1/72 Red Star Models Mikoyan Gurevich MiG 3 (Completed Pg. 2)

Your skill are beyond anything I could even dream about lol

Oh you say that now, but you just wait. Your skills will improve. Mine did.  

I wasn't much better than you when I joined up.

Round two... FIGHT! (Mortal Combat pun)

Okay so, yeah. Second round of primer went on and I decided to paint the topside first this time.

Since I'm painting the topside in white I chose to put down Neutral Grey as a base.

After that I shaded with an off White for to make it easiermfor the pure White to lay over.

Then finally just straight White. The end results are nice and subdued.

I finished with a flat clear coat in preparation for the Red on the outboard upper wings. I traditionally have issues with red bleeding so I'm going to be real careful with my masking from this point forward. I don't want this next step to be any more trouble than it has to be lol. 

To prevent any bleeding under you masking, shoot a gloss clear over the edge first, then shoot the red and you will have zero bleeding. Ever.

It is looking really good.

BK

BrandonK

To prevent any bleeding under you masking, shoot a gloss clear over the edge first, then shoot the red and you will have zero bleeding. Ever.

It is looking really good.

BK

 

BrandonK

To prevent any bleeding under you masking, shoot a gloss clear over the edge first, then shoot the red and you will have zero bleeding. Ever.

It is looking really good.

BK

 

Why didn't I know that?? Thank you, Brandon. That seems so obvious and simple. I don't know why I didn't know that! D'oh.

Toshi

 

 

BrandonK

To prevent any bleeding under you masking, shoot a gloss clear over the edge first, then shoot the red and you will have zero bleeding. Ever.

It is looking really good.

BK

 

 

 

 

Ditto!  I use this technique religiously!

 

 

[Facepalm] why didn't I know about this? 

Okay, well... I got lucky. I didn't have any bleed, but I did have compressor issues. Lol

Did anyone else get locked out last night? Looked like the entire forum locked up and I couldnt log in. 

Anyways, here's what I couldn't post last night;

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Hand painted numbers for the tail and hand painted stars for the bottom of the wings. 

I'm quite chuffed with myself. Typically my attemps at such hand painting fail horribly. Good job, me! Lol.

My compressor is acting up again so I went old school and hand painted the bottom. I can live with it.

Hand painted or not it is looking SWEET. I totally dig these little Migs. I need to build another one. Maybe a dark camo green one with the black nose or a light green one with a NMF nose. So many options, they all look cool.

And yes the forum was not working last night. I thought it was me as I just did a clean OS install and I was fighting that headache.

BK

BrandonK

Hand painted or not it is looking SWEET. I totally dig these little Migs. I need to build another one. Maybe a dark camo green one with the black nose or a light green one with a NMF nose. So many options, they all look cool.

And yes the forum was not working last night. I thought it was me as I just did a clean OS install and I was fighting that headache.

BK

 

Thanks! I've had far more practice over the years with the hairy sticks and the AB is still new to me. However, I've never been able to free hand stars before. I'm thrilled about that!

New OS installs are a pain. I've been trying to screw up the motivation to reformat my laptop for years. A third of the software doesn't work right anymore and I barely use it for more than the net these days. 

I tried loging in with my phone, tablet, and laptop with no luck last night. I kept coming back, but no one was posting anywhere so I didn't think I was alone. I wonder what happened?

ManCityFan

Looks great! Maybe your compressor should kick up more often, since the hand painting looks excellent. LOL. Seriously, hope you can sort out your compressor.

 

I think it sorted itself out for me. It does weird stuff once in a while. I painted the nose on the MiG and the black base coat went down in sputters, but I pushed through with a lot of patience and got it down. Next came the Vallejo "Metal" aluminum. It started off spurting, but then it just seemed to let go, and it started spraying  perfectly fine. No idea why.

So I think I probably should have shaken the bottle more, because this aluminum looks more like silver. Not quite what i was expecting, but I'm sure it will dul down after some minor effects are applied.

That aluminum looks almost chrome. I think that's my fault though.

I've got the landing gear bays and doors painted now. I finally mixed a shade of green that actually looks good (and not minty). Now I wish I had found it sooner because my cockpit had several different shades of green and one of them was kinda minty. 

I still need to paint some rubber on those tires and round out the rest of the details before I gloss this bird.

Almost done.  :)

I used to have a link to sovietwarplanes.com, but it's a redirect to ads now and doesn't work. It was full of photos and correct color samples for the early Soviet AC. Now the best I can do is IPMS. When I built both of my early Soviet birds the site showed the cockpits in a light grey color and had unrestored photo examples. I found that the RLM02 was a close match. I wish that site still worked, it was the best thing I've seen for the VSS stuff. I guess I'll have to start looking hard again.

I FOUND IT !!!!   

http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/mig3/mig3.html

This is a treasure trove of information on the Mig 3 and you can dig around and really learn a ton from this site. I also found the photo of the correct interior colors. The sides and floor were the color like RLM02, the front of the pit, inst panel and tubing, was black, seat was dark green. If you look at the photo you'll see the grey green on the far left tubing and some of the boxes. As you can see there were 3 primary colors in the early planes. Most people paint them light grey and that's it, but they are grey/green, dark green and black. There is not alot of detail in most of these kits so the colors help make the lack of detail more interesting.

This is a restored bird, but the color scheme is close to correct from what I've found in my research. 

I really need to build another one. I wonder how the lend lease AC were painted inside? Hmm.?

BK

And since yours in Red O2, you might find this link helpful.

http://massimotessitori.altervista.org/sovietwarplanes/pages/mig3/red02.html

Oh, and I think you kit looks stellar!! You have really lit a fire under me to build another Mig.

[Facepalm] thanks for the links, but I got everything wrong. But that means the Laag 3 I have should be more accurate.

Glad I could inspire you though. That makes it all better lol.

Well, if nothing else it looks neat.

Stars! On one side anyways.

seriously, that one looks super nice. It represents any winter Mig-3 you want it to. I was just looking mine over and I think your little guy is done better. I'm looking forward to seeing how you weather it up.

BK

Thanks Brandon. I was going to use some oils, but I don't seem to have them with me right now. I'll try some acrylics and Tamiya powders. 

Im not sure if this will end up how I picture it in the end, but I'll try.

If memory serves I believe I used Tamiya smoke and weathering kits when I dirtied mine up and I'm happy with it. Really doesn't matter in the end, I think you have a winner as it is.

BK

Thanks guys. :)

I think the effects are what's going to make this one though.

Closing this one up soon. :)

Here are a couple of sneak peeks before I take some pictures outside tomorrow.

I don't think I'll make a canopy using this method again though. It's okay, but not that good. I think it's a bit distracting, but I can live with it.

Hello Mike!

Your MiG is looking good! I understand your feelings about the canopy, but it's a nice save none the less!

I have even built my own vacu machine (http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/tools_techniques_and_reference_materials/f/23/p/151922/1627952.aspx) to be able to adress isssues like that, but even without a special machine you can form your own canopies, so please try it - as I have said before, it opens a whole new set of options.

Good luck with your modelling projects and have a nice day

Paweł

If I have to do this again I will be using your idea Pawel. The method I used took a lot of work for a mediocre result. 

Alright here are the daylight pictures for the completion. Flaws and all. 

I can't help but feel I could've done better.

Very nice Mike. Always thought the Mig 3 was a great looking airplane, and you've certainly done an excellent job with that kit

Masterful job. I really like the way you tackled the canopy!

Chris, Stephen, thank you both very much.  :)

I very nearly dumped it in the bin before I started the effects stage. I had a personal issue that tanked my enthusiasm, but then I had a visit from my little brother. All is well now and I'm quite pleased with the outcome of this build. 

But that canopy still bugs me. I KNOW I could've done that better. :)

Considering where you had to start this turned out to be quite the stunner. Very impressive little build and you nailed the look. Well done.

BK

Thanks Brandon. It does grab the spotlight in those colors lol.