by Armin Knes

Long time ago I found an old OZE kit of the Su-7BKL, and so I built my first Su-7, it was the Revell release of this kit, so it became the Indian THUNDERBIRDS painting (black fuselage and a yellow nose).

Later I found this kit at ebay Germany, and I bought three of them.

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The first kit became the original Su-7BKL in a mettalic finish.

The second kit became the Su-9 A.  I made two pairs of deltawings: one for the Su-9, and the second for the Su-11.  I also modified the vertical fin, the gear, the additional airintake and the cockpit had to be moved 5 mm backwards.  The arms were taken from a HOBBYCRAFT MiG-17 PFU.

The third kit became the Su-11 A.  Here it was quite difficult to modify the original kit  in a way, that looks like the Su-11.  The whole nose including the cockpit was made by myself.  The vertical fin and the gear were also modified. The arms were taken from the TRUMPETER Su-15 TM.

There are no 1/48 kits of the Su-9 and Su-11, so it was the only way for me to complete my collection of Soviet jets - build them myself, and I think it looks quite okay.  My next projects are a Mil Mi-24 A (Revell Hind D), a Su-34 (Minihobby Su-30) and a Ye-8 (Academy MiG-21MF). 

See you soon.

Armin