Revell | No. 04589 | 1:48 | MiG-25 PD Foxbat A
2020/21: OOB build of the '04 Revell 1/48 kit.
OOB cockpit painting, decals and air-intakes...
Fit isn't the best - but not end of the world either. Braced internally with sprue as would not sit right without.
Primer and general fettling of seams, armaments etc.
Priming and adding back in the raised panel lines removed from filling and sanding.
Priming and adding back in the raised panel lines removed from filling and sanding.
Base colour and mottling.
Shading and seam lines, adding the shading to front of air intakes.
Exhaust priming.
I wanted to practice metallic exhaust effects. So extended the area.
Adding weathering detail and fading to the green accents.
Beginning to take shape and look a lot sharper - you can't see it, but fair amount of shading on nose cone also.
Wheels and missiles are hand painted - no masks.
TOO MANY DECALS! And they're old - so not that great to use either.
Humbrol diluted wash.
Wash, weathering and hand painting canopy inside and out.
Getting somewhere now... Not historically accurate painting, but artistic licence used...
Trying really hard to keep my finish as smooth as possible, not an easy task in a garage.
Adding an indication of external construction/exhaust flow by using paint.
And we're done! 🙂 Canopy is not fixed.
tried hard to indicate weathering to external leading surfaces, hope this gives an impression of wear and flight time.
You can (sort of) see the amount of colour blends/passes I applied to the base coat here.
I have actually accented (with green) the internal exhausts also.
This thing is HUGE!
Comments
42 13 November 2019, 14:00
Thomas BischoffThumps up for the pictures and the work done! ... and welcome back to the hobby!
13 November 2019, 18:07
NeilThanks Gary! Yeah I 'cheated' and stuck a sharks mouth from a Soviet version onto a Ukrainian decalled kit! My boy said why aren't you using the teeth!?... So that was it decision made... Ha! Ha! ?
1 April 2021, 12:36
NeilThanks Simon, it's really humbling when an older one of my builds pops up again because someone as talented as you comments on it. Very kind of you 👍
3 July 2022, 09:47
Chan LiNeil I like the build, the weapons are neat! And I like pic 25 as well.
I handled a lot pics for my work using Photoshop, but never did one for my models. 😅
8 July 2022, 09:24
NeilHi Chan Li, hope you are well mate. Thanks very much for the like and for taking the time to comment 👍 your words are appreciated 😊
9 July 2022, 15:55
Album info
Hi there,
Thanks for stopping by to view my latest build #17 the Mig-25 Foxbat.
I build straight 'out-of-the-box' endeavouring to show the build journey in as few photographs as possible - this is my reason for utilising montage imagery to help reduce the image count of an album.
This build was uploaded on the 26th March 2021.
I hope that the you find my build journey informative and helpful.
