1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

[nicholassagan]

Really been thinking about this build and I've narrowed down some choices:

1) This will be a heavily weathered bird (per this year's theme)
2) The weathering will be winterized
3) I'll be doing a full meal deal build, starting from Eduard's Limited kit
4) It'll be Blue 52 with some weathering borrowed from Blues 41 and 51.
5) I might build with a snowy base but only enter the model to keep it in the air category (unless the snowy base is permitted, no people or equipment.
6) I have to double check that I have decals to do 52, so I'll need the numbers, a polar bear, and whatever else is bird specific...I might have to part out some sets. So if anyone has extras let me know!
I have plenty of reference material already gathered I think...but I can always add more!

Here are the zoomed in areas of the decals I need:

 

[Timbaux]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Awesome theme and aircraft!

 

[Cash]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Sounds cool

 

[JohnSimmons]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Nice one man!

 

[nicholassagan]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Hmmm...just thinking, if I can't find decals, I could just make my own...especially since they're all so faded I don't have to worry about opacity...

 

[Unreality]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Sweet! I love the Flanker.

You know, there's a company that makes silicon molds for those octagonal stones. Just pour in some plaster and you can make one hell of a dio base...complete with chipped away cobblestones.

 

[adampolo13]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Check this out

http://www.uschivdr.com/shopping-categories/shop-display-diorama/

Doesn't hurt he's a sponsor of the contest too.

 

[nicholassagan]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Those octagons are in the "warm weather" setting...I want to add some SNOW I'm in Chicago and therefore a glutton for punishment in white powder form apparently. If I do a base, it'll be the rectangular shapes and ICM has some airfield panels...or I could scratch it up. But those Ushci pieces look awesome...

UPDATE:: Turns out Linden Hills Decals makes almost the EXACT SET I NEED BUT IT'S OUT OF PRODUCTION!!!!!
If ANYONE has set 48007 or even SCRAPS from it LET ME KNOW!!!!!!!

http://www.lindenhillimports.com/lhd48007.htm

 

[nicholassagan]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Also, a FB group friend hooked me up with more refs

http://fotkica.com/?id=f69f89d05f896654ef076a70193bf60d

 

[Junkie]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

First let me say this is an excellent project already and we havent seen plastic.

Im very tempted to buy this kit simply because i love that color palet so much. Id totally try that hex base, but thats just me.

And i wouldnt add a figure or equipment so i could enter it in air. 😉

Just back from ebay...Gulp, thats an expensive kit...whoa. Looks killer.

 

[JMac]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Excellent. Really looking forward to this one.

 

[Scrach]

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Oh boy, looking forward to your progress!

Is the Eduard kit a repop of the Academy kit? Scott, if thats the case, that could be a cheaper route, get the kit and PE separately... but I don't know what else is in that Eduard kit combo...

 

[nicholassagan]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Wow! Thanks for all the words of encouragement folks! I think I'll just keep the base simple with just some snow on it, no figures whatsoever. Although I don't think I'll make the snow a permanent fixture on the airframe itself. I've already started thinking of ways to make a removable snow patch Or I could just sprinkle some on for the final pics.

Yes the Eduard edition used Academy sprues but has a ton of extras. I picked it up for $75 when is was on sale at Squadron...the ONLY time I've seen it priced that low...

http://www.eduard.com/store/Eduard/Su-27UB-1-48.html?cur=2&force_sid=b390979d393f8c732005a049c199caf2&listtype=search&searchparam=Su-27UB

resin seats and pits, ALL the PE you could need and tons of decals. unfortunately, as mentioned, not the decals i need.

Further update on decals: Linden Hills set is completely sold out and they won't do a custom sheet. I figured out all the ones I actually need. I also went through my stash and realized I had a couple of Begemot sets that I can pull some stuff from, like the polar bear and maybe that text that's on the left intake, at least from this sheet:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/271791904256?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I could probably borrow the '25' from this sheet and re-arrange, but the shape of them just isn't quite right.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/BGM-48007-Begemot-decals-1-48-Sukhoi-Su-27K-and-Su-33-Sea-Flanker-Fighters-/281615597908?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4191990154

I think I really might have to go the custom order route to get exactly what I need. That means spending some time in Illustrator and Photoshop...However, there's a bud over @ ARC Forums who might have a handful of scraps from that Linden Hill sheet for me!! It'd be awesome but Bort 52 isn't on the sheet....so once again I'm settling more into making my own numbers...

 

[nicholassagan]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

New update! I got a response from a French model shop and they have the decals in stock!

 

[Junkie]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Just saw that on facetoob. Awesome.

 

[Cash]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Glad to hear that you found the decals.

 

[nicholassagan]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Ha well I haven't heard back from them about ordering yet! They just said they have them in stock

I'm not quite ready to bust out the plastic yet...I'd like to clear a couple things off the bench first. But even with all the decals sourced, I think I still need to have the correct Bort numbers custom printed so I'll design those tomorrow probably and send them off...

 

[Quaralane]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Going to be an excellent build, however you figure out your decal issue

 

[nicholassagan]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

Thanks Q!

Turns out I don't need to order the decals from FRANCE because a modeler over @ ARC has the pieces I need from the sheet! So we've worked out a trade! I still need to do the art for the 52.

 

[nicholassagan]

Re: AIR 1/48 Su-27UB Blue 52 Polar Flanker

HA whipped up some free-hand fonts. What do you think? It's hard to match the color so I'm trying a few options...

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