FOREIGN AIRFORCE MiG BUILD. (no question mark in this topic)

Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 6:08 PM

Pictures of my finally finished MiG-29. It is Indian Airforce. I used an Aires resin and PE set and the Eduard exterior PE detail set and the decal are from Hi-decals from poland. Enjoy the pics and tell me what you think.

More pics in the A/C forum. Check them out!

-Tanky

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Tuesday, May 10, 2005 7:11 AM

Well, I applied a first coat to the MiG-23 cockpit, and made a small alteration to the ejector seat I found lying around. I'm using a fresh tin of Humbrol 27. The kit is really sharp, lovely to work with. When I checked, the kit was made in 1980, which is the mould date too, so one of the earliest ones. Almost seems a shame to use! Next coat tonight. This is going to a quick build. Pity the decals are yellowed.

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Monday, May 9, 2005 8:22 PM

My fellow foreign Miggers, I am pleased to tell you I have finished my build at long last!! Big Smile [:D]

Pics tomorrow.

-Tanky

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, May 9, 2005 1:19 AM

The Mig-29 that the USPS trashed for me has been regated to the spares box. Luckily I did have a 2nd Hasegawa kit. I was gonna jump in w/ the P.E. Zoom set that I got but decided to try the cheap but more challenging route! LOL I do have a pretty decent reference, a Lock-On. Sorry, don't remember the number offhand. I nearly got the cockpit finished now. A Hasegawa Hornet kit donated a pilot to replace the anemic & stomach-holed one that came w/ the kit. Just have to finish painting the pilot & a bit 'o drybrushing of the cockpit. Pics tomorrow. I don't have a refuelling probe for it but it is detachable & I have seen some web pics w/o them. I don't know a lot about the Malaysian Squadrons choices for color of their flight coveralls so I picked your basic OD green. I figured they may get there stuff the same place the U.S. gets theirs- from Thailand! LOL I hope everyone is having fun! - Calvin

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Sunday, May 8, 2005 4:31 PM

That's the spirit!! I am almost finished with my mig. Just a few mor PE pieces... and I'm debating whether or not to add the missiles.

-Tanky

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roadkill_275

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September 2003
From: North East Texas

Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, May 8, 2005 3:37 PM

I don't know who originated this mold. But they need to be fed to the fire ants. Every time I pick it up and look at it, it makes me sick. Looking at it head on, the left wing is 1/4 inch lower than the right. The wing root on the left side is too thin for the wing and the one on the right is too thick. I'm going to finish it because I don't want to be beaten by four ounces of plastic.

Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Sunday, May 8, 2005 11:21 AM

Kev,

I wonder if it's the same mould as my KP 1/72 MiG-15? I ended up abanonding it

Osher

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Duke Maddog

Member since
June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Sunday, May 8, 2005 10:11 AM

Kev, it's looking good. You seem to be doing by by this so far. Looking forward to seeing more progress.

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roadkill_275

Member since
September 2003
From: North East Texas

Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, May 8, 2005 10:00 AM

Thought I would share this with yall to prove that I am working on my promised MiG.
This is the Hobbycraft 1/72 MiG 15. This is without a doubt the most disgusting kit I have ever built. The wings don't line up. Fit is atrocious. And the surface detail is way overstated for this scale. IF I finish this one I will never touch another Hobbycraft kit.

I'll be starting Revells 1/32 MiG 21 PFM in Croatian markings before long, so maybe I'll have better pics later.

Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 8:49 AM

tankmaster, hang in there. when it's done, i'm sure it will come out beautifully.

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 8:53 PM

OK at this point it's like 2 steps forward 1 step back on my MiG- but it's getting there. I'll post pics of the finished product as soon as I can.

-Tanky

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waikong

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December 2002
From: NYC, USA

Posted by waikong on Sunday, May 1, 2005 8:03 PM

very nice paint job on the Mig29!

My website: http://waihobbies.wkhc.net

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Saturday, April 30, 2005 2:37 PM

OK, decaling is finished on my MiG! I also finished an oil wash for the panel lines. It's ready for a flat coat as son as I have the time.

-Tanky

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Thursday, April 28, 2005 8:31 PM

Nice work lofty.

-Tanky

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Thursday, April 28, 2005 6:38 PM

That Cuban Mig is really good! Well done!

I found in my parts bin an ejector seat. No idea of the aircraft, but with some re-working, and licence, it will be a reasonable replacement. No detailing or PE on this Mig-23, just a quick build, and then painting in Libyan colours. As the for the Mig-15, I'm going to knock it together, not bother too much sanding/filling, and then send it to the Fatal Air Force, where all my aborted models go (a friend's 4 year old son, who loves them!); if not then it joins the experiment box, where other aborted models are kept (or large wings, sections, etc) for use in new techniques, trying out new paints, etc.

Actually, what do others do with their aborted models?

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seanrgb4

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May 2004
From: UK er the 3rd world

Posted by seanrgb4 on Thursday, April 28, 2005 11:29 AM

Well I posted in the Aircraft section
But thats a great looking Mig

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yardbird78

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January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 11:22 PM

Very, very nice job on the Cuban Mig. I wasn't aware that Castro had the 29.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

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The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 10:38 PM

finished!

1/48 Academy Mig-29 + Verlinden resin ejection seat + Eduard PE set + Cutting Edge decals (Cuban AF). Camo done with Gunze acrylics.

thanks for looking.

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:39 AM

Hmmm, why does everybody build 12x faster than me?!!!!!! But I SHOULD be done modeling gods willing by Monday. I have to future, decal future, flat coat and then add approximately 15 plastic and 15 PE pieces in final assembly.

-Tanky

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 8:35 AM

some updates: the decals FINALLY arrived. last night was spent decaling and weathering. the next couple of days i'll do the post-shading and attaching landing gears and ordnance, then a flat coat. i can smell the finish line!

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 25, 2005 8:23 PM

Wow, thanks for the info Darwin! - Calvin

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yardbird78

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January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Sunday, April 24, 2005 10:19 PM

The early Mig-21s, (21F/Fishbed B; 21F-12&F-13/Fishbed C; 21PF/Fishbed D) all used the SK ejection seat. This seat was limited to a minimum altitude of 110 meters or 361 feet for proper operation and a maximum speed of 690 mph,(subsonic). The Mig-21PFM/Fishbed F, the Mig-21S/SM Fishbed J, the Mig-21 MF/Fishbed J, the Mig-21bis Lazur/Fishbed L and the Mig-21bis SAU/Fishbed N all used the more modern KM-1 or KM-1M seat. which was zero/zero and super sonic rated.
The Mig-21U/Mongol A trainer used the SK seat, while the Mig-21 US and UM Mongol B used the KM-1.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

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The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Sunday, April 24, 2005 7:22 PM

I just finsihed masking the canopy. I hope to get the future gloss coat on tomorrow. The decalling starts Tuesday morning...

-Tanky

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Mikeym_us

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March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Sunday, April 24, 2005 4:49 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by roadkill_275

osher, if I remember correctly, the MiG 23 used the venerable K36 ejector seat(??), it's the same one that is in the MiG 21.

no Roadkill the Mig-21 doesn't use the K-36 I have no clue as to what seat it uses but the Mig-23 and the Mig-27 use the KM-1 ejection seat. and I stated earlier that Squadron sells the KM-1 made by True Details in both 1/48 and 1/72 scale.

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:52 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by osher

It's been a while, but here goes with an update:
The Mig-15 UTI in Vietnam colours has been abandoned. Simply put, the amount of filler needed is crazy, and I'd still need to rescribe all the panel lines, and add in airbrakes. Much better to build a decent kit, than to try and rescue this awful one. It's not yet in the parts bin, but probably will be soon...

I decided therefore to build this Airfix 1/72 Mig-23 kit I bought second hand from Hannants. Lovely kit, and being from 1980, very crisp moulding too. It even comes with an instrument panel with raised dials etc. Lovely! Decals are awful, but I could do something with them. Includes a Libyan version. Part built, I discovered that it's missing the seat...

Am I destined to never complete a model for this GB?!

Just keep chuggin away at it. I was similarly overwhelmed with the amount of vrute force needed to insert my resin cokpit and then even more brute force to get everything to fit properly afterwards. But I trumphed in the end. I'll post pics when I'm finished now. Yup, I'm that close...

-Tanky

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roadkill_275

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September 2003
From: North East Texas

Posted by roadkill_275 on Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:15 PM

osher, if I remember correctly, the MiG 23 used the venerable K36 ejector seat(??), it's the same one that is in the MiG 21.

Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:58 PM

It's been a while, but here goes with an update:
The Mig-15 UTI in Vietnam colours has been abandoned. Simply put, the amount of filler needed is crazy, and I'd still need to rescribe all the panel lines, and add in airbrakes. Much better to build a decent kit, than to try and rescue this awful one. It's not yet in the parts bin, but probably will be soon...

I decided therefore to build this Airfix 1/72 Mig-23 kit I bought second hand from Hannants. Lovely kit, and being from 1980, very crisp moulding too. It even comes with an instrument panel with raised dials etc. Lovely! Decals are awful, but I could do something with them. Includes a Libyan version. Part built, I discovered that it's missing the seat...

Am I destined to never complete a model for this GB?!

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roadkill_275

Member since
September 2003
From: North East Texas

Posted by roadkill_275 on Saturday, April 23, 2005 9:11 AM

Just to let everyone know, I'm still here and alive. I started on my MiG 15 this week and actually made some progress on it. I'll have some pics up next week.

Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain

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Mikeym_us

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March 2004
From: Kincheloe Michigan

Posted by Mikeym_us on Friday, April 22, 2005 3:44 PM

BTW True Details also does a 1/72 scale KM-1 seat as well. and you can get it from Squadron

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15 http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Thursday, April 21, 2005 4:53 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by loftycomfort

installed the vert slabs, and odds and ends, and got more painting done. but there is STILL no cuban AF decals. i'm very tempted to just slap on some red stars and call it a build. has anyone living in canada ordered decal sheets from hannant before? how long did it take to ship?

Hannants is in England mate. They'll take a long long while to get to yer place from there.

-Tanky

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