MiG-21MF in progress
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Since the canopy will be closed, I've decided to go with the decals for cockpit. There's also an option to paint the lovely alternate plastic parts, full of tiny details which look really really good.
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Simple trick for landing lights - use kitchen aluminum foil to cover the back of the light...
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...effect will be like the real thing and better than any paint.
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a few pieces of the exhaust waiting to be put together...
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Although some say decals look too flat, I don't see quality made cockpit decals any worse than prepainted photo-etch parts. And they are perfectly acceptable for closed canopy build.
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The back of the pit is also nicely made and darker wash brings out all the lovely details. Unfortunately with the seat installed, there won't be much to see.
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The narrow seam when joining fuselage and wings has been mentioned before. It is maybe 0.1mm wide so it shouldn't be too tough to fix. I also experienced the seam on the front fuselage halves joints - Luckily, scraping some plastic off the not visible par
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This upper part on the nose that comes wedged between fuselage halves didn't want to sit properly - it fit in the windshield area, but not at the front - some puttying and sanding was required to fix it. It could have been my doing, but I remember I had s
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That gap, that appeared on all builds so far didn't require anything else but a little smear of putty at both ends near the wing joins. As you can see, after I applied some glue, it transformed into a normal looking panel line.
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Interesting solution for the exhaust - instead of usual two-halves approach which requires seam clean up, this 1:72 version comes with a single-piece exhaust... Maybe slightly thick but should it this time.
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Ejection seat looks really nice out of the box, but lacks harnesses and ejection seat handles. Harnesses are provided as decals but since decals are way too thin to look good, I decided to cut out the decals and attached them to the seat with CA glue.
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Cockpit more or less finished.
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Cockpit more or less finished.
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Airframe finished and ready for some primer!
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I’ve heard so much good stuff about Stynlrez primer that I had to give it a go! Used the easily available Mig One Shot primer (rebranded Stynlerez) and was pretty pleased with the result.
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Next came some detail painting like dielectrics and intake nose ring, followed by a coat of Alclad Aluminum.
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I hate masking so much but do it carefuly and patiently and you will be rewarded.
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And main paint job finished – I’ve used Magnesium for darker panels and some fuselage streaking and then blended it in with misting the Aluminum.
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The effect is very subtle on bright light and a lit more pronounced in low-light situation. I really love painting with Alclads.
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It may not show, but after many hours and several hundred (almost) invisible stencils later, the decalling is finished!
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It may not show, but after many hours and several hundred (almost) invisible stencils later, the decalling is finished!
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It may not show, but after many hours and several hundred (almost) invisible stencils later, the decalling is finished!
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Washes done, landing gear attached, it's time for a final coat of semi-matt and fixing some final details.
Комментарии
12 April 2018, 21:26
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Nice topic, but cockpit looks bit greenish - is it just me or the white balance setting?
13 April 2018, 18:57
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@Cuajete - it's a pre-order version of the kit. The kit itself will start selling sometime in May.
@Lukasz - couldn't get the WB setting right so I just gave up. Though I was sitting in 21 cockpit that was as green, too 🙂
14 April 2018, 07:09
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Could you give us some review regarding that new kit (I wonder how's the fit), Sebastijan?
23 April 2018, 10:54
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Thanks guys! Lukasz - check the descriptions under the photos😉 I will published a wip article on my blog as well. But generally fit is very good with just a few little problematic areas so far... but really nothing serious and too much time consuming.
23 April 2018, 18:36
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Thanks, it looks really promising. 👍 However I have to admit some of the captions are too long and have been cut (e.g. pic 8 )
23 April 2018, 19:32
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oh, sorry about that... didn't know there's a character limit... I'll try to fix that.
23 April 2018, 20:17
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excellent job on that cockpit. it looks superb! and NMF is turning really good too 🙂
29 April 2018, 10:13
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Great job Seb, what about the air intake edges ? Did you sand this part ?
6 May 2018, 07:28
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Thanks guys!
Pierre-Christian - which edge are you talking about, front or rear? Rear took a little bit of sanding to blend with the fuselage but nothing serios. Front lip is maybe a bit too thick, but nothing drastic.
6 May 2018, 10:13
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Thanks Seb, I was talking about the front lips....btw, great job your Mig-21 will be outstanding as usual ! I can't wait to start one of this kit. Cheers.
6 May 2018, 10:16