Made In USSR GB

bsyamato, that's some great scratchbuilding going on.  I'm definately watching this with interest.

Will post pics of my progress soon.

Dre

Way over the horizon = sneaking up on you from the rear.    Just wait and let it catch up with you instead of chasing it.

Hmmmm, "Zen and the Art of Model Building".  I like it.  I shall now go and become one with myT-62A.

castelnuovo

All right, my stash has arrived and in it was this bad boy.

So far it looks like this

Cheers...

wishing to improve my veichle skill i'll steal some tips from yuo and mike

All right, my stash has arrived and in it was this bad boy.

So far it looks like this

Cheers...

foxhound (and not only)  updates:

Way over the horizon = sneaking up on you from the rear.    Just wait and let it catch up with you instead of chasing it.

Dre

Ah, grasshopper...  you're half-way there! 

Heh!  No, I think half-way-there is 'way over the horizon for me.

Ah, grasshopper...  you're half-way there!

Dre

MAJMike- thanks, but all it requires is a really tiny paintbrush and patience.

Well, I've got the paint brush.

bsyamato, I really can't say whether Trumpeter got the shape right or not.   Honestly, I know nothing about the MiG 3, other than this kit was on-sale and I wanted a Soviet interceptor...  something to go with all of my Bf 109's.

MAJMike- thanks, but all it requires is a really tiny paintbrush and patience.

I got a little more cockpit work done last niight- I finished the over-all detail painting, made a Milliput "seat cushion" to cover up the sink hole in the bottom of the seat and...  that's all.  I still need to source some seatbelts, paint the "seat cushion", and give it all a wash and final weathering before closing the fuselage.   Roughly 12 hours in the cockpit so far...

The "seat cushion"...  I tried to shape it like someone had put some butt-hours on it.

Dre giood looking mig! 

I know that trumpeteer sometimes have not correct shapes of shapes, this mig is correct?

Dre: Amazing detail work!!

I finally got some time to post a pic of what i'm woirking on for this GB....

Big box, odd shaped aircraft inside it.   Apparently, the MiG 3 was all motor...  doesn't look like it has much longitudinal stability!

The Office was worked up earlier in the week...  pretty spartan for now.

I was able to get to painting today.   The instruction book calls for "light grey" paint where it's not painted in something else...  I used MM acrylic US Haze Gray because it is the lightest non-RLM color I've got at hand.

I've begun to detail paint the various things inside the pilot's office, but still a but more work to do.  I'm going to add a few random Eduard pre-printed placards here and there and some wiring back to the radio set to liven things up.  Accuracy, schmaccuracy.

So that's where this stands for now.

Looking good!!

MAJ Mike

bsyamato: actually, for the grab rails I just used a pair of needle-nosed pliers.  I used the plastic kit rails as a pattern.  Worked much better than I had expected.  I'll try it again on future builds.  I'm starting to see each build as an experiment.

i have no rails need to find something other ,

Started the cockpit scratchin:

fixing main bulkheads

test fittings with seats for right height for the floor

3 mm was needed to reach the right result

and fixed the middle bulkheads,

actually this system allow me to easy work on the cockpit, better was if i let the rear bulkhead not glued

naturally some references needed, in particular files found on airwar.ru

that's all for the mig... and this

the little harke can i add it ozzman?

bsyamato: actually, for the grab rails I just used a pair of needle-nosed pliers.  I used the plastic kit rails as a pattern.  Worked much better than I had expected.  I'll try it again on future builds.  I'm starting to see each build as an experiment.

thanx for comments  

Mike i'm good with plastic or other but my metal skill is lowest (good on heavy metal playng but this is another story) than your, actually missing a sort of tool like your, the metal bender you have on the workbench.

Last night started to plant cockpit bulkhead, and planning as i can scratch the tub to easily paint.

My surprise the front well is too deep!! Firts time i see a similar thing

Waiting to do more progress for posting pictures.

Ozzman i started when i was teenager a scratchbuilt of a mi-10 harke , don't remember the scale but probably 1/400 or something like that, can i add on my builds here?

Good idea.  Thanks.

I like your outlook regarding flaws and experiments- that's how all my builds seem to go.

"let's try this" = strip the paint and pull out Plan B.

If I may suggest it, I'd use a smidgen of putty around the grab rails to simulate welding beads..  it's Russian, so it doesn't have to be pretty!

Dre

Some of the other guys have mad skillz, I'm an assembler!

Does that T-62 have a bunch of parts to build different versions?  The T-55 has different cupolas, hatches and lights to make different versions...

Assembler, I like that!

No, this is a kit that has been in my stash for about 25 years.  I decided I needed to build some from the stash and back off buying new kits.  This T-62A is pretty elementary.  I wanted to try making my own brass grab rails and I'm using some PE on it.  Every kit is an experiment, every build has its flaws.

Some of the other guys have mad skillz, I'm an assembler!

Does that T-62 have a bunch of parts to build different versions?  The T-55 has different cupolas, hatches and lights to make different versions...

Dre

MAJMike-that T-62 is looking good.  Those Tamiya T-series kits practically build themselves once you open the box.

Its a good thing.  My skills aren't at the level of you guys.

bsyamato, that looks like a fun build. 

Cracked open the Trumpeter MiG-3 last night, built up the sparse cockpit...  if I can get some free time this weekend, I'll try and get the interior painted and closed up.  This kit is pretty good so far, relatively few parts for a 1/32 A/C and the deep surface detail ought to hold a wash quite well.  I haven't decided to go with the white/grey scheme or the forest green/grey scheme... those big red arrow decals (white/grey scheme) look a little daunting.

MAJMike-that T-62 is looking good.  Those Tamiya T-series kits practically build themselves once you open the box.

MAJ Mike

You airplane guys continue to amaze me with the amount of detail you can pack into a cockpit.  Very nice!!

Likewise you land ship guys with your dirt & rust!

bsyamato:  My goodness!!!  The decal sheet alone would cause me to go crazier than I am now.  I'm much too old and lack the fine motor skills for that kit.  Its going to be sweet. I'm looking forward to more of your WIP photos.

Mike this 62 seems have lots of metal in great

Milairjunkie some piece to glue again on the little bomber  

then little bomber there and a little fighter here:

This is my lots of raw pieces maded by zvezda and reboxed from revell with an impressive decal sheet, printed in italy. At the end revell put only the box

at least the kit seems correct, surely better than the old revell ,that was completely wrong in all aspects, but was maded before the berlin wall break!

a confrontation with other 72 kits , grief and the super etendard

details are very deep, not as matchbox kits but almost

and the only aftermarket pieces tha i use, ejection seats, these k-36 from pavla

Started something about the cockpit, need to scratch all , the original are very bad the ip are from decals... 

trowed away all the original pieces (ok i put it in the unused piece storage... never put pieces in the recycle , all pieces can be usefull in future)

seats started to paint with other two for the mig-29 ub (another two copy for the su-34 probably i add here after)

Works i planned , over the cockpit scratch, is to heavy improvements on nozzles and afterburner chamber, that more than in others plnes are really visible, well , missiles, gears etc etc etc ... and put it in a diorama, something like a pubblic exposition and "some police" as guard

PS

Civilian subject are ok for this GB?

MAJ Mike

You airplane guys continue to amaze me with the amount of detail you can pack into a cockpit.  Very nice!!

You armor guys do the same thing inside the tank....... right?  

T-62A: WIP photos

Using a Barrel Depot gun tube and selected fiddley bits from Eduard.

Wanted to try to make grab rails from brass stock  Some flaws, but they look better than the plastic kit rails.

Not too bad a result for my first try.  Easier than I had thought and looks much better.

Aluminium foil to pose as dust cover on cannon mantlet.

The effort continues.  More detail to add to search lights, etc.

Thanks for looking.

You airplane guys continue to amaze me with the amount of detail you can pack into a cockpit.  Very nice!!