Brickie's MiG-15

[Brickie]

Pre-start box and sprue pics...



Looks easy!


Oh, I see. There's more under the tray.


And some instructions


Decals. The upper of the two fighters is actually a MiG-15 UTI two-seater, the one below a MiG-17. However, I'll use the upper one for a regular MiG-15 'cos I don't care too much if I have the right serials...

[Brickie]

And we're off.


Cockpit tub gets a coat of XF-23, with black on the IP and seat.


Note the lack of any moulded details on the IP. No decal either.


The box art depicts it flying with a pilot, but there's no pilot in the box. The last one of these I made also required a bit of surgery to make it work "wheels-up", as the whole thing is designed to be wheels down. I'd prefer to do it flying, either on a stand or for Emily's ceiling but we'll see...

Realise I have no bone-dome pilots in the spares box, only WW2 era chaps. I don't think the Albanian AF in the early 90s was that impoverished, so I'll amend this chap if I can manage wheels-up.

[spitfire1677]

I do love a Mig-15 dont modify the pilot, Soviet Mig-15 drivers wore leather helmets http://www.koreanwaronline.com/arms/RussianPilots.htm; if you look at the pic about half way down the link it clearly shows Soviet pilots wearing leather helmets. Hope this helps

Regards
Chris

[Brickie]

Well, a quick fiddle with the u/c doors suggests they should go in without too much ado, so I should be able to go wheels-up.

Good job too, as there's not a lot of room for noseweight.

[Brickie]

State of play...

[Old_Tonto]

Great start Brickie. You should be done by lunch time,

[Brickie]

Another hour, the fuselage is zipped up and I'll break for lunch while it's drying.



I've managed to get some noseweight in as it turned out the u/c doors aren't the same shape as the holes. So the pilot goes back in the box.

[jssel]

Nice work. Pretty good looking kit.

[AndrewR]

Good start!

[Brickie]

An all-over spray with Metalcote Polished Aluminium later...

[ShaunW]

Fast work Brickie, I'll bet it's done now

[Brickie]

Kibbles and bits attached and all drying, awaiting some decals and weathering.

[ShaunW]

You should be on for a finish here Brickie, that has gone together very well. Nice looking model.

[Brickie]

Getting there...

[Old_Tonto]

That is looking very sharp mate.

What paint did you use?