MiG-17 PM 'Radar Fresco' - MisterCraft
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Box
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Sprues
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Blind jet intake opened up
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Exhaust pipe kitbashed - the original is just a blind stub
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Intake and exhaust installed - lots of weight installed in the nose
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Ejection seat rebuilt with styrene and wine bottle foil
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New cockpit - didn't bother much as nothing is visible anyway
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Crooked and incorrect panel lines filled and new ones rescribed
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Guns scratch built from sprues and 1 mm brass tubes
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New guns in place
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Landing gears kitbashed and scratch built (the kits's own wheels were too wonky and deformed to use)
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Wing fit is atrocious
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Gaps filled with Tamiya White Putty and canopy masked
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Primed with Mr Surfacer 1500 black primer
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Nose and wing walks painted
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AK Xtreme Metal paints
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Aluminium sprayed on
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Final details installed with CA glue (the fuel tank braces needed a lot of fettling and adjusting to follow the wing shape)
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Decals applied (HAD Models decal sheet)
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Gloss varnish painted on with a broad paintbrush - it levels out beautifully for a completely even surface
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Weathering stuff
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Finished
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Finished - panel lines were slightly overdone
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Finished
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Finished - as you can see, the gear bay is just a shallow rectangle
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Finished
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Finished
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Finished
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Finished
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Together with a previous MisterCraft MiG-17 build (display base: Coastal Kits 'Taxiway')
Kommentare
20 September 2019, 15:40
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Great build!!, now I know what to do with my Rioja foils too!! 🙂
I wonder how Airfix's new release will stack-up against this build?, (looks like you may have had some fit-issues which have been adeptly fixed)
20 September 2019, 16:33
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Thank you! The Airfix Fresco will surely be a dream compared to the MisterCraft kit... which was almost like kitbashing, almost nothing would fit without major surgery.
20 September 2019, 17:10
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I like it v.much as I already wrote you Thomas 🙂
Respect for using such a bad kit😉
20 September 2019, 19:50