Hello Everybody,
Hopefully, I'll finish up this Mig soon, but it's paused right now. It's paint drying time. I was in the local hobby shop, and I was in a Cold War/early jet/natural metal kind of mood. Then I found this kit. I thought, "Too bad it doesn't have Soviet markings." Then I thought, what's wrong with Polish markings? I bought the kit thinking it was a bird from the 60's. It turns out, the markings are from 1994. That's OK, it's still a cool scheme. I've done Eduard "Profipack" kits before, and they made me tired. I figured a "Weekend Edition" would be a little less tiresome.
20180812_160804 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
I was able to find three pictures of the plane online.
scheme2 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
035ff1d882757cd54a61bf0bfb586f13 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
17696_wtr by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
The build was pretty straight-forward. There weren't any major fit-issues, and the kit displays some fine molded detail. Honestly, I didn't like the kit plastic/clear plastic/decal combination for the cockpit. So, I decided to buy the Eduard color PE set. (I know, it would have come in the Profipack version.) Unfortunately, I neglected to take pictures of the pit, but the seat gives an idea of the photo etch involved. Oddly enough, the seat can go in at the end of the build.
20180828_201106 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
The shock cone got some weight.
20180812_201654 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
The build progressed. I did my best to match the interior color with the Eduard color PE set. It's a 4 to 1 mix of Tamiya X-14 Sky Blue with X-28 Park Green. It seems to fit well.
20180820_184946 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
My fat thumb put a nice cement mark in the wing.
20180820_192035 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
I was able to smooth it out, but it was a project.
20180820_192932 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
I wasn't happy with the seaker heads on these Atoll missiles. I had gotten some advice to cut the tips off. Then, use a clear drying UV glue to form the glass heads at the tip of the missile. The glue is called Bondic. You apply it, then you shine a small UV light at it. The light cures adhesive. It works well.
20180829_081235 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
20180914_164602 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
I had some terrible trouble with Vallejo's black acrylic-polyurethane surface primer on a previous build, so I tried Badger's Stynylrez primer on the Mig's interior. I don't like the Badger stuff either. So Tamiya X-1 was used for primer with great results.
20180901_044909 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
20180901_044856 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
The shock cone and other green areas are Tamiya's XF-26 Deep Green. The tail is sky grey XF-19. The body of the aircraft is Vallejo Metal Color Aluminum 77.701. The flight controls are Semi-Matte Aluminum 77.716. The dark ring around the intake is Dark Aluminum 77.703. The dark ring around the exhaust and up into the jet-pipe is Exhaust Manifold 77.723. The pipe also has some Burnt Iron 77.721 and Jet Exhaust 77.713. The area just forward of the exhaust got Pale Burnt Metal 77.704.
20180912_070510 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
20180912_070520 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
20180914_164437 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
I had given it a shot of Future on Wednesday night, and I was hoping to start decals tonight. However, I found metal color splatter all over the grey tail. I believe it happened when I closed one of the Metal Color bottles after touch-ups. The paint had dried as little droplets on the tail. I gingerly smoothed them down with a Q-tip and alcohol. It worked, but it left the grey paint splotchy. So I repainted the grey. I'm waiting for it to dry, then it'll get a some more Future.
20180914_164426 by Christopher Ridle, on Flickr
Have a great weekend!