MiG Alley Group Build

Welcome aboard, Comrade!

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I've got a Slovak MIG-29AS that I will try to finish on time for this. Resin goodies should be here this weekend and then ill be starting my first build using AM resin parts.
Woohoo

Nice to hear this  

hope soon come back with one of mig progress

Casper thats outstanding! I think I can see all the stencils from here! Musta been a chore! Makes me wanna dive into Post WW2 soviet jets now

bsyamato

 

how was the eduard decals? i heard someone complain about

Thank you sir, for your kind words

Actually this is my 3rd Eduard kit and the decals were very good quality. They conform very well to panel lines with Microsol and look great when dry No complaints here!

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awesome fishbed great on all aspect!!

how was the eduard decals? i heard someone complain about

Ok, this MiG is done and I'm really happy with this kit. I'm also glad I forked out for the Brassin wheel gear as they really have some nice resin details and add that little bit extra. For the moment this may be my only entry for this GB.

Here are snaps, enjoy;

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Casper the Chihuahua

Ok, so it's MiG time for me and I'm doing this newish Eduard kit from early 2011

Ahhhh I've walked past that kit several times at a shop not too far from me. Tempted as I do like the look of this one, but just can't bring myself to pay full $ for it considering the number of unbuilt kits I've got right now. Good looking kit though. Are you building it with the orange ID panels??

LOL placing too much decals are really a stress but great results !!! waiting for finished fishbed pictures

It literally took a day to complete all the decals and stenciling! Did my eyes in as well

Landing gear attached, weapons installed. Just painting up the pitot and then a panel wash.

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Got all the painting done on the MiG Fishbed;

Next is decal times!

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Got the camo pattern laid down on the fishbed;

I used the blu-tak method with cut out masks from copy paper. Just gave the right amount of feathering on a really light, misty spray. Still under the masking tape is the under colour of RLM light Blue. When this has dried I'll do the burner in Alclad magnesium and exhaust bands.

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The Fishbed is almost ready for painting.

Finished work on the landing gear and the UB-16s. They came out nicely with the Alclad

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top level looking fishbed casper

Some more work on the Fishbed.

Fuselage and wings plus most greeblies in place. A lot of extras on this kit. Nice little bits of detail that most kits would do all in one piece.

Green cockpit. Was meant to be Aqua but I cheaped out on the paint and tried to mix my own. Close but not quite. It should be the same colour as the PE.

Very nicely detailed wheelbays in this kit;

Nice Brassin UB-16 rocket launchers, I'm giving these the Alclad treatment and they should look great.

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when I built my MiG-21, I too was surprised by its size (or lack of it). Its just about the same length as a WW2 fighter's wingspan! 

Some more work on the MiG

It's a smaller plane than I thought. Long but narrow. like an arrow.

Some inside details;

And got it glued together;

Looks like a metal tube at the moment. Got the tailpiece together and the wheelbays finished as well.

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nice details casper wells looks very detailed.

Can just post an update about my foxhound, i glued the main fuselage pieces.

Hope soon to get back with it

Ok, so it's MiG time for me and I'm doing this newish Eduard kit from early 2011

Lot's of nice detail in here including coloured PE and some resin ordinance

Getting some of the wheelbays done. I have been experimenting with the new range of Tamiya panel line paints and they are really helping with definig details in the wheelbays. It has just the right consistency to be quite runny and go where it's meant to. A bit of practiced needed though.

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Nice finishbed Jailcop again miss this classic in my collection

last afternoon did some progress on the mig-31, glued main rear fuselage and wings, some picture soon.

Nice Fishbed! I'll be doing the new Eduard offering myself sometime in the New Year. Also well done on the hand painting. Good practice for when you get fitted out with an airbrush.

I'll update the front page

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Well I'm calling it finished, I'm calling it "Dirty Fishbed" as I left a bit more of the Flory's dark dirt wash on for more weathering.  Camo pattern came out well, but having done two camo patterns by hand, I'm really ready to invest in an airbrush!

nice work on the fishbed

Not bad the spit also (a refine on the lefty yellow stripe needed? )

As paint brush the thing is just lots of try, use really soft brushes an try on another surface the color to find the right thinning percentage. Also waith more time than when you airbrush between other layers on

Well I did my first one in the Spitfire GB, and it came out alright I think!

JailCop

  I will be hand brushing the camo pattern from the box art, and the decals from the box for a former soviet plane.

A tricky thing to hand brush, jailcop. Good luck and can't wait to see the camo job.

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Well the Mrs. went to her mothers for the weekend, so I'm getting a lot done!  Construction phase complete!  I will be hand brushing the camo pattern from the box art, and the decals from the box for a former soviet plane.

I used a True Details resin KM-1 ejection seat, Scale Aircraft Conversions metal landing gear, and Eduard PE cockpit details and mask set.

With the ordinance that will be hung...

I did a bit of scratch building on the gun sight, I wasn't impressed with the box one, and the PE was a horrible pain in the *** to work with.

JailCop

Is it too late to get in on this GB?  I have an Academy 1:48 Mig-21MF Fishbed J I'd like to enter.

Welcome aboard! Front page updated with your build.

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bsyamato

Casper sign another kit on the list, the 23 from airfix 1/72

 

 

Front page updated

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Is it too late to get in on this GB?  I have an Academy 1:48 Mig-21MF Fishbed J I'd like to enter.

Dupes, here another mig-23,

Casper sign another kit on the list, the 23 from airfix 1/72

heres the sprues

houston we have a cockpit!!!!

but i'm sure i'll use only the ip (if the instruments location are corrects)

test fittings

this time the clear canopy fit decently! only the frames are too weak printed, i'll cut in two after.

not too bad the gears but not comparable to the hasegawa/academy flogger kit

raised panels naturally, but this thime i'll rescribe all.

First work on the exhaust

after i'll scratch the afterburner chamber, i did theses works watching the TV in the kitchen, then i used only cutters and glue.

opened the air intakes below part

also the 80% of panel lines was rescribbed and the front gear well was opened (two millimeters of dept don't seems so real )

At first looking when brought this kit i don't like too much (paid 4 € for it) but it take more intresting with the mods opportunity , plus the plastic is really good despite the orrible silver color (why used this color on kits??) 

that's all for the kitchen session