Well gang!!! it been a long time I've never posted my WIP...

So this is My Kinetic F-16I Sufa WIP...

I received my Kinetic from Poopeh this morning and start assembling this bird after Friday Prayer...

The progress as of this time are as follow...















As usual, all VIPER Sifu and Follower, your C & C are most welcome...

mej®

PS: Been given dateline 1 week to complete or else, I kena ........

mej,

dah lama tak posting ni, thanks for the step by step build.

...thanks for sharing abang mej....keep it up....

tak pernah cuba cat putih tu kemudian bang?....justasking... :)

BV, thank for your appreciation... Just to "Fulfill" my "Obligation" to this LOCAL forum... :)

NAZA, that paint is thinly applied but decided to close it. I take this bird FLYING rather than STANDING MOTIONLESS on the ground. I think AC should be in the AIR where it belong. So that why I need your help on "cucuk-cucuk" and Pilots.. :)

So my little update...












Will update later on....

mej®

Another update....












Hopefully i can finish it by THREE (3) days flat...

Chao!!!

mej®

Mej,
U really help me a lot, I'm gonna start this kit in a few days, target to complete, 14 days, ready for smm.

sorry bang.....stand tu x sempat nak buat lg bang....baru siap painting Rafale lah bang....xder ape aral esok sy cast fig tunjuk kat sini.....upload pic's sy buat sekali gus...jimat masa...my photobucket slow mcm siput....

enway nice bang....keep it up.... ;)

Good job mej,

YOu are really fast

BV, glad I can help with your built...

Naza, really need your help... and TQ for saying "nice"..... :)

David... promise as promise... got 5 days to go....

Anyway here another little update from me...












Happy looking...

mej®

bang...i'd uploaded 1/48 fig kat thread pilot fig. abg....

tq
Naza

Pm me address.....5 set i still can help.... ;)

PM sent oredi.... :)

mej®

PS: You are my life savior lah Naza

Latest update as of tonite....



mej®

PS: No comment from anyone else ka?

That is really a fast built.. looks to me that camo blended nicely as well.. The blotch that bad ka?? Aisey really 'potong' if problem arise after the model finished..

Maybe you should mix future with IPA. That's why i don't use future to gloss my planes. I always have the problem

That is fast and nice work

Like the way the green turned out

Rgds
Mr B

what color do u use bang?

Guys, Really "potong stim" after all the "hardship doing this "beautiful" camou... Got to do the glossing bcoz lots of decal to play with...

BV, what colour to you mean?

mej®

OK BV, I'll post the pic with overall paint call-out



Hope this help...

mej®

Here is the pic of real Sufa from Airliners.net



I think I've mixed my green properly... :) except its glossy, will flaten after paneling and decaling.

mej®

major..

"glossing" = using future la kan.. :D

but again after decal can always flat back the plane right.. so no harm la.. the "hardship" is not wasted ler :D

hmmm... i think i saw there are some PE involve or come in the box for this Sufa right? or am i mistaken.. i think they have some PE for the exhaust on the CFT.. right?

correct me if i'm wrong.. since i dont have my kit yet :P

the color looks ok...

BV.. i dunno if this helps a bit... the paint code that ive gathered from the net... maybe a bit different from the actual Maajor used in his build..

kuman

Edited: Kuman same colour, Your code is water-based and I'm using Lacquer based code EXCEPT the green...

here is my experiment:



C26 Duck Egg Green is just nice but need a little bit of C319 LIGHT GREEN to get the "pale or pastel " green appearance...

H74 is too dark for pale green I guess...

mej®

Major,

You work very fast for a kit that requires considerable amount of extra work. I have this kit kit too and will build it (but not anytime soon though). Your build log have provided me with sufficient information on what hurdle to look out for.

Like you, I also like my aircraft to be 'flying'. I guess the greeblies and details in the wheel wells are, um... 'wasted' on people like us, eh. More for the spare bin, I guess ^_^ .

Kudos!

p/s: I still owe the forum a comparison review of Hasegawa's and Kinetic's SUFA

:P

no worry Harman.. someone over at ARC has posted a comparative review for it.. but.. local flavor comparative review will be much welcomed.. :D

over at ARC

kuman

Sorry Kuman, terlupa pulak, You are right, The PE is some sort of white metal for exhaust port and left CFT panel and of course the Pitot tube comes in BRASS...

Xamel, well its quite boring to me to see AC "motionless", AC need to be in the Air where it belong, Right?

Glad that I'm able to pass my not so "nice" kit for everybody reference...

mej®

Tuan Maj,

wow.. fast and good.. I pick up a new tip, use pancil to draw the camo line, I will try that on my Canberra later.. :D

Is that not practised thus far ?

I thought that was old school...........been doing that since long time........if not how you monitor the decermation lines ?

Rgds

need to test this handsfree camo application.. :D

kuman

thanks 4 the color code mej.

Yeah been doing that all my life, mark out with pencil then use as guide for spray/mask......

Thomas, total agreed with Brian and Shah. its an old practiced for camouflaging painting.... Use 2B ORDINARY PENCIL not the mechanical type...

Kuman, not "Handfree". U still need to use your hand... Its "freestyle", no template just follow the demarcation line first than the rest inside. easy to visualize. I also wrote down the colour code inside... not to forget.

Vince, glad to help with the colour code...

mej®

hmmm not bad tuan......keep it up :rolleyes:

Guys ... For free hand, I usually use my eye, I never thought of marking it with pencil, that's why my free hand camo so cacat :D there is always something to learn here... old school is good school... :D

great work so far. i will keep a tab and use your build for my hasegawa vs kinetic sufa buildoff ongoing now.

AD, itu aje komen? Anyway Tango Kilo... :D

Thomas gi, I'm glad that you able to pick-up some input here. Me too, always learning... :D

King... I hope I can see your "DOUBLE" Sufa progress or WIP in this form, never buy any Hase F-16 so far :D

mej®

Mej,

Just got my hand the Sufa will start tonite. I will be building the "versi keluang" how bout u?

Dah tu nak komen lebih-lebih AC dah nak siap pun & too perfect

Nanti tunggu dah siap saya komen lagi ye bang

Good job...good job

Vince that version is also nice... me still thinking ma. donno which Tail fin or squadron version to choose

Lan, mane ade perfect yop, banyak salahnye cuma malas nak bagitau... akakaka!!!!

mej®

mej, u almost siap, me only starting...

Another update...




Tomorrow, will paint the small PE part and work on the lower body part. Maybe decaling can start tomorrow if GOD permit.... :D

mej®

Hatta apabila dilihat betapa ghairah para sahabat handai atas pesawat SUFA dan BARAK , maka patik pun dalam keadaan terharu dan gegak gempita :D

Arakian, patik amat terkilan mendapat tau tentang kegunaan auto wax. Tuan mejar boleh tolong ulas mcm mana teknik auto wax ni agar patik boleh mencedok pengetahuan?