BIG Russian Jet Groupie GB

VanceCrozier

Jon!! - safe & sound I hope?

Yes, Vance, thank you. Myself and my Air Nat'l Guard unit were tasked with setting up a shelter in a town about 3 hours north of here. Spent the past week up there, so I've fallen a bit behind on the modeling.

Ah yes Dre I have that kit I didn't realise thanks man, well that should hopefully set the scenc, I got the nose and the "grey bits" whatever they are painted you know the parts on the lerx and tips of the tails.

Glad to help- I was surprised to find the crew in the box myself as Trumpy doesn't even mention, let alone market, them.

To answer your earlier question, yes, I did get that nose cone sorted out.   Slapped a 1/8" shim in there, glued it on and then filled with a bunch of putty.  Sand and reputty, polish.   For a ceiling hanger, it ought to be OK..  it's not going to be a contest-winning effort as at this point I just want it finished.   I have other Flankers that will get more love and attention.

oddmanrush

VanceCrozier

Jon!! - safe & sound I hope?

Yes, Vance, thank you. Myself and my Air Nat'l Guard unit were tasked with setting up a shelter in a town about 3 hours north of here. Spent the past week up there, so I've fallen a bit behind on the modeling.

welcome to the Guard - 'one weekend a month' my eye

Keep up the fire Airman Or whatever it is that you blue suiters say Huah, Ooh Rah, Hu Yah, Airborne, Semper Fi, Rangers Lead the Way, etc... are all taken

and here I finally got news today that said I could probably jump back in to this GB...

Jump back in, Stik, the water's just fine but the lifeguard is 'on break'.  

Watch pert Three of the Flanker video plenty of footage and could be of some use for references for your Flanker.

Actually, the refs. I need are for the armaments that it carries.   Every photo of Archers and Atolls show similar missiles, each with very different paint jobs than the others...  nothing seems to be standard except ''use white paint somewhere".

Ah well lets see what happens in part 4 as I saw missiles on a wing for the fourth part so this could be the ticket. Hope you liked the vids so far.

Dre

Actually, the refs. I need are for the armaments that it carries.   Every photo of Archers and Atolls show similar missiles, each with very different paint jobs than the others...  nothing seems to be standard except ''use white paint somewhere".

Remember that Atolls, especially the early models, are cloned AIM-9Bs. They even went so far as to copy stamped/embossed numbers on the fins. So painting an early Atoll is essentially painting one in the same manner as an early 'winder. Just with Cyrillic stencils and no NATO color code warning stripes

That being said, any overall white Soviet Missile with three large black stripes in the missile body is a training round, much like the blue missiles used in the West. 

Here more work on the su-34

Two layers of black humbol

first step of paint on the instruments and cockpit details

worked hard on the foxhound too

A green tone on the inner canopies, from pictures seems to be an isolation mateterial 

a snake!

started to paint cockpit details, lots of work again to do

Last picture withouth flash, trying to show the real color

at the next!

Dre

Vance, try some masking- that'll help calm you down.

~welcome to "The Zen of Masking", hosted by Vance~

Great progress bsyamato! I think I finally have the house to myself tonight, Flanker masking!!

Oh yeah, Bsyamato, that's looking good.

Stik-thanks for that bit of info concerning the Atolls, I didn't know that.  

Diggin' that cockpit, Bsyamato!

The show must go on, eh? That being said, I should be getting off to the LHS to get paint, hopefully over the weekend or so. In the mean time, I'd like to select a paint scheme for my MiG-21. I don't really like the overall dark green scheme provided by the kit so I found some others but can't decide, so I'll share them with you!

I'm leaning toward either the first one or the last one....I'm interested to hear your likes/dislikes about them.

Oddman, I like them all as they're each fairly eye-catching and should stand out in a crowd but for some reason I really like the bottom 4-color camo (maybe because I just did one?).  Get the shading and color modulations right and it would be a stunner.

I'm thinking of something similar to scheme #2 for my Frogfoot.

Dre, I have to agree with you, the 4 tone scheme looks fantastic. That one is particularly attractive based on the color selection.

I've never done a scheme other than the SEA typical of Vietnam era planes so this will be a nice change.

I wonder, though, is that black or just a very dark green? Any thoughts?

oddmanrush

Diggin' that cockpit, Bsyamato!

The show must go on, eh? That being said, I should be getting off to the LHS to get paint, hopefully over the weekend or so. In the mean time, I'd like to select a paint scheme for my MiG-21. I don't really like the overall dark green scheme provided by the kit so I found some others but can't decide, so I'll share them with you!

I'm leaning toward either the first one or the last one....I'm interested to hear your likes/dislikes about them.

picking out camo schemes for others to try is almost as much fun as deciding which kit someone should buy!  ;)  I'm leaning towards the last one Jon.

Hard to say what color that is, Oddman.   It could be black or a very dark green...  If I were to do that scheme, I'd lay out a test card with both options to see which combination looks better.   Tamiya's Nato Black might be a good choice here.

Good idea, Dre. The more I look at it, the more black it looks, but testing it out first seems like a sound plan.

Something I learned after the mistake was made.   I like making these color cards for projects as I can look at them under a variety of light sources and play around with the individual colors until I find the right palette.   Of course all the colors look different after airbrushing...

What does that chart reference for paints (if any)?

I grabbed it off some site called Wings Palette, however, this particular reference did not include specific colors so I'm left guessing. Which, to be honest, I've never been the most accurate paint colorist in this hobby. I generally eye-ball it and say "good 'nuff"...

There's absolutely nothing wrong with TLAR in my book...  

Dre

There's absolutely nothing wrong with TLAR in my book...  

We must have the same book then...

The '92 edition, right?

Okay I have started painting!!! I have filled and sanded the flaps after removing them all which has been an extremely long and tedious process, I have sprayed the nose and all the dark grey parts you can see  where they are in the pic I have no Idea what they are for but every mig has got them. anyway this is my latest update, also I am leaving the engines out as the rear end of the engines can be inserted and you would never know the difference as I never display the engines though it's a nice option I never use it.

Photo update MiG-17 Cockpit and power plant. Landing gear and fuselage next.

Those are looking so far, guys.

Mikeymize, what scale is that?

1/48 It's the HobbyBoss kit. I'm doing it for this GB as well as Berny's. The metalizer paint I'm using on the engine as well as the rest of it is challenge but at least if I screw up on this part most of it will be hidden; not so with fuselage, wings etc. Gonna be fun!

Good luck with the NMF- I stay away from them myself.

I say I won't do any more modifications for the kit but I can't resist adding more and more detail lol, I will most likely add detail to the wells, although the nose well is a little shallow by the looks of it however I was going to cut the well out and make it deeper myself but for the sake of progress I decided against it and I am not sure how much further to take the detail as I am not yet finished with the cockpit, I will return to it after the main painting is complete, so thats really the next focus, I usually completely finish the aircraft before cutting the pylons and landing gear from the sprue. There is still much work to do with this model and taking a shortcut is sometimes an attractive choice but it never pays off so I will persevere with the detail, I bet you would have a hard time paying £33 for anything else that would last this long for entertainment that's for sure.