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I was annoyed that the seat

instructions do that infuriating

thing of a “?” and “Option” (for

the seat cushions) without telling

you why. PLEASE DON’T DO THAT!

I have to write that sentence in

just about every review I write: if

there’s an option, tell us WHY it’s

an option. I did find a picture that

showed something resembling the

single part (E78), and it appears

to be a cover over the seat (and

belts), but I could be wrong.

In retrospect, I should have

used it because, while it is nice that

Kittyhawk supply etched brass,

they didn’t fit and don’t look much

like the pictures I found of the

real things. They also would have

you build up the HUD area, which

is an invitation to knocking it off

well before fitting the canopy, so

I left that for now (though I will

mention that while one side of the

HUD body has a mounting hole

for the lug on the HUD part, the

other side doesn’t, so you need

to cut the tab off E18 to fit it.).

The main colour referenced for

the cockpit is “Air Superiority Blue”

and looking at the few pictures

I could find of Su-35 cockpits it

does look more blue than the old-

fashioned Soviet turquoise; I dug

through my paints and settled on

X160 FS15190 Synthetic Blue Haze.

Stage 2 has you make some holes

in the lower fuselage part and fit

the gun bay, gun, refuelling bay,

and cockpit in the top fuselage part.

The fit of all three was pretty good.

Stage 3 constructs the nose

gear bay. It fits together well,

but it does not have loads of

“A CHALLENGING BUILD THAT

YOU DO HAVE TO WORK AT

TO GET A GOOD RESULT”

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