SU-24M Trumpeter 1/48
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Hello everyone, here is a very ambitious project which, by a strange case of life, has become very topical: Sukhoi SU-24M Fencer of the Ukrainian Air Force from Trumpeter kit in 1/48 scale. I started it in January 2022 in unsuspecting times. I had recently discovered the beautiful digital livery of the Ukrainian fighter planes and had obtained the adhesive Foxbot masks, as well as some spare decal. It is important to say that the Foxbot stencil shapes are very accurate and that the pattern is the same for all examples. The Trumpeter kit has numerous problems, which I tried to fix myself since the resins of the Komplekt Zip to correct them are no longer traceable and have a very high price. The most complex problem are the rear exhausts, which must be abundantly corrected, bringing them closer together and modifying the entire shape of the tail, as can be seen in the photos. Then there is a bulge to add under the nose that starts from the lower radome and connects to the fuselage just before the nose gear well, which I made with plasticard and putty. According to some, even the air intakes are not good, but as far as I'm concerned they don't seem wrong to me so I left them as they are. In addition to the stencils taken from the kit (fortunately they also are good for the Ukrainian planes) and the insigna taken from the spare decals, I had to design and print the two small crests at the base of the fin with the PC, while the white "08" codes with a yellow border were painted with a mask. The war loads are those of a deep strike mission, but vs. "soft targets" (eg columns of vehicles) as one might imagine in the current conflict, with 2 additional tanks, 4 250 kg bombs and two rocket launchers. Obviously, we do not know exactly if and how much my "08 white" survived a month and a half of war.