Great work on the fresco Mikeymize 

little progress, a dark brown washing on both cockpits before to continue details painting 

All that in 1/72....  Fantastic.

Well I have got the last necessary part of the wing attached, I just have to clean it up, sand and rescribe where necessary. I had to do this as I am lowering the leading edge flaps.

Wait, I'm confused...  what's the green putty doing?

You mugs need to get busy building.  Yes.

The right wing modification did not fit quite as well as the left which slotted right in and sanded smooth and rounded as on the aircraft however the right was fine but it needs filling as there was a gap along the seam so I will sand and shape it tomorrow as I like to let it dry completely for a day so everything can be handled without as much risk of breakage.

Ah, gotcha now.   I had thought that you were trying two different methods to the same end...

No no just my useless measuring methods which amount to me holding the white plastic card against the wing and drawing round it with a permanent marker.

Very scientific, I see.     

I learned the measure once, cut twice method from my father...

Hmm I see, my method is don't measure use a marker or tape and cut and see lol, more often than not works! Possibly could get more accurate though.

Should have seen me trying to figure the inner circumference of that Flanker nose cone so I could cut a reinforcing strip..  measurements and math are not my best efforts.   The Mk.I eyeball is much better.

Ah man for me I simply curled a piece of card into a cylinder and pushed it into the nosecone and then glued it into the fuselage.and the gap was filled with filler. No science whatsoever. I dont think I would enjoy it as much if I measured anything precisely to me I like to craft the shape. I did not measure anything when I turned my Su27 to an Su37. I just looked at it from every angle for months while making it.

I tried the math because I thought I knew what I was doing...   in the end I did just glued on a slab of 1/8" plastic, rough cut to round and glued it all together.

I tend to over-think the obvious at times.

bsyamato

Great work on the fresco Mikeymize 

little progress, a dark brown washing on both cockpits before to continue details painting 

 Great interior detail BSYAMATO, "weathering" looks very realistic, also the canopy looks spot on!

Thanx Dre and Mikeymize, Dean insane cutting/bending work 

Last night tryied to finish the mig-31 cockpit to finalli glue some piece but some more work needed.. also painted moredetails on the ejection seats 

on the Su-34 only some more paint on seats  will receive more works tonight

At the next

Looks fantastic, the detail is sooo small.

Okay I am at the painting stage properly now, I have modified the wings and got it all sorted and I have masked off the various parts so now I need to pre-shade the model before painting, I do not normally do this but I found the pictures of the real aircraft Revell used for this kit and it has definitely seen better days. If you go back through the thread you will see what I mean, so the paint will have to be badly faded, and scratched and chipped, there is also quite a bit of rust here and there, I have no Idea wheather this aircraft is airworthy however it does seem so from the pictures.

I also realise that this Group Build is not so popular so I hope anyone with any Russian planes will take part as since the moderator is not with this anymore people have lost interest, but I hope some of you will join as there is some really nice models being made here and some are complete but I think there are many that are not so if you are making a Russian Jet please post your pictures and take part as there was a lot of enthusiasm for this project at the start and I believe there are probably many of you guys making Soviet jets but are not taking part. I committed to doing two other GB's but I think they have fallen off the grid however this is my first GB and I will be finishing my model and posting pictures as often as I can but I have not had any time recently but I will try and keep this thread as close to the top as possible.

Hey Dean, I'm just waiting until I'm finished a few other kits before jumping back into this one. I'll be building this:

Great to see Vance I really think this particular subject is a great one as there are a vast numbers of colours and scales to work from I look forward to seeing your build, I am currently pre-shading my Mig-29. Takes a while on a 1/32 scale kit though but here is a picture of my progress so far.

I posted a while ago about my old mig-29 that I restarted after 15 years, can I include it in the this GB?

Wow, some awesome work going on here!

Dean27: Are you taking over this GB then? I was going though my stash and found a Revell 1/48th MiG-25 that I'd started years ago and never finished. The kit is pretty much together but still needs to be painted, I think I have all the parts. I thought about this GB but due to 'The Most Interesting Field Marshal in the World' being KIA I wasn't sure it was still going on. If I haven't proceeded too far with the build I might be willing to toss her in here sometime in the future when I get more stuff cleared off the bench, just to get the darn thing done. Up to you!

Cliff

Well okay yeah why not? It would be good to see more people join in and kick start this GB once again as I believe it had so much potential, so please join in. Bearing in mind the time zone difference I live in Belfast and I think many of you guys are in the US? but yes I will take over this one then, why not.

I would like to see pictures from you guys who are still involved in this GB as it is becoming a ghost town here, there are some promising works around here so more pictures of progress would be great as this can still be the best GB online easily considering the talent displayed so far and even if you are not in this GB please join and show a picture of what you intend to build, it has to be Soviet and begin with the letter F and be post 1945. I does not matter what Air Force you want to do or scale, just join us and start building!

Dean, thanks!

Yeah I'm on the east coast of the US. It's up to you - if you don't want to deal with it I'll just do the Foxbat on my own and post her in the aircraft forum when I get done.

If you do go ahead I'll try to get a photo up this weekend. Not at all sure when I'll even get to her though, I'm still plowing though a pile of stuff besides this I started and never finished.

Also the finish date is still February 1st. I wonder if when it is done if we should get all the pictures compiled and ask the editors of the magazine if they would publish it in their pages? A way of promoting the Forums and the Group Builds? T get more people involved.

Whoops! Guess I should have checked, there's no way I can finish the kit, even half done as she is by February 1st. If it's ok I'll still sign on but I won't be able to meet the end date though.

Yes that's fine just make as much as you can as we should keep this GB afloat try and get some pic's online so we can see what stage you are at and where you are going with this build. I know Dre has some big Flankers on the bench and a Frogfoot so that's some and there is my Mig 29 and Bsymato's Fullback and Mig 31 so there are kits being made we just need to see them, so guys you all know who you are get the pictures up so we can all see the magnificent Soviet jets being made. So far only two Mig 21's have been completed and Vance is coming in with a fitter so there is potential here and if you are reading this and have a soviet jet join us and send in your pictures!

Yes this is fine a great addition to the GB, will you be making any new ones?

Well, I'm an hour closer to you than most of the others in here (Canadian east coast), and I'll be dropping in and posting as I can.