inside (explosive so watch out) & I scraped it all out. Then I evenly spread it over the silver engines & got an awesome effect. The most difficult parts of the models were the assembly of the front landing gear & the painting of the canopy. The problem with the canopy is that if you mess it up then you don’t get a second chance. I really messed up my canopy & while trying to fix it I broke it. I must commend academy for their excellent customer service because after I told them about my problem, within 2 weeks they sent me 2 spare canopies free of charge. That’s the story about my model, I hope you like it.

Wild Dog

Photos and text © by Wild Dog