Mig-23 Flogger D

This is where I left off many years ago. 

This is where I left off many years ago. 

This is where I left off many years ago. 

I think the seat is by Verlinden. I would have used the original seat but it seams to have gone missing and this was in the box. 

Seam filling, extended intakes, added cockpit armor plates and some additional cockpit details. 

I’m going to close the cockpit but the radar/sites/hud needed to be depicted. The kit part is just a bump so I cut out the middle of it and added clear acetate and some plastic bits to suggest this area. Then painted it black and dry brushed with grey shades. 

View of the port side. 

I clipped off the “grab handles” ahead of adding some details to the bomb racks and corrected the shape of the ventral fin buy removing the LEX. 

Not 100% sure what this tube is for but it is pretty visible in walk around photos so I added it. 

Quick update - I’ve been detailing the gear bays. The port side is done and the starboard is almost finished. They are pretty spartan out of the box. I think I will go back and redo the tape brackets with foil because the foil looks better imo.