SZ-1 or SU2

[JMSmith]

cockpit now adjusted and tweeked,
carrying on with the underengine intake

[BLOWHARD]

More detail What is the round window for and what is behind it? Direction finding or radios or something like that?

[JMSmith]

oxygen bottle

[wildr]

Hello John, what ever happened to the B-18 you were working on.

[JMSmith]

bloody hell paul,

where did you pop up from, and you suddenly appeared on my facebook account
the B18 never got finished, i have only just restarted profiling again after taking ill and being told i had lung cancer (blind stupid doctor) turned out to be a fault on the xray

i am so glad you are on here, when you going to paste some of your profiles for us

[wildr]

I have not done any since that first ones (B5N Kates)on the other forum, this group would tear them apart. Wrong colors, poor drawing, markings, armament etc,etc. This is more of a science and incredible art.....those zekes are outstanding....I've seen some wonderful art here. I need to have instruction, I have not thaught of doing a grey scale form outline before but it seems to work.

[JMSmith]

ok,
i think i have finished the first SU-2 M88, anyone know different or know the proper russian type numbers then please tell me, more to come over the weekend

oh and just for simon, a bit of preshading

[Mangas]

Looks fine so far!
The only thing I can suggest is the rear fuselage demarkation line a bit softer:
http://www.tvernews.ru/img/news/22957/20209.jpg

They used A LOT of different fonts for the squadron numbers... Most of them a custom made in the fields...
If you lack of Russian TTF fonts on your PC -- I can give you some, but if you're making a profile of a particular machine -- I suggest you make the same figure as on prototype using the pen tool... That would be more...er-m... historic accurate...

[JMSmith]

hi mate,

thanks for the comment, there would appear to be any sort of demarcation, one has to check which plane you are doing, i think the camouflage on the SU-2 had no standard scheme just whatever they felt like doing, i understand now how massimo tessitori of sovietwarplanes.com feels
this is the later wooden fuselage one.

[JMSmith]

and the next,

not sure about star, photo is no clear enough to see it