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What Vance posted look like big ole FAB 250s to me..  the two units at upper right in this photo are supposed to be cluster munition canisters (according to Trumpeter)...  at any rate, it seems that my MiG will be carrying some rocket pods like those posted by Manny and some FABs.   The weapons shown below will hang on a Frogfoot.

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12 days and a wake up, and it's bow season....plenty of time to finish this one...and another two or three!!!

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Manstein's revenge

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That IP looks great---decal, PE or freehand???  The world wonders...

He may have built all the dials & knobs individually...

If you look closely there is even a pair of red scissors tucked down into the front pocket of the seat...

Manstein's revenge

If you look closely there is even a pair of red scissors tucked down into the front pocket of the seat...

They're not left-handed scissors are they? P38jl was looking for those...

Manstein's revenge

If you look closely there is even a pair of red scissors tucked down into the front pocket of the seat...

I think the pilots used those to cut out coupons while waiting for take-off clearance...

Texgunner

Manstein's revenge

If you look closely there is even a pair of red scissors tucked down into the front pocket of the seat...

I think the pilots used those to cut out coupons while waiting for take-off clearance...

VanceCrozier

Manstein's revenge

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That IP looks great---decal, PE or freehand???  The world wonders...

He may have built all the dials & knobs individually...

For the instrument needles, I used deer hair, set in clear glue. In 1/72, you have to use the fine hairs off of the "danglies" though. In 1/48, you can get away with the slightly thicker hair from what would be their arm pit.

Freehand, with clear glue for the "glass"

Winetanker

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12 days and a wake up, and it's bow season....plenty of time to finish this one...and another two or three!!!

Come out to the farm...I got it Red-tagged....You can nearly hunt all year round

Got some coordinates??? I'd be more than happy to help thin the herd!!!

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Got some coordinates??? I'd be more than happy to help thin the herd!!!

Western PA....near Arnie Palmer airport.

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VanceCrozier

Manstein's revenge

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That IP looks great---decal, PE or freehand???  The world wonders...

He may have built all the dials & knobs individually...

For the instrument needles, I used deer hair, set in clear glue. In 1/72, you have to use the fine hairs off of the "danglies" though. In 1/48, you can get away with the slightly thicker hair from what would be their arm pit.

The hard part is sneaking up on the deer & yanking the hairs before they realize you're there and kick you in the face...

VanceCrozier

The hard part is sneaking up on the deer & yanking the hairs before they realize you're there and kick you in the face...

Nahh....that's easy....just plant about 200 tomato plants and wait. They'll show up!

Winetanker

VanceCrozier

The hard part is sneaking up on the deer & yanking the hairs before they realize you're there and kick you in the face...

Nahh....that's easy....just plant about 200 tomato plants and wait. They'll show up!

They always seemed to like whatever flowers my mother planted, or "the deer food" as she called them....

Okay, already---what is this, National Geographic???  Get to freakin' work already...

I'm slowly hammering away on the MiG-17 cockpit.  I hope to show some pics soon.  Yes, I know, no pics here now.  But soon come, soon come (apologies to Peter Tosh)

Gary

I got the MiG's fuselage closed up last night and am waiting for the seam putty to cure before I tackle the cleanup, painted two FAB-250 dumb bombs and a pair of small rocket pods to hang underneath it, painted the landing gear and wheels, added a styrene shim to the mating surface of each main wing to hopefully close a nasty gap on the underside wing root...  

Mostly it's petty stuff before I can get the wings and tail section added on and the paint thrown at it.

Ya'll MOJ0's forget that cameras exist?

As I use one every day, no.... but I'd like to.  

So here's the wheels and landing gear with the ordnance I plan to hang on my MiG...

and the thin shims I added to the wing roots to help close the gap on the underside.  I'm still going to need to add some filler once  these are glued to the fuselage.  Bummer...

the fuselage as it stands now..  a few spots of sanding left

and the tail section with some painting done now when the masking is easiest.  MM enamel gloss black followed by MM enamel steel.   This needs to dry for a while before I glue the tail onto the rest of the fuselage and then add all the rest of the parts.

and that's that until this paint cures enough to safely handle.  Time to finish painting a 1/48 Spitfire...

Well, well, well---someone DOES know how to use a camera after all...cool...those bombs look sorta like German WW2 1000 kg "Hermann" bombs!

Looking really good Dre!

Thanks Vance!

Just because I know that Manny likes updates without pics...

I've gotten the nose ring (?) and front access panels in place and puttied and also glued the tail section onto the fuselage.   A little cleanup on those seams and then I can start putting the wings on it...

Pics would be nice...

meh, a single-malt scotch would be nice...

well if I can I will enter this group build with this kit Amodel yak 25 interceptor

If I can't do the yak I'll enter the Amodel su11  

You're in with the Yak.  Yackity Yak...

Don't talk back?

Khalee, do the Yak!!