1/48 Smer Su-7BMK B817

Gallery Article by Tom Thounaojam on Aug 15 2016

India Independence Day

 

      

I always wanted to built a Su-7 however never had a kit until few months ago when I got hold this Smer 1:48 Su-7BMK which comes with Indian Decals options. Thoughts of building the shark mouth however many folks have built it and they sure look good.  Then I went for the generic scheme for three tones colors.  The instructions were a bit confusing as the color for the main body was stated grey however it is steel grey.  I used the Vallejo and seemed to match the color of the real aircraft. The Bright Orange tail, was tough to paint as I didn't had a proper orange so it was bit of a mix of this and that. 

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The Kit
The kit seems to be aged however it fit very well there were some blisters on the spruces that needed to be cut off.  A bit of filling and sanding was required for the tail parts, there were big gaps.

Decals were very fragile, one actually crumbled so I have to use decals from elsewhere.

Hope the aircraft turned out okay.

The blue whale of the Indian Sky, Sukhoi Su-7BMK B817. Thank you for the peek cheers.

It has been a pleasure building the kits and celebrating the Independence of the nation.

Jai Hind

Tom Thounaojam (Imphal)"

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Photos and text © by Tom Thounaojam