BIG Russian Jet Groupie GB

No worries! I don't think there is a fix, unfortunately. I can live with it (especially bc it's not something that's readily apparent). Those big Kh-58s will probably hide most of the gear stuff anyway. :-)

At least from all the photos I've seen online, only the main doors that straddle the struts are open, even during takeoff:

www.airliners.net/.../&sid=2bb4a8123a351cc45b4df2ad5ea800ac

and

www.airliners.net/.../&sid=2bb4a8123a351cc45b4df2ad5ea800ac

So I guess the other doors are for maintenance access? Here are photos of both of the inners doors opened on the ground, probably for maintenance reasons:

eshop.hobbyart.sk/modeltalking

Some good closeups here, in any event, for anyone who wants to add detailing. :-)

Mike.... that first quote is from Kelly's Heroes, isn't it?

You found us then! Well good to see you here and I look forward to seeing your mig!

Well this is the MIG29UB so far, I have added as much detail into the cockpit as possible from my skills, also I decided to take pictures of the whole aircraft with my standard camera until I can get decent dtail pictures, but these look fine for now, hope you like it so far, also the rudders are finally attached I set them at an angle as it looks a bit better that way in my opinion. I painted the Russian flag as the decals were ridiculous.

Looks awesome, Dean. Forgot mention previously that I like the paint chipping especially. How much do you have to left to go? Looks like you gotta be close.

And welcome, Wychdoctor!

Getting there Porkbits I have to finish the rudders as in dirty them up as they look new, and attach a few last parts, the pitot tube and a few other bits I cant remember at the moment, I am still considering putting a few missiles on it, but it is as good as finished, I think there is nothing left to scratch build so it should be fairly quick now, also I will do the base for it as well. I would do some today but the effects of last night are really slowing my day down lol,

I thought that this was to be drop-tanks only?

LOL,you aren't the only one feeling a bit off today...  

I will keep it tanks only, my hangover has subsided finally and I looked at the missiles and just thought nah, tanks only, it's a two seat trainer, so clean configuration besides the tanks.

Excellent! Glad you guys had a hangover-filled weekends. :-)

Finishing up the pit and canopy on the Frogfoot. Not long now......

One must take time to live as hard as they work...   and to pay accordingly.

I need to finish mine this week, but I haven't.

Me too, I will attach the pylons and few extras and I will be done finally! I also am going to put it on a base. The base will take a week or so but otherwise I'm there.

Excellent! Although I'm about 95% finished, that last five percent is gonna take me forever. :-)

Sad day here in Boston area. Keep us in your thoughts.

I saw that on the news last night, I really hope those responsible are caught and I have heard 3 people died, which is terrible and completely unnecessary, planting a bomb in public is such a cowardly act. 3 dead is really bad but after two bombs it's a lot less than it could have been. So hopefully no more and the guy(s) are brought to justice.

Didn't know you were near Beantown, Porkbits.    Terrible thing that went down yesterday...

Well it's done and done. I have spent since September building this, although many pictures look similar if not the same this has been a long laborious process. I am happy with the finished results and I would say it was a serious challenge as I have spent who knows how many hours making it. But was it worth it? Well yes. There are not many aftermarket items for this in fact besides decals I do not know of any and of course the Scale Aircraft Conversions landing gear as the landing gear to me did not seem strong enough. I have used quite a lot of filler, and quite extensive scratchbuilding especially around the cockpit, and landing gear cables, lines etc. The model is something I am glad to have finished. I have seen some of the images and again they are not brilliant but I will finish the base and get some sharp detailed images of the aircraft. I hope you like the pictures of the finished aircraft, I decided to leave the pylons off and leave it as is. I will if the opportunity comes up add figures around it as I would like to perhaps at some point turn it into a diorama.

Well I hope you like it, and if any of you have or are considering making this, I would say go for it! So does this mean I get a badge? Lol.

Hell yeah I like it!    Glad to see you calling her finished, that incremental work can drive one crazy.

Badges?  We have badges?    (We don't need no stinkin' badges!)

Lol, thanks Dre, I was hoping I was gonna do this kit justice and I believe I have, phew. Finally I have a kitchen table again, but for only a littie while maybe as I may just do the J-10 next, then whenever I get round to the 1/32 Mig 21 I will start back here again. For now I have a lot of Open University work to do, so aside from a base to complete I will have no more distractions, as I am off to Riga in the summer and I will not be drinking too much for a good while especially after last weekend! I have to say this was my first GB and I loved it. good to build with other people even if you guys are on the other side of the pond!

Congrats on the finish, Dean!!!  (and only a couple weeks over the original deadline)! I didn't know this was the Revell kit (but then again, I never asked, duh).

Anyway, your Mig is awesome and should be displayed somewhere prominently. :-) I know I've written this several times, but, I love your weathering. Very subtle and realistic. I'm still learning weathering techniques, so mine feels a little overdone and ham-handed at times, but I'm getting there.

Thanks for your thoughts re: Boston, guys. I'm actually about 20 minutes outside of the city, but my wife works only three or four blocks from where the explosion happened (she heard it at her desk). She was supposed to go down the finish line to see a co-worker finish around 3pm, so you can imagine there was some tense moments before I reached her.

PB

yeah, I think you may have gotten your money's worth out of that kit!

J-10?   Go big for the J-21.

Whilst in Riga, keep an eye out for old monuments and displays as they're a great source of ideas and weathering.

I have a few clearer images here guys I managed to a get some better lighting.

I think these are a million times better and thanks for the compliments guys. Also Dre the J-10 is a 1/48th scale model, what scale is the J-21? Even I have not heard of a J-21, also Porkbits glad to hear everything was alright for you yesterday.

The J-21 is their new stealthy fighter that looks like a F-22 rip-off..   I don't know if any kits exist for it yet.

These new pics really do show the work you've put into this MiG- outstanding work, mate.

O' interest?! Jet's of my country(USSR-Russia) big interested.

What about for Sukhoi Su-27-37

Yes! Much clearer pics, thanks (more light always helps). I can even see the paint detail on the burner cans now. They look great.

Thanks, I noticed one thing by accident, that bey giving the engines a shiny alclad finish then smearing pigments over them with my finger, that in some lights the engines look dark matt and in others they have a metallic shine i can see it on the two pictures where the plane is facing away.

I think that the shiny/matt interplay works well on the engine panels.

Alligator75- we LOVE Sukhoi's, so jump in.

Dean that came out sweet! Very nicely done Sir!

That's a great looking '29 Dean!  All your hard work sure paid off, she's a stunner.  Congratulations on a fantastic build!

Gary

Thanks for the compliments everybody, to have people with as much skill say my models look good is a real compliment. I hope to be able to do the same justice to the 1/32 Mig-21 (trumpeter) but before I do I will make the J-10 it's 1/48th and as far as I have heard it is a well engineered kit and I think it will be made with the wheels up on a stand. I will post it on the thread and build it up. When I'm finished I will come back to this GB with the Mig-21, oh and before I forget if the 1/48 Mig-25PD is actually a reality next month I will build it on this GB. It was a lot of fun so I will be back for more! I hope to see the Frogfoots soon they were looking great the last time I saw them!

Good looking or not, mine will be finished late Friday night for my contest Saturday.... in retrospect, there's a lot of things that I would have done differently had I thought of them at that time instead of now.