Clunkmeister

No exhaust staining? No chips around canopy. VERY well maintained aircraft.

I’m putting the K-36 together now. It must be 15 pieces at least! It’s a touch fiddly, but not bad, and is sufficient for a build in 1/48. If I was going whole hog, I’d think seriously about substituting one of the many available Eastern European resin K-36’s in 48. More so in 1/32. I had high hopes of getting my mitts on a Quinta Studios 3D instrument panel package for this, but they’re completely sold out everywhere.

Some of those NATO Tiger Meet schemes absolutely blow me away. As a born and bred dogfighter, these things must have done very well for themselves.

Well, off the top of my head, ICM, Amodel, Modelsvit, Roden, Miniart to name a few, plus a boatload of AM makers such as ResKit, etc

I’m looking for a Tigger Moth and an A-26K to start. Also an Italian CR-42.

Absolutely! Unfortunately, I’m a river counter to a certain extent and it’s an illness I wish I could cure that.

I’m reviewing it now. There are some good points that were made In this thread and it didn’t cross the line till the end. The policy at LSM is to allow members to chat and not delete threads. But we expect members to avoid personal attacks and toe the line politically. The last couple or few posts were quite “sporty”. Remember, we have members worldwide and what’s acceptable in one part of the world may be unacceptable somewhere else. As I said, I’m reviewing it and may very well restore it minus some of the “eyebrows up” parts. So please chill out for a bit and I’ll deal with it. I’m trying to do this while working.

I mostly agree with that, folks, but it’s waaay over the line. Please feel free to PM each other if you want to share it, but c’mon folks, that CAN’T stand. Period. I’ve never deleted an entire thread In my life, but as an Administrator here, it’s my job to keep things civil. I can’t get inside certain world leaders minds, I have no ide what makes them tick, but I also know that we’re here to build models, discuss models, and support model companies. Let’s keep it at that. I know most of you personally and consider y’all friends, and doing this pains me. Please don’t give me any more ulcers. E

Well Mike, I just had a quick look as I’m on the road right now, but the flaps always open underneath the wing, with the exception being on a dive bomber where they open both ways to function as dive brakes. I’ll study the rest of your questions when I can look closely.

That color nails that Sukhoi grey quite well. Nice work so far and this should be one neat looking machine when finished.

Welcome to the forums, Sir! Glad to have onboard. I’m looking forward to seeing your creation. I sure wish I could build armor, but I always seem to lose my mojo with it. 😰 However, seeing finished masterpieces from others just blows my mind. Nothing tells a story like a well dome armor build!

Spread the word, folks. I know there are some out there on other forums who have expressed interest in this type of GB, and they’re welcome to participate here.

I know it’s odd to hear this from me, but I actually did a bit of my own research, and found that this is the color most recommended for the Fulcrum’s cockpit. A quick spray followed by comparison to the panel pics you sent shows me it is, in fact, dead on almost perfect.

Thanks for pointing that out. Hahaha. At least it’s not pornographic.

If anyone was ever curious, here’s the size difference between a Mug-29 and a Su-27. The Flanker in 1/48 is bigger than all 1/32 single engine fighters. It’s insane, actually

NICE! Beautiful work,

No Trumpeter goofiness here. And it’s amazing how small the Fulcrum actually is. Not much bigger than an F-16. Just two HUGE engines on a tiny airplane.

Welcome aboard, Dirk! This will be a beautiful build, no doubt. I LOVE the 29, it’s one of the most aesthetically pleasing aircraft of all time. Just all swoops and curves. I commend you for taking on the Trumpeter kit, I took the easy way out and chose 1/48 for my 29 9-13. And once again, Welcome Aboard!

The line IS very thin and if necessary, things can change, but with the group here, I’m hopeful. It was asked for by several folks as a show of support, and in the end, at Fran’s suggestion, it became more a showcase for Ukrainian kitmakers. I literally gnashed my teeth over this for days, then bounced it off the others for opinions. Politics must and WILL stay out of this. There is NO wiggle room there whatsoever.

Rob, one thing I made clear on this from the beginning is that this build will have a definite start and finish date. The finish date is set at 120 days from the start, with, given enough interest, a possible extension for 60 more days, which will give people a full 6 months. I wanted a firm End Date to give some sense of Regimental order to the entire thing. That is absolutely needed when operating one of these. A full six months, if warranted, should give people plenty of time to make some sort of valiant effort to finish. Now that I know how, I’m going to set up a showcase RFI for this build At the conclusion of this, a random name will be drawn from all those who have completed builds. The only exception will be me. As with the other stuff, I won’t make myself eligible to avoid feelings of impropriety. However, other than helping me moderate, all other Staff Members will be eligible simply because they’re not doing the draw, my wife is. 😁 Good luck to all, let’s see some cool completed models, and I’m cutting plastic today. Fun.

Good to know. This is supposedly the best Fulcrum out there in any scale.

This looks like fun

So why in tarnation can’t we get this kind of detail on 1/32 Mug-29s? This is flippin’ gorgeous!

This kit has some odd comments online. For some people, it falls together. For others, they fight it the whole way. So let’s just look…. This looks good to me so far. I have a feeling the engines are what screw with things, so, we check as we go.

But wait, there’s more.. Vert de Ferk are these? Hmmmmm. They look a little out of scale