Trumpeter 1/32 Su-27 Flanker Kit Sneek Peak Online

That's what I get for typing too fast....

Saw it...I'l take two please...DROOL...

You might want to hold off on that for a bit. At first glance, I'd say they got the Alamo missiles wrong. There's no telling where else they might have messed up. Alternatively, you might want to start buiding that extra wing to your house, which you' need to properly display a project of this size...

Rob

I'm keeping in mind that these are test shots - I didn't particularly think much of the engine nozzles, either. But at least now I'm assured the kit's not vaporware.

I'll probably put it on the same shelf as my F-105G...yeah...right...

you need a liitl vignette with that awesome pby...it's begging for a story.

Of course, you could always rejoice in the fact that we simply have a BIG Su27 at last. When my modelling and painting and weathering are perfect, then and only then will I feel qualified to knock other efforts at first sight. Just a thought N

Why should I? I build 1/72 only, so this means nothing to me. If it makes other people happy, fine, but that's their good fortune, not mine. Please note that I did take these other people's enjoyment into account when I suggested expanding the house to make room for these new kits.

I consider my self qualified to criticise a mistake when I can spot it. That does not imply knocking anyone's efforts. If the mistakes are sufficiently huge, like mounting the wings on a craft the wrong way around, so that the leading edge becomes the trailing edge, some knock of effort might be in order even for many fellow modellers. If such a mistake is made by a company that is going to charge huge amounts of money for the resulting kit, and the error is in a very distinctive feature, they deserve all the knocking I, and everyone else, can dish out.

Oh, in case you hadn't realised it yet, this is precisely what Trumpeter sems to have done, judgeing by the limited pictures. The wings on the missiles, which are wider towards the tips and very distinctly forward swept, appear to be on in reverse. I can't really tell how bad it is from the pictures, hence my 'first glance' qualifier.

Rob

Was looking for a proportional divider recently...found a scale cross reference at Micro-Mark. Interesing to note that 1/32 is also referred to as "No. 1 scale":

And the point is?

Rob

Rob,

Spotting mistakes is OK - but what you've spotted is the way the real missile is! The AA-10 has control fins whose chord is greater at the tips than at the root... in case you hadn't realised it yet. Do a quick google search for it and take a "first glance" at the real thing.

Bestest, M.

That is Gauge 1 in model railroading. Generally the garden railroads folks build.

Dave

..the antithesis of all whom claim 1/72 or any scale as "the one true anything".

I continue to rejoice.

That's because it's too small to notice in 1/72...

No. 1 is No. 1...no matter what you build!

Andrew,

thanks for the correction, however, it is not the correction you thought it was. I was quite aware that the fins are wider at the tips than at the root, and indeed the kit has that right. I was wrong in thinking the fins were wider at the leading edge than the trailing edge, and the kit is right in this respect too. My apologies to the folks at Trumpeter.

Rob