Review of Begemot 1/48th Scale
Soviet Su-35S New Generation “Flanker”
Decal set no. 48-039
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright 2017
Available at Kit Linx for $26.97 and at 4 locations overseas on the web.
Copyright 2017
Available at Kit Linx for $26.97 and at 4 locations overseas on the web.
HISTORY:
The Sukhoi Su-35 (Russian: Сухой Су-35; NATO reporting name: Flanker-E) is the designation for two improved derivatives of the Su-27 air-defence fighter. They are single-seat, twin-engine, supermaneuverable aircraft, designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and built by the Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Plant.
The type was originally developed by the Soviet Union from the Su-27 and was known as the Su-27M. It incorporated canards and a multi-function radar giving it multi-role capabilities. The first prototype made its maiden flight in June 1988. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union Sukhoi re-designated it as the Su-35 to attract export orders.
Fourteen aircraft were produced and used for tests and demonstrations; one example had thrust-vectoring engines and was in turn re-designated the Su-37. A sole Su-35UB two-seat trainer was also built in the late 1990s that resembled the Su-30MK family.
In 2003, Sukhoi embarked on a second modernization of the Su-27 to serve as an interim aircraft awaiting the development of the Sukhoi PAK FA (Su-57) program. Also known as the Su-35, this version has a redesigned cockpit and weapons-control system and features thrust-vectoring engines in place of the canards.
The type made its first flight in February 2008. Although it was designed for export, the Russian Air Force became the launch customer in 2009, with the production version designated Su-35S. China's People's Liberation Army Air Force and the Indonesian Air Force have also placed orders.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Role: Multi-role air superiority fighter
National origin: Soviet Union (Russia since 1991)
Design group: Sukhoi Design Bureau
Built by: Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association
First flight: Su-27M: 28 June 1988, Su-35S: 19 February 2008
Introduction to service: February 2014
Status: In service
Primary users: Russian Air Force, People's Liberation Army Air Force
Produced: Su-27M: 1987–1995, Su-35S: 2007–present
Number built: Su-27M: 12, Su-35S: 124 (3 test and 121 serial aircraft)
Unit cost: U.S. $40 - 65 million (Domestic version, 2009), U.S. $83–85 million (export version, 2018)
Developed from: Sukhoi Su-27
Variants: Sukhoi Su-37
The type was originally developed by the Soviet Union from the Su-27 and was known as the Su-27M. It incorporated canards and a multi-function radar giving it multi-role capabilities. The first prototype made its maiden flight in June 1988. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union Sukhoi re-designated it as the Su-35 to attract export orders.
Fourteen aircraft were produced and used for tests and demonstrations; one example had thrust-vectoring engines and was in turn re-designated the Su-37. A sole Su-35UB two-seat trainer was also built in the late 1990s that resembled the Su-30MK family.
In 2003, Sukhoi embarked on a second modernization of the Su-27 to serve as an interim aircraft awaiting the development of the Sukhoi PAK FA (Su-57) program. Also known as the Su-35, this version has a redesigned cockpit and weapons-control system and features thrust-vectoring engines in place of the canards.
The type made its first flight in February 2008. Although it was designed for export, the Russian Air Force became the launch customer in 2009, with the production version designated Su-35S. China's People's Liberation Army Air Force and the Indonesian Air Force have also placed orders.
SPECIFICATIONS:
Role: Multi-role air superiority fighter
National origin: Soviet Union (Russia since 1991)
Design group: Sukhoi Design Bureau
Built by: Komsomolsk-on-Amur Aircraft Production Association
First flight: Su-27M: 28 June 1988, Su-35S: 19 February 2008
Introduction to service: February 2014
Status: In service
Primary users: Russian Air Force, People's Liberation Army Air Force
Produced: Su-27M: 1987–1995, Su-35S: 2007–present
Number built: Su-27M: 12, Su-35S: 124 (3 test and 121 serial aircraft)
Unit cost: U.S. $40 - 65 million (Domestic version, 2009), U.S. $83–85 million (export version, 2018)
Developed from: Sukhoi Su-27
Variants: Sukhoi Su-37
THE DECAL SET:
Begemot is a decal manufacturing company based in Russia. Begemot is Russian for Hippopotamus and the decal company's logo is a cartoon character of one.
They manufacture decal sheets in various scales that are predominantly for Soviet aircrafts.
This decal set comes in a zip-locked type large clear cello bag.
It contains 3 large decal sheets and 1 small one. There are 4 ½ painting and marking guides that are printed on slick coated paper.
Begemot is a decal manufacturing company based in Russia. Begemot is Russian for Hippopotamus and the decal company's logo is a cartoon character of one.
They manufacture decal sheets in various scales that are predominantly for Soviet aircrafts.
This decal set comes in a zip-locked type large clear cello bag.
It contains 3 large decal sheets and 1 small one. There are 4 ½ painting and marking guides that are printed on slick coated paper.
The large sheets are in 9 ¾’ x 13 ¾” format printed on both sides on slick-coated paper and folded to fit the cello bag.
They hold black and white profile drawings of a whopping 20 Su-35S’s.
The 1st Su-35 is shown as a 4-view. It is a T-10BM version, first flight prototype in the Su-35S program, MAKS-2007 airshow, Zhukovski, August 2007.
It is in a wave pattern of flat light blue-grey (FS 25526), flat light-stone (FS 23448), flat khaki-green (FS 24088) and flat light-earth (FS 20118). It has a flat dark gull-grey nose (FS 26173) a flat black (FS 27038) anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen and a dark color exhaust cone (color not given). It’s undercarriage is flat very light-grey (FS 26473). It’s fuselage no. is red 901 outlined in white. Soviet red stars outlined in white are above and below the wings.
The 2nd Su-35 is another T-10B version, shown as a 4-view. It is shown as it looked as the second flight prototype in the Su-25S program, at the MAKS-2009 airshow, August 2009.
It is in a splinter pattern of flat light blue-grey (FS 25526), flat light aircraft grey (FS 26173), flat dark gunship-grey (no FS number given), a flat medium-grey nose (FS 25327) a flat very light grey leading edge on the rudder (FS 26473) and a flat black (FS 27038) anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen. The splinter pattern extends to cover the under-carriage. The dark exhausts color is not called out. It has a white fuselage no. 901 under the cockpit outlined in white.
The 3rd Su-35 is a S version. It is shown as a 4-view in splinter pattern of flat dark-blue (FS 25190), flat dark gull-grey (FS 26173) and flat light blue-grey (FS 24426). It’s nose is flat very light blue-grey and it has a black anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen. Soviet red stars below the wings. Undercarriage is flat light blue grey. Again no color given for the exhaust cones. It has a fuselage no. 01 in white under the cockpit.
It is serial no. 01101 and was the first serial aircraft in the Su-25S program, Zhukovskiy, 2012.
The 4th 2-view shows the sides of a Su-35S, serial no. 01102. In the same scheme as number 3. It has 2 white bands around its nose. Fuselage no. can be either white or red. It is 02.
It is the second serial aircraft in the Su-35S program. Main flight Research Center of Defence of the Russian Federation, Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan region 2012.
The 5th 2-view shows the sides of another Su-35S in the same exact scheme as number 4 above. In the same program. Its fuselage no. is O3 and can be either white or red.
The 6th 2-view shows the sides of another Su-35S in the same scheme as no. 4 and 5 above, but without the 2 white bands around the nose. It is with the same program as them. Fuselage no. is 04 and also can be in either white or red.
The second marking and painting guide sheet begins with the 7th Su-35S as a 4-view.
It is in a wave pattern of dark eggplant grey (no FS number given) and flat very dark grey (FS 26173) with a flat very light blue grey under-carriage (FS 25526). Its nose is flat dark gull grey (FS 26173) and it has a black anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen. Fuselage number can be either white or red and is 06. It was with the same program as the above aircrafts.
The 8th 2-view is in the same scheme as no. 7 its fuselage no. can be white or red and is 07. Same program as previous aircrafts.
The 9th 2-view is a Su-35S in the same scheme as no. 7 & 8 above. It is serial no. 01206. It belonged to the 4th Center of Combat Employment and Personnel re-training of the Russian Air Force, Lipetsk, June 2014. Fuselage no. can be either white or red 01.
The 10th 2-view is another Su-35S in the same scheme as no. 9 above and with the same unit.
The 11th 2-view is another Su-35S . Serial no. 01307, belonging to the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment, Dzemgi air=base, August 2014. It is in the same scheme as no. 9 and 10 above. Fuselage no.is 06 and can be in either white or red.
The 12th 2-view is another Su-35S, serial no. 01-16. With the same scheme as the last 3 aircrafts. It is with the same unit. Its fuselage no. is 08 and can also be either white or red.
The 13th Su-35s is shown as a 4-view. It is in a wave pattern of flat dark blue (FS 25190), flat dark gull-grey (FS 26173) and flat light blue-grey (FS 25526). It has a flat dark gull-grey nose (FS 26173) and a flat light blue-grey undercarriage. It has a black anti-glare panel in front of the windshield. The dark color of the exhaust cones is not said. It has a fuselage no. 25, which can be either white or red.
It is serial no. 02-07 and was with the same unit as the previous 2 aircraft.
The face side of the third marking a painting guide shows four more 2-views of the sides of Su-35S’s.
The 14th Su-35S is in a wave pattern of flat dark blue (FS 25190) and flat dark gull-grey (FS 26173) and flat dark blue-grey (FS 25526) with a flat dark gull grey nose and black anti-glare panel in front of the windshield. Color of the exhaust cones again is not given. Undercarriage is flat light blue grey.
Serial no. is unknown. It was with the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment as previous aircraft. It has the fuselage no. 25, which again can be either white or red.
The 15th Su-35S is in the identical scheme as no. 14 above, and with the same unit. It carries the fuselage no. 24, which again can either be white or red.
The 16th Su-35S is in the identical scheme as the previous 3 and the same unit. It has the fuselage no. 06, which again can be either white or red. It had serial no. 02-20.
The 17th Su-35S is in the identical scheme as the previous 4. It was with 150th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Russian Air Force, Khmeimim airbase, Syria, winter 2017. It carries the fuselage no. 50, again in either white or red.
At the bottom of the page there is a line drawing that shows where numerous stencil marking go on the 2 sides of the Su-35S.
The reverse side of the sheet has more line drawings that show where stenciling goes on the top and bottom of the Su-35S, over color indications for weapon pylons.
The fourth painting and marking guide shows the colors and markings on all the weapons on each side, plus a color listing that included the FS (Federal standard) numbers for each color.
There is another painting and marking guide that is almost an afterthought. It has three more 2-views on it. It is half the size as the earlier sheets and is only 9 ¼” x 6 ¼” format.
It shows three aircraft that were with the same 23rd Fighter Regiment of the Russian A.F. All are in the same scheme as the earlier ones with this outfit.
The 18th one is serial no 02-18 and has fuselage no. 04, that can be either red or white. It was at Dzemgi airfield.
The 19th one is serial no. 02-17 and has a fuselage no. 03, that can be either red or white. It was in Syria at Khmeimim airfield.
The 20th one is serial no, 02-20 and has a fuselage no. 06, that can be either red or white. It was at Dzemgi airfield.
Copyright for the decal set is 2017 and Begemot web address is provided.
I want to sincerely thank Begemot for this review sample.
They can be reached at their web site at:
They hold black and white profile drawings of a whopping 20 Su-35S’s.
The 1st Su-35 is shown as a 4-view. It is a T-10BM version, first flight prototype in the Su-35S program, MAKS-2007 airshow, Zhukovski, August 2007.
It is in a wave pattern of flat light blue-grey (FS 25526), flat light-stone (FS 23448), flat khaki-green (FS 24088) and flat light-earth (FS 20118). It has a flat dark gull-grey nose (FS 26173) a flat black (FS 27038) anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen and a dark color exhaust cone (color not given). It’s undercarriage is flat very light-grey (FS 26473). It’s fuselage no. is red 901 outlined in white. Soviet red stars outlined in white are above and below the wings.
The 2nd Su-35 is another T-10B version, shown as a 4-view. It is shown as it looked as the second flight prototype in the Su-25S program, at the MAKS-2009 airshow, August 2009.
It is in a splinter pattern of flat light blue-grey (FS 25526), flat light aircraft grey (FS 26173), flat dark gunship-grey (no FS number given), a flat medium-grey nose (FS 25327) a flat very light grey leading edge on the rudder (FS 26473) and a flat black (FS 27038) anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen. The splinter pattern extends to cover the under-carriage. The dark exhausts color is not called out. It has a white fuselage no. 901 under the cockpit outlined in white.
The 3rd Su-35 is a S version. It is shown as a 4-view in splinter pattern of flat dark-blue (FS 25190), flat dark gull-grey (FS 26173) and flat light blue-grey (FS 24426). It’s nose is flat very light blue-grey and it has a black anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen. Soviet red stars below the wings. Undercarriage is flat light blue grey. Again no color given for the exhaust cones. It has a fuselage no. 01 in white under the cockpit.
It is serial no. 01101 and was the first serial aircraft in the Su-25S program, Zhukovskiy, 2012.
The 4th 2-view shows the sides of a Su-35S, serial no. 01102. In the same scheme as number 3. It has 2 white bands around its nose. Fuselage no. can be either white or red. It is 02.
It is the second serial aircraft in the Su-35S program. Main flight Research Center of Defence of the Russian Federation, Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan region 2012.
The 5th 2-view shows the sides of another Su-35S in the same exact scheme as number 4 above. In the same program. Its fuselage no. is O3 and can be either white or red.
The 6th 2-view shows the sides of another Su-35S in the same scheme as no. 4 and 5 above, but without the 2 white bands around the nose. It is with the same program as them. Fuselage no. is 04 and also can be in either white or red.
The second marking and painting guide sheet begins with the 7th Su-35S as a 4-view.
It is in a wave pattern of dark eggplant grey (no FS number given) and flat very dark grey (FS 26173) with a flat very light blue grey under-carriage (FS 25526). Its nose is flat dark gull grey (FS 26173) and it has a black anti-glare panel in front of the windscreen. Fuselage number can be either white or red and is 06. It was with the same program as the above aircrafts.
The 8th 2-view is in the same scheme as no. 7 its fuselage no. can be white or red and is 07. Same program as previous aircrafts.
The 9th 2-view is a Su-35S in the same scheme as no. 7 & 8 above. It is serial no. 01206. It belonged to the 4th Center of Combat Employment and Personnel re-training of the Russian Air Force, Lipetsk, June 2014. Fuselage no. can be either white or red 01.
The 10th 2-view is another Su-35S in the same scheme as no. 9 above and with the same unit.
The 11th 2-view is another Su-35S . Serial no. 01307, belonging to the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment, Dzemgi air=base, August 2014. It is in the same scheme as no. 9 and 10 above. Fuselage no.is 06 and can be in either white or red.
The 12th 2-view is another Su-35S, serial no. 01-16. With the same scheme as the last 3 aircrafts. It is with the same unit. Its fuselage no. is 08 and can also be either white or red.
The 13th Su-35s is shown as a 4-view. It is in a wave pattern of flat dark blue (FS 25190), flat dark gull-grey (FS 26173) and flat light blue-grey (FS 25526). It has a flat dark gull-grey nose (FS 26173) and a flat light blue-grey undercarriage. It has a black anti-glare panel in front of the windshield. The dark color of the exhaust cones is not said. It has a fuselage no. 25, which can be either white or red.
It is serial no. 02-07 and was with the same unit as the previous 2 aircraft.
The face side of the third marking a painting guide shows four more 2-views of the sides of Su-35S’s.
The 14th Su-35S is in a wave pattern of flat dark blue (FS 25190) and flat dark gull-grey (FS 26173) and flat dark blue-grey (FS 25526) with a flat dark gull grey nose and black anti-glare panel in front of the windshield. Color of the exhaust cones again is not given. Undercarriage is flat light blue grey.
Serial no. is unknown. It was with the 23rd Fighter Aviation Regiment as previous aircraft. It has the fuselage no. 25, which again can be either white or red.
The 15th Su-35S is in the identical scheme as no. 14 above, and with the same unit. It carries the fuselage no. 24, which again can either be white or red.
The 16th Su-35S is in the identical scheme as the previous 3 and the same unit. It has the fuselage no. 06, which again can be either white or red. It had serial no. 02-20.
The 17th Su-35S is in the identical scheme as the previous 4. It was with 150th Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Russian Air Force, Khmeimim airbase, Syria, winter 2017. It carries the fuselage no. 50, again in either white or red.
At the bottom of the page there is a line drawing that shows where numerous stencil marking go on the 2 sides of the Su-35S.
The reverse side of the sheet has more line drawings that show where stenciling goes on the top and bottom of the Su-35S, over color indications for weapon pylons.
The fourth painting and marking guide shows the colors and markings on all the weapons on each side, plus a color listing that included the FS (Federal standard) numbers for each color.
There is another painting and marking guide that is almost an afterthought. It has three more 2-views on it. It is half the size as the earlier sheets and is only 9 ¼” x 6 ¼” format.
It shows three aircraft that were with the same 23rd Fighter Regiment of the Russian A.F. All are in the same scheme as the earlier ones with this outfit.
The 18th one is serial no 02-18 and has fuselage no. 04, that can be either red or white. It was at Dzemgi airfield.
The 19th one is serial no. 02-17 and has a fuselage no. 03, that can be either red or white. It was in Syria at Khmeimim airfield.
The 20th one is serial no, 02-20 and has a fuselage no. 06, that can be either red or white. It was at Dzemgi airfield.
Copyright for the decal set is 2017 and Begemot web address is provided.
I want to sincerely thank Begemot for this review sample.
They can be reached at their web site at:
Highly recommended.