Subject: Re: Article for AUGUST 17th, 2008 #3
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Alex Sidharta" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:49:05 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com

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Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
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Sing like nobody's listening.
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Alex Sidharta 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2008 7:08 PM
  Subject: Article for AUGUST 17th, 2008 #3

    
  "1/72 Zvezda Su-30MK TNI AU" 

  by "Alex Sidharta"
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        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here  

  Originally a Su-30KN by Zvezda, I modified it into TNI AU version of Su-30MK. I left off the intake radar warning antenna fairings and flattened the fin tips like the Chinese -MKK. About the model itself, there is a great article regarding Su-27 Flanker and its variants by Ken Duffey, a Russian aviation expert at http://www.lindenhillimports.com/flankers.htm

  Built in gear up configuration, the main gear doors need a lot... well, a ton of filler to make it blend to the fuselage. Stand was from Zvezda MiG-1.44 kit with self-printed placard.

  Click on images below to see larger images

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  I don't really remember colors I used for this model as I have painted this long time ago. Decal is Scale Nutz product which is good although there is no stencils supplied. No weathering applied as this was intended for a clean-desktop model.

  The model was presented to Indonesian AF Deputy Chief of Staff when I and my friends was invited to his office last June.

        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here  

  Photos and text © by "Alex Sidharta"