Post by dylan on Jan 30, 2016 2:55:41 GMT -5
here it is, the long awaited Su-33 from Kinetic/ Aviation Art. I should start off by saying that I am not the biggest fan of modern Russian aircraft. but after watching this and the AMK Mig 31 come together, I had to build them. I should also say that this will not be likely to win any awards, I seem to be all thumbs lately. hopefully I can get it together and painted up to resemble the real thing without too many huge mistakes.
there are quite a few online reviews of the kit contents, but I have seen very few build reviews. I was quite impressed with looking at the contents of the kit, lots of crisp detail and nicely molded parts. the photo etched brass parts give me the jitters, I never have a good time with P.E.
then comes the instructions...what to say, they are not very good at all. Kinetic used the CAD drawings which on a computer screen were very good, but when printed out they are somewhat hard to read, and some of the part placements are not too clear. the assembly sequence was conceived by someone with almost no knowledge of how to actually build a model.
enough bitching, on to the build.
this thing is LARGE, bigger than my photo booth.
The main and nose gear wells are added to the lower fuselage first. I painted the main wells red first, then the exterior in blue before assembly to save a bit of masking later on. you will notice that the P.E. parts do not fit so well on the side of the intakes. and for some reason the intake trunks had gaps on the inboard sides.
One thing I am extremely impressed with is the Dream model cockpit P.E for the kit. it looks fantastic, and the colour call out in the instructions is a perfect match to the pre printed P.E. Vallejo 70.901
there was a bit of a gap around the nose but nothing too major.
the airbrake had a bit of a gap at the back that needed filler.
impressions so far...it's a great kit. the fit is not %100 perfect but the Su-33 is a very complex shape and Kinetic have made the effort to get it as good as possible.
there are quite a few online reviews of the kit contents, but I have seen very few build reviews. I was quite impressed with looking at the contents of the kit, lots of crisp detail and nicely molded parts. the photo etched brass parts give me the jitters, I never have a good time with P.E.
then comes the instructions...what to say, they are not very good at all. Kinetic used the CAD drawings which on a computer screen were very good, but when printed out they are somewhat hard to read, and some of the part placements are not too clear. the assembly sequence was conceived by someone with almost no knowledge of how to actually build a model.
enough bitching, on to the build.
this thing is LARGE, bigger than my photo booth.
The main and nose gear wells are added to the lower fuselage first. I painted the main wells red first, then the exterior in blue before assembly to save a bit of masking later on. you will notice that the P.E. parts do not fit so well on the side of the intakes. and for some reason the intake trunks had gaps on the inboard sides.
One thing I am extremely impressed with is the Dream model cockpit P.E for the kit. it looks fantastic, and the colour call out in the instructions is a perfect match to the pre printed P.E. Vallejo 70.901
there was a bit of a gap around the nose but nothing too major.
the airbrake had a bit of a gap at the back that needed filler.
impressions so far...it's a great kit. the fit is not %100 perfect but the Su-33 is a very complex shape and Kinetic have made the effort to get it as good as possible.
