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Alexander Grivonev
There is just something about those concept cars from 70ies 80ies 90ies. Pure nostalgia...

István Szücs
Flawless result, I love it!

Kyle DeHart
I have this but my decals are fried. Your example makes me want to get some made and build it. Beautifully done Spence!!

Spence Wilson
@Istvan, Thanks so much.

@Kyle, my decals were pretty bad as well, I was really nervous putting that rear decal on the wing. One of the orange round ones broke apart on me while I was applying it. New decals would have been amazing.

Kyle DeHart
Well great work anyways!

Neuling
A flawless beauty!

Spence Wilson
Thanks guys, I appreciate you saying!

Sergej I
Wow, nice! In 🙂

Mike Montgomery
Looking great, so far.

CaptGPF
Sitting down for the show!

Spanjaard
detail of that engine OOB seems really great, looking forward seeing it painted. that is the P&W R2800 (Magic Factory 7506, 1:48) right ?

Akaidada
YES BRO

P&W R2800~

Sy Bar
🍿ready to follow 😎

Jennifer Franklin
following 👀

Clint
Great detailing!

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Nice progress, very nice and lovely done chipping - took a seat here as I´m very interested in some more detail pics on your chipping work 👍

CaptGPF
Looking good! Watching. 😀

Peter Wu
Great Job! Can't wait to see the final work.

Shar Dipree
Wow, great dio! 👍👍👍👍

Neuling
Wow 2

John E
Super work. Nicely done! 👍👍

Rui S
Excellent work & Dio 👍

Akaidada
THANKS BROS 😎

Jennifer Franklin
that is an amazing dio!

Christian Lehmann
👍

Pietro De Angelis
Wonderful dio, congrats!

CaptGPF
OMG! That Dio is perfection!

Vincent
Beautiful project. Great work!!

Pietro De Angelis
😲 WOW 3!

Bruce Huxtable
A Master-Class of superb creative work....

JRSModels
Nice work. The pilot figure looks a thousand times better molded/engineered than the Magic Factory crew figures, though. One of the best looking 1/48 figures I have ever seen. Where is it from, please?

Nicolas
I got this kit on the to do list as well so I'm following. Nice start.

Robert Podkoński
Following, of course! I loved these "original" Kovozavody kits.

Łukasz Gliński
What a trip down the memory lane for just 3 bucks 😄 👍

Ben M
The fit on this kit…. Not great, not terrible.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Ludvík Kružík
This really is a trip into history. I wish you well with your work on the model. And I'll be happy to follow the progress.

The drop tanks used on the Mig you are building are the original (older) version. They were attached directly to the wing (no hinge) and did not have stabilizing ailerons on the end. This type of tanks had one unpleasant feature. When dropping the empty tank, the tank rolled on the wing. This was annoying because it could damage the control surfaces. Therefore, these tanks were replaced by a new type with stabilizing surfaces at the end of the tank and these tanks were suspended on a wing hanger (tanks of this type are in the kit). This solution eliminated the rolling problem.

Ben M
Ludvik, thank you for the details. I did not know that. I imagine they usually did not drop the tanks on trainers.

I also masked the canopy last night. The molding of the frames are a bit vague and lots of curves so it will require some cleanup after painting.

Ludvík Kružík
Ben, you're right that trainer planes didn't usually drop tanks. In peacetime, in normal use, even combat aircraft don't drop tanks (except in emergency situations or exercises).

The purpose of my comment was merely to explain why the tanks on Indonesian aircraft differ from those in the kit.

I look forward to following your progress and wish you a lot of fun building the model and the result to your liking.

Mr D
Doing a nice job 👌
I would by one for 3$ anytime 🤣

Ben M
The fit on this kit is ludicrous. Having a lot of fun with it though.

Ben M
Well the other night I got frustrated with the Vallejo gloss black primer clogging my airbrush, so I added some Mr leveling thinner and gave it the worst orange peel ever as this is totally incompatible with the paint. I thought I could selectively strip the paint with windex but while that kind of stripped the paint it also dissolved a lot of the perfect plastic putty and also dissolved the canopy pva glue and masking. Also I broke off a wing and a horizontal stabilizer. So a bit of a setback.

I have constant problems getting the Vallejo gloss black primer to not clog my 0.4mm nozzle.

Robert Podkoński
Sorry to hear that, Ben...

Duster_d
It's sad, Ben. These Vallejo primers can only be diluted with distilled water because they are based on acrylic urethane (this is my IMHO). Even Vallejo's Thinner and Flow Improver for acrylic paints does not go well with these primers. The same applies to their polyurethane varnishes.

Martin Oostrom
Not saying this will solve your issue, but they have a video with ratios out: Youtube Video

Sy Bar
Wow that video seam to show it's a lot of hard work to get their primer coat working 👀
I'd go with mr surfacer 1500 approx 50:50 with mr levelling thinner, then if you need a gloss use mr Color gx110 again 50:50 with levelling thinner, sounds just as complex but I've never had this block airbrush and you can get rid of surface issue before you gloss saving the thicker gloss primer obscuring details..

Good luck on you build

Łukasz Gliński
Very sad nwes mate - hope to see you back on this project with the new kit, this one looks fubar unfortunately.

Ben M
I have not yet begun to fight. It is but a flesh wound.

Ben M
Painted some detail parts. Unlike the Vallejo primer, the metallics shoot like a dream. Started reassembly. I will have to re-putty and this kit needs a lot of putty. The canopy is a goopy fogged mess, I'm going to soak it in degreaser to hopefully strip off the future and start over on it.

Nicolas
What a mess. Good luck fixing it.

Finn
Following

Ludvík Kružík
The accident on your project is really unpleasant. I wish you a steady hand and a lot of patience in dealing with the aftermath.

Ben M
It's going okay. Not giving up is part of the fun for me.

M0rce
Wow, that looks like a tough kit...
Coming along nicely now though it seems.. 👍
Looking forward to updates.

Robert Podkoński
I'm impressed with your perseverance, Ben... Keep it up!

Ben M
I finally broke the pitot tube off, amazing it stayed on this long with all the handling I had to do. The second time I did the puttying I didn't sand things as smooth, live and learn. This kit has a lot of challenging fit issues. I think I will decal next. Fairly happy with the canopy, it was a bear to mask. The gun blast panel and air brakes came out nice, slight contrast with the rest of the nmf.

Ben M
Landing gear, drop tanks, and antennae on

Ludvík Kružík
Ben, I admire your patience and determination to finish the model.
Have you considered subtle colour differentiation of the individual panels? It'll brighten up the uniform silver surface of the aircraft nicely.

Ben M
There are a few panels painted a different color and some light weathering, but I'm keeping it subtle on this one as my photographic references don't show a lot of variation other than the gun blast panel and air brakes. I'll take some better pictures when it's done. I've done the full on panel painting before and I enjoy doing that!