Trumpeter Su-33
Trumpeter box art - Su-33 on the prowl.
The kit parts are exactly the same as in Trumpeter's J-15 kit - so I won't repeat them here.
The painting.....
.... and decal placement guide for two options.
Plus the weapons painting and decal guide.
I am making Bort 88 - the only Su-33 fitted with an experimental built-in boarding ladder.
A section of the port side LERX is cut out to make the ladder recess...
I'm also making it all folded up - but Trumpeter don't include the folded inner flaps and slats - so they need to be cut away.
The tailcone also folds up - so that is cut away as well.
Ladder recess.
Flaps and slats modified to droop.
Drooped flaps and open tailcone detail.
Ken Duffey
June 2016