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

Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Tuesday, April 5, 2005 2:37 AM

Darn you Darwin! You've given me more ideas! I gotta wait til I've built my Stennis aircraft carrier; I have no room on my bench!

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Monday, April 4, 2005 7:40 PM

Ohh dear. VERY NICE!!!!! I should really speed up my mig. I just sprayed the outside tailfins, but they need 2 or 3 more coats. Still not telling what the paint scheme is!!! main camo is sprayed though. Pics up by friday, I promise!

-Tanky

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yardbird78

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January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Monday, April 4, 2005 7:38 PM

My second Skunk Works project is a Mig-27 Flogger D that belonged to President Hassad of Syria during 1986. It is the Hasegawa 1/72 kit painted with Model Masters enamel paints. It is armed with a 23mm six barrel gatling gun under the fuselage, two AA-2 Atoll Air to Air missiles under the air intakes, 2 37 round, 57 mm rocket pods under the wing gloves and two 250 Kg cluster bombs on racks under the aft fuselage.
"Now where are some of those empirialistic, yankee lackey, Israeli tanks? We will take back our beloved Golan Heights!"

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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yardbird78

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January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Monday, April 4, 2005 7:22 PM

There has been some secret building going on at my private "Skunk Works" recently. Two more Migs have emerged from the "Black World" to the "white". The first is a Mig-23 Flogger owned by Pres. Khadafi of Libya, vintage 1976. These markings were used at that time before the switch to plain green rectangle on the fin and a green circle on the intake side. This is the Hasegawa 1/72 kit and it is armed with AA-8 Aphyd Air to Air Missiles under the fuselage flanking either side of the Gsh-23 twin barreled 23mm cannon. The big red and white missiles under the wing glove are AA-7 Apex, IR missiles.
"Now where are some of those !@#$%^&*() Tomcats that keep violating our sovereign air space over the Sidra Gulf?"

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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seanrgb4

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May 2004
From: UK er the 3rd world

Posted by seanrgb4 on Sunday, April 3, 2005 1:09 PM

Well mines finished , I'm just waiting for my batteries to charge up , then you guys get a good laugh at the finished article

here we go finished pictures
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=2

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Tankmaster7

Member since
August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Sunday, April 3, 2005 1:06 PM

I haven't gotten much done lately- busy weekend with the competition and stuff. And I have to do a research paper for school... no time for the necessary airbrushing. I NEED to finish by may because it's the NY and north east regionals. So I need to kick the construction speed up a notch.

-Tanky

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Saturday, April 2, 2005 9:17 AM

Thank you for that site Sean! I got it bookmarked. I know I'll get a lot of use out of it!

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seanrgb4

Member since
May 2004
From: UK er the 3rd world

Posted by seanrgb4 on Saturday, April 2, 2005 7:11 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Duke Maddog

Sean, looking forward to seeing yours complete. I need to get another MiG 29 and make it German with your color scheme. Mine now sports a ground attack style green/OD/brown pattern. Hey, I was following the instruction sheet on the kit!

Keep going on those builds people!

Cheers Duke
I got this site from somewhere that does Camo Schemes , I then got the matches in Humbrol satin and flat colors i used 129 satin for the underside , 127 satin for the light grey , 145 Flat for the dark grey
check this site out its really good
http://www.jpsmodell.de/index.htm

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Friday, April 1, 2005 12:40 PM

Thanks everyone! Lofty, I appreciate the great comments. I like this color pattern too, although I wasn't sure I would with it having grey in it, but it does look good.

Yeah Darwin, they do; and I have a lot of Israeli planes to go after him too! Thanks for the compliment.

Sean, looking forward to seeing yours complete. I need to get another MiG 29 and make it German with your color scheme. Mine now sports a ground attack style green/OD/brown pattern. Hey, I was following the instruction sheet on the kit!

Keep going on those builds people! Cool [8D]

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seanrgb4

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May 2004
From: UK er the 3rd world

Posted by seanrgb4 on Friday, April 1, 2005 11:21 AM

Wow looks like theres going to be some impressive Migs here
all i got to do is add the missles to mine , definatly finish this by sunday

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yardbird78

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January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Friday, April 1, 2005 2:10 AM

Nice Mig-21, Duke. Another target for the Israeli's. They seem to like Syian Fishbeds.

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 Thursday, March 31, 2005 10:42 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Duke Maddog

Sounds good Tanky! Still waiting for pics, hopefully you'll have them up soon.

Meanwhile, I have completed my third MiG for this Group Build. Here is my Syrian MiG 21 ready for more combat over the Bekaa Valley:

Now, I shall take a rest from this to finish a few more builds. I'll be stopping back in occasionally to see everyone's progress. After all, I still need to see Tanky's MiG!

that's a cool looking scheme on the fishbed. i like the colors.

i've started my 1/48 fulcrum. progress will be slow as i've recently started a new job and working 10 hours a day, which leave me very time for modeling. still early on build line as i'm still still working on the cockpit. i'm using eduard PE set + a verlinden resin seat. will post pics as soon as i've made some real progress.

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:15 PM

Sounds good Tanky! Still waiting for pics, hopefully you'll have them up soon.

Meanwhile, I have completed my third MiG for this Group Build. Here is my Syrian MiG 21 ready for more combat over the Bekaa Valley:

Now, I shall take a rest from this to finish a few more builds. I'll be stopping back in occasionally to see everyone's progress. After all, I still need to see Tanky's MiG!

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:12 PM

Have AB'd camo. Spotted some missed spots. Will fix those tomorrow. One tailfin fell off. Dries as we speak. Tank out.

-Tanky

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 12:34 PM

Thanks Waikong! Glad to see you still with us.

Mick, I agree about the old patterns. You gotta love a colorful airplane! I'm lookimg forward to seeing more pics of your progress.

Come on Tanky! Like Mike says, "Just Do It!" Wink [;)]

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Swedish Mick

Member since
January 2005
From: Kopparberg, Sweden

Posted by Swedish Mick on Wednesday, March 30, 2005 1:27 AM

Sorry 'bout the pictures, Duke! Ashamed [*^_^*]

Hopefully I will manage to get better ones next time ...
I do like your MiG! I prefer "old-fashioned" and colourful camos on the aircrafts and not those newer grey-painted and low-viz ones.

Modellbygge iFokus http://www.modellbygge.ifokus.se

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 7:22 PM

OK, resanded the seams, and resprayed on top, and sprayed for first time one bottom. She's gonna be ready for camo whenever I have the time... which won't be soon, probably..

-Tanky

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waikong

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December 2002
From: NYC, USA

Posted by waikong on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 12:38 PM

good looking camo on that Mig21 there Duke.

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

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 11:43 AM

Hey Mick, Those pics kinda hurt the eyes. Still, it looks like you're making great progress. That's a good idea painting the MiG 23's wings before putting them inside the fuselage. Amazing, something so simple and it never occurred to me to do it! Your work is looking great, keep it up!

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Swedish Mick

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January 2005
From: Kopparberg, Sweden

Posted by Swedish Mick on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 5:50 AM

Here are some pictures of my progress. Even if the pictures are quite bad, I think you can get the idea.
The Iraqi MiG-15:

and the Cuban MiG-23:

Modellbygge iFokus http://www.modellbygge.ifokus.se

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Duke Maddog

Member since
June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Monday, March 28, 2005 10:38 PM

Looking great so far Tankmaster! I can't see the seam issue you mentioned in the one pic, so I can't offer any suggestions. I am impressed by the way this is looking.

Lofty, looking forward to seeing your MiG. My wife was born in Cuba, so this should be interesting. BTW She's full Chinese too!

Now here's my progress on my Syrian MiG 21 from the Bekaa Valley. I got it painted and part of the canopy is on. I will clean up the seam there when it all dries. The front part of the canopy isn't on because I had to trim the instrument panel shroud before the front part of the canopy would fit. I can't believe Fujimi didn't get that right! Anyway, I took the picture while the paint was drying so I could at least show everyone my camouflage pattern:

All that is left is to paint the weapons racks, clearcoat it, decal it, and then seal it. Then I can add the weapons to it and declare it done.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 28, 2005 10:14 PM

I have an Academy 1/48 mig-29 that i'll start working on in the next few days. The Cuban AF decals are in the mail. Hopefully my build will make the May deadline.

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Tankmaster7

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August 2004
From: Nowhere. (Long Island)

Posted by Tankmaster7 on Monday, March 28, 2005 5:47 PM

Academy kit with eduard and aires. will have hi-decals decals. Right now it has base coat of fulcrum grey on top only bottom still needs to be sprayed, and then the camo and various other bits. Tell me what you think.

This one is before it was painted.

Bit of seam roughness visible here. Any ideas on how to fix it?

showing of sleek lines in this pic.

-Tanky

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Duke Maddog

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June 2003
From: Rowland Heights, California

Posted by Duke Maddog on Monday, March 28, 2005 12:58 PM

Sean, outstanding work! It is looking grea there, keep it up.

Also, thanks Darwin, I appreciate that! Cool [8D]

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waikong

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December 2002
From: NYC, USA

Posted by waikong on Monday, March 28, 2005 12:39 PM

very nice looking fulcrum, must be a big bird at 1/32.

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

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seanrgb4

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May 2004
From: UK er the 3rd world

Posted by seanrgb4 on Monday, March 28, 2005 11:17 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by yardbird78

Sean,
Your Fulcrum looks very nice, indeed. You and DukeMaddog are simply amazing to me. You accomplish more building in a week than I can in a month or two. Congratulations on a great build.

Darwin, O.F.

Cheers Darwin ,
the reason for the quick build was i had a week off ,but theres still quite a bit to do on her mainley cosmetic ,
but she dosen't look too bad , this one was straight OOB ,
all i added was some seat belts , but i didn't pay too much attention to the cockpit as i wanted a closed canopy on this build ,
soon as she's finished i'll show the finished item

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yardbird78

Member since
January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Monday, March 28, 2005 11:06 AM

Sean,
Your Fulcrum looks very nice, indeed. You and DukeMaddog are simply amazing to me. You accomplish more building in a week than I can in a month or two. Congratulations on a great build.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

,,

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 Monday, March 28, 2005 10:03 AM

very very nice!! you're good at hand painting!!!

-Tanky

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