ICM Mig-3...Finished!!!

No Progress!! Why? Painting white sucks! Trying to do a pin wash to bring out detail sucks! I am trying to keep it as clean as possible. It came so close to getting boomeranged into a wall. Lessons learned.

1. I will never AB white again...Krylon!!! No runs, no drips, no errors. 

2. I need better and newer paintbrushes.

Which white did you use to airbrush? Brand and type? You get far better control with an airbrush than with a rattle can. I have had great results airbrushing Tamiya whites.

stikpusher

Which white did you use to airbrush? Brand and type? You get far better control with an airbrush than with a rattle can. I have had great results airbrushing Tamiya whites.

 

Ah ok. One tip I learned long ago for a vivid white was to first do a base coat of flat white, then apply a top coat of gloss white over that. You really get a bright white from that. Of skip the flat white base and use Tamiya white surface primer before your top coat. It practically glows once the top coat is on. Good stuff!

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Ah ok. One tip I learned long ago for a vivid white was to first do a base coat of flat white, then apply a top coat of gloss white over that. You really get a bright white from that. Of skip the flat white base and use Tamiya white surface primer before your top coat. It practically glows once the top coat is on. Good stuff!

[/quote...I will try tips next time I paint white. Just looked at the stash and saw the Monogram Island Airlines Trimotor I was going to do for my brother in law. That may actually be my next build. Thanks!

Thought I'd take a quick pic because there's still a good chance it gets boomeranged into a wall if I break another MG or antenae. Just some minor weathering and touch up left. Red part of the wings are very reflective. I'll try to take better pictures tomorrow when I call this Mig done.

Mig-3 is done. A pain in the a#$ but a fun and challenging build, almost to the point of insanity. One of those if I knew then what I knew now kind of builds. I would like another crack at it." target="">

A nice shot of the antenae, which I replaced with sheet styrene, because you can only break and reglue it so many times." target="">

The red on the wings turned out pretty good. Light kinda looks bad in the pics. Took some artistic license with the paint job. According to directions they should be 2/3rds red. Too much for me. Kind of going for a Reno Air Races look. Also the prop hub should not be blue....but it looks good." target="">

DasBeav why don't you learn how to post multiple pics? Good question.

The decals with the kit are useless. First attempt tore and the second would not even release off sheet. I canniblilized decals from a Sturmavik kit. Did a little weathering and chipping. I suck at it so I do very little. the chip under the canopy occured naturally.(fell off stupid Tamiya stand many, many times)

So much easier to do a pin wash on a tank than a white plane....ANGRY FACE EMOJI!!

btw...My next project will be to make a paint stand.

Still don't know how to properly put on the landing gear. The instructions were vague at best and pre-fitting was a pain and revealed nothing. So with some styrene shims and superglue I made it work. 

Even with all of it's flaws, touchups, repainting, etc...I am happy with it. Wouldn't even get me a Participation Ribbon at a show, if I ever did a show.(I am the cowardly lion)

In the right hands this model could turn out really well. Sadly, those hands do not belong to me." target="">

Well I'm happy to see it didnt meet the wall!  I think it turned out nice.   I'm with you on white...plus with red!!!  Would only be worse if you added yellow.  

Hey, Beav -

For all of the dodgey issues with this kit, you turned out a very nicely done model. That's part of the satisfaction of a good looking finished model, when you know it was difficult at just about every step.

I've thought for years, that fixing these problems makes us more capable modelers as we progress. Nice work, thanks for the details and photos.

Patrick

Thanks Patrick and Keavdog. 

For all it's issues, I am happy with it. It will join the only other model not on the shelf in the basement, an ICM T-35 Russian tank. Both major pains to build, but like the results. 

Nice build! Looks good to me. Nice sharp pics too. 

The best part of the whole build is the fact that dispite the problems you encountered, you like the finished product. That's what counts. Job well done.

Jim  

Stay Safe.

PS - I lost count of the number of times I broke off the antenna and landing gear on my 1/72. I now leave them off all builds until there is nothing left to do.

This came out looking very nice Beav It may not be a prize winner (in your opinion, as you never know what the competition will be), but it sure is a long way from a paint and glue bomb. I bet that it will look mighty fine on your display shelf.

Thanks, Stick and Fox. 

Alot of the damage was self-induced. After stepping away from modelling for a year, I forgot alot of the small steps.