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Terrific paintwork. Love the panel lines 8-)
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Thanks, Daz :)


And from the bottom.

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Nearly done now. Just exhausts and a few aerials and pitot. 
No R-60 missiles because, like an IDIOT. I began applying a dark wash to them and now they look like they got kicked around a garbage dump and chewed up by mice. When I get Trumpy's MiG-29 UB I'll rob a set from it and put them on this. 
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That is a fantastic looking MiG, Ralph. Shame about the R-60 missiles, are they beyond salvation?
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Shawn, they were pretty messed up. I robbed a a second set of R-73 from the Trump MiG-31 (another great kit), and put them on the outer stations.

The model is essentially done. Some things are still drying. I'll take glamour shots later today or tomorrow.

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That is a stunner Ralph, it looks pretty glamourous to me in that shot alone!
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Two thumbs up Ralph.
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Really nice one. I have this kit now (and again I blame you :)) on the birthday list. Position One :)
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Marek wrote:Really nice one. I have this kit now (and again I blame you :)) on the birthday list. Position One :)
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iggie wrote:
Marek wrote:Really nice one. I have this kit now (and again I blame you :)) on the birthday list. Position One :)
I'm watching one on eBay; my resistance is diminishing with each update on this build!

Give in, stop resisting! :)



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Next up on the bench; Eduard's sublime MiG-15 kit.

I actually started this a little bit ago, so here is the digest version of work done to date.

Step 1. Built all the big, simple sub-assemblies (wings, exhaust, major cockpit tub/nose well, etc.

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Step 2. Painted all the gray bits gray. These were later given a wash and drybrushing (will show later)

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Step 3. Cockpit work, using the excellent PE parts supplied with the kit.
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Step 4. Closed up the fuselage. This is where I'm at now.
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Great finish on the Mig-29. Very sharp. The Mig-15 too. Love the work in the cockpit! :grin:
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That looks a great kit, and seeing the cockpit sides made up also explains how MiG got the air from the nose to the engine; I'd always just assumed that it went under the cockpit floor in some way rather than past the sides!
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Yep, I was surprised to see that too. A neat solution, really.
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That Eduard MiG-15 kit really does look sublime Ralph and you have made an excellent start to it. I'm also surprised at the way the intake was designed, well I never, they were clever chaps at the MiG design bureau!
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Well this is embarrassing. I was trying to work some of the warp out of the wing, which I noticed only after gluing the halves together. I was bending and twisting just a wee bit, when SNAP! The top half shattered almost all the way through. I glued it back and covered the wound with Mr. Surfacer.

Hopefully I can clear any marred surfaces enough for the NMF.

Otherwise I may have to use my leftover Hungarian decals from the Airfix MiG-15. We'll see.


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