Sukhoi Su-12

 

I had to fill 5 sink marks in this small area  

Plenty to clean up in the interior  

This seam running up the back wall will need to be hidden. 

A little bit of styrene sheet hides the seam nicely. 

Another area needing to be hidden. 

A little bit of styrene sheet hides the seam nicely. 

Getting the cockpit together was a challenge because none of the control panels fit correctly and the decals disintegrated. 

 

In order to get the wings to fit and align I had to do a lot of trimming and adjusting of the tabs 

The mold of the vertical stabilizer has a hole in the rudder hinge. I also had to cut off the hinges from the rudder because they were in the wrong position, too thick and did not fit. 

Hole repaired and hinges made 

A styrene disk was added to each inner wheel hub so the wheels will stay on. 

 

These raised rivets will have to go. They aren't even straight. 

Rescribing panel lines that didn't align  

Before and after the rescribing and re-riveting. One down one to go 

More riveting in progress  

Riveting complete (for now). 

Looks like a speeder on Tatooine like this. 

 

Wings are on