I still have things to address with the kit before the fuselage goes together. One thing that's bugging me is the jet exhaust. It's not even close to realistic. I could buy an aftermarket resin one but I've already spent more on this kit than I'd like to tell the wife about so I decided to have a bash at some DIY improvement.
The main problem is that there's no depth to the jetpipe. To remedy this I cast about for a suitable piece of tube. A quick rummage in the "handy bits" box turned up a medicine syringe that was the perfect diameter. It's polythene rather than plastic but it's nothing that can't be overcome.
Firstly I sawed off the end.
Then I squared it off and gave the inside a couple of coats of Tamiya metallic grey and, while I was about it, I trimmed the kit "engine rear bit" to size. I think it's meant to represent the afterburner ring but it looks more like a turbine. I painted this up to give it a burnt look.
I painted the inner ends of the fuselage metallic grey too. The picture shows just now close to the rear the ring/turbine would have been.
Finally, and in line with my suspicion of all tricycle aircraft as potential tail-sitters, I added some weight to the nose.
Hopefully, fuselage closure will happen very soon.
I really like the Hungarian Mig very nice colour scheme. I have some Migs in the stash a Mig 29 and a Mig 29ub both Academy in 1/48 also the Linden Hill Turkmenistan Air Force decal sheet (cause I go there a fair bit) I just need the Revell 1/48 Mig 25 and the Revell 1/48 Mil 24 plus a 1/48 Frogfoot standard and the UB to finish the decal sheet. Look forward to more of your Mig builds mate.
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