BIG Russian Jet Groupie GB

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

Ya'll MOJ0's forget that cameras exist?

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.

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

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

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....

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!

fermis

VanceCrozier

Manstein's revenge

fermis

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...

fermis

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

Western PA....near Arnie Palmer airport.

Winetanker

fermis

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!!!

VanceCrozier

Manstein's revenge

fermis

 

 

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"

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...

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...

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...

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

Manstein's revenge

fermis

 

 

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

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

fermis

 

 

fermis

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

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.

I believe those are cluster bombs hangin' on the MiG-21...these rocket-pods were common on the 21 as well in Afghan:

Dre

They should have used a Yak-18 for that mission....

Easily distracted by passing wildlife, eh?

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

They should have used a Yak-18 for that mission....

Easily distracted by passing wildlife, eh?

...goat-chasing equipment of some sort??

Build on Hyperscale shows centerline drop tank + "dumb bombs"...

VanceCrozier

Dre

Well, now that Fermis is involved and building in this GB it is time for us mortals to sit back and watch a Master at work... <le sigh>

I hear the man can be distracted by passing wildlife. It may be our only hope!

Too right!  It's not long until deer season...that should give you hope.   Ya gotta build while he hunts!

Gary

Dre

Well, now that Fermis is involved and building in this GB it is time for us mortals to sit back and watch a Master at work... <le sigh>

I hear the man can be distracted by passing wildlife. It may be our only hope!

Fermis- he's a machine, a model-making machine!

Anybody have any idea what the Afghans might have slung under their MiG-21s while they were still air-worthy?   All I can glean off the interwebs is either dumb bombs or rocket pods with a centerline fuel tank.   It doesn't appear that they used air-to-air missiles (Atolls) or used their MiGs as interceptors, but as mud-movers....

fermis

Finally ready to go here!!!

As I was digging through the stash, I found a 1/72 ICM Mig-29 (that I had left out of the earlier pic...I decided to go with that for starters!

The pit tub stopped short...even with the IP. I did a little cutting and extended the tub with styrene and added tea can aluminum rudder pedals. Bang seat is from Aires and I added some scrap PE to the baren sidewalls.

Fuse was closed up last night....fit was "OK"....much of the seams will be covered by wings and elevators....I like that!

Scratched rudder pedals from tea-tin???!!!???

Winetanker

Manstein's revenge

Very nice----I dig the yellow numerals on the NMF...you are the first to finish!!!  Claim your GB Badge.

I wouldn't call it finished yet.

Well, now that Fermis is involved and building in this GB it is time for us mortals to sit back and watch a Master at work... <le sigh>

Finally ready to go here!!!

As I was digging through the stash, I found a 1/72 ICM Mig-29 (that I had left out of the earlier pic...I decided to go with that for starters!

The pit tub stopped short...even with the IP. I did a little cutting and extended the tub with styrene and added tea can aluminum rudder pedals. Bang seat is from Aires and I added some scrap PE to the baren sidewalls.

Fuse was closed up last night....fit was "OK"....much of the seams will be covered by wings and elevators....I like that!