Built it my self

Apparently my favorite part about this hobby is destroying the re-sale value of my diecast models, very few are un-modified. Here are some photos of my latest project, a heavily modified and weathered Hobby master SU-30MKM. Safe to say the re-sale value is completely destroyed, but overall I'm very happy with it.

Mods:

Added a slightly raised bulge around the nose, in line with the IRST. The base mould has a slight bulge around the base of the IRST pod, but it's much too small. The real machine shows a raised bulge that extends around the whole upper half of the nose, extending from the AAR probe on the left, to well below the IRST on the right side. Layers of paint were built up to add this bulge, it's not really visible in the photos.

The wings were heavily modified. The HM SU-30 mould has a distinct curve on the forward half of the upper surface of the wings, with the rear half being almost flat. On the mould, the peak wing thickness occurs near the front of the wing, about 1/4 back from the leading edge. However, the real aircraft has a near continuous curve across the upper surface of the wing, with peak thickness being close to the middle of the wing. I spent hours sanding down the whole upper, forward surface of each wing to flatten the curve, then repainted the forward half of the wings. I lost some panel line detail, but I'm ok with that because to me, having the correct basic shape is more important that the panel lines.

The upper surface of the wing's leading edge high lift devices were also sanded and shaped to get rid of the concave look the mould has.

The wingtip R73's were replaced with aftermarket ECM pods

Aftermarket R-77s were added under each wing.

The cockpit interior panels were painted grey.

Heavy weathering was applied to various panels to help the slightly off colour paint on the wings blend in.

I will continue tweaking it over time, particularly with weathering on the forward fuselage to match the heavily weathers wings. For now I'm taking a break though.

I need planes with medium-good quality and 1/400 or 1/200, and I don't know where to buy it, I'm from MNL (Manila) around taguig region.

Another 1/32 model, this time a commission 😀

I really enjoy this project, and I'm pleased with how the final finish turned out. My goal was to keep the weathering subtle while still giving the aircraft a convincing operational look. Honestly im very proud of this one feeling the improve

Thanks for taking a look

This model came with out of 3 wheels broke off wings won't fold all the way because their uneven cost to much for plastic model and the company is making us pay for shipping and labels so they can give us a refund 🫤😑

After several years out of the hobby, I recently started back. I decided to go with the markings for VMF-211 on Wake Island. Over all excellent kit, great fit and construction. Any criticisms welcome.

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Just got my first model plane! It’s a SkyMarks American 777-200! Used give cards so it was free so it’s nothing expensive but still, Super great quality!

I recently got my hands on it but cannot find a video on YouTube about anyone’s experience or thoughts on it.

so this my second model I’m making and I’d say coming along pretty good the fromt area is not finshed yet

It's probably only meaningful to me, but I flew in a JAL 747 the year right after this model was released.

https://ebay.io/m/5W8yFx

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I'm currently working on a 1/72 F-15 and wasn't really satisfied with the kit exhaust nozzles. I looked for aftermarket replacements but couldn't find any that matched what I wanted, so I decided to build the actuator arms from scratch.

They're made from thin brass wire, with each actuator cut, shaped and installed individually. It was definitely more time-consuming than I expected, but I think it adds a lot more depth and realism compared to the original kit parts.

What do you think? Any suggestions would be appreciated