I’ll try this Revell’s Mini Scale 1/144 fighter, Suchoj Berkut.
Oh! I painted the cockpit panel in detail, but when I saw the decal sheet well, a decal for the panel was prepared. I almost missed it because the decal pasting instruction is just a number. If I discover this decal after attaching the cockpit, I’ll greatly regret it.
I combined the upper and lower parts of the fuselage, and a cockpit was inside. Although the decal of the cockpit panel is small, it is surprisingly good.
The decal is beautiful. I bought this kit a couple of years ago, but it has not deteriorated. There are not too tiny decals, so it’s not complicated.
(18-August-2018)
It’s almost done with the assembling. There is no big gap, and there is no problem.
All the small parts adhered. I’ll do brush painting for small parts later.
Vinyl masking tapes fitting to curved surfaces sometimes peel off with time passage. This time I cut and pasted ordinary masking tape thinly.
To give gradation highlights, I tried airbrushing partly in white.
(20-August-2018)
Su-47 was completed. This Revell kit has a perfect line of carving, parts, and precision, and the balance between scale and precision is exquisite. Because it is a 1/144 scale, a small number of parts can be completed quickly.
Su-47 is characterized by forwarding swept wing anyway. It was a bit unfamiliar form of a jet fighter, so I was surprised because it flies appropriately. There are two vertical tail wings, and canards are attached.
Because it is a prototype, the production number is only one plane. It is confusing the name S-37 or Su-47; there are many similar type numbers. Since the Su-47 participates in various air shows, photographs can often be seen.
The primary color of the aircraft is mixed with 80% black and 20% blue. Hmm, this will make that unique blackish body color. At first glance, it looks black and bluish, as I’ve been looking for a while.
Although I aimed at the gradation effect with the undercoat of white, it did not go so well. I made an inking in white, so I thought it was a small but striking impression.
I tried to make the jet engine nozzle slightly orange for burnt iron color. They are small engine nozzles like the tip of a little finger.
As for the 1/144 scale jet fighter, the cockpit is the only size like the small fingernail. I painted a seat belt and a side panel.
Since there are many panel lines on the underside of the aircraft, inking improves the sense of precision. This time I poured into the panel line with a bright color.
Decals are a good accent.
I drew the navigation lights on both sides of the main wing.
By the way, Berkut means the golden eagle. It is good-looking naming. There is no doubt that Revell’s kit has no stress on the assembly. Several manufacturers release the Berkut plastic model on the same 1/144 scale since I have never done anything else.
(22-August-2018)
