There is a very good selection of missiles and fuel tanks included with offering and I can only praise Zvezda in regards to this aspect of the release. The two rear wheel wells are provided with some ribbing detail that again will need help to lift to a more pleasing finish with realistic details present. The nose wheel bay is devoid of any real details and that is a shame, but I did manage to find a video that is present in this review that will give the scratch builders some information. They do need some cables added to look complete and it is not beyond most modellers to tackle. On Monday, Russia’s TASS state news agency reported that the United Aircraft Company was developing a two-seat version of the twin-engine Su-57 stealth fighter (codenamed ‘Felon’ by NATO). The undercarriage legs have a nice level of detail on them and would seem accurate when compared to aircraft images online. A nice representation of the crew ladder is included in the kit, but is broken which seems to be a common issue with this release. The canopy has been well tackled with a good degree of detail present and of a decent thinness. The jet exhaust appears to offer variable thrust direction which is not covered and the exhaust cone is simplified again I can forgive this as I am sure a resin offering will appear and the detail itself is too fine for injection moulded plastic. The flight control surfaces are fixed which is a shame, but not a game breaker in my books. The fuselage itself is smooth on the lower half but textured on the upper face I was convinced this was a mistake or moulding fault, but I am being told it is to do with radar absorption. But this has created a defect in the finish if not used this is also true of the weapons pylons that require holes to be opened up. There is a slot included for a stand if so desired. The air intakes go back a decent way inside the fuselage and have a compressor fan face at the end. Internal detail includes a weapons bay that has a very nice quantity of detail present as regards accuracy of the detail your guess is as good as mine. Once these elements are installed in the tub of the cockpit I believe it will look to be busy enough to satisfy most modellers and I doubt it will be anytime soon that someone will provide cockpit detail. You do get a nicely tackled pilot and ejector seat there are also decals to provide some instrument panel detail. The cockpit in this offering is fairly bare, which with this being a new aircraft in service and Russian as well, I suspect the details available are small in number. An examination of the parts reveals a broken part in the form of the crew ladder and an unusual texture on the upper fuselage. All of the paper and instructions are loose in the box.
#Su 57 cockpit view free#
Inside the upper and lower fuselage are floating around free which I question the wisdom of, a bag containing all of the coloured sprues, a Ziploc bag containing the clear parts and a further Ziploc bag protecting the decals. This release from Zvezda arrives in a substantial and large flip top cardboard box, a design which I approve of.
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