MiG-17 PM 'Radar Fresco' - MisterCraft
Box
Sprues
Blind jet intake opened up
Exhaust pipe kitbashed - the original is just a blind stub
Intake and exhaust installed - lots of weight installed in the nose
Ejection seat rebuilt with styrene and wine bottle foil
New cockpit - didn't bother much as nothing is visible anyway
Crooked and incorrect panel lines filled and new ones rescribed
Guns scratch built from sprues and 1 mm brass tubes
New guns in place
Landing gears kitbashed and scratch built (the kits's own wheels were too wonky and deformed to use)
Wing fit is atrocious
Gaps filled with Tamiya White Putty and canopy masked
Primed with Mr Surfacer 1500 black primer
Nose and wing walks painted
AK Xtreme Metal paints
Aluminium sprayed on
Final details installed with CA glue (the fuel tank braces needed a lot of fettling and adjusting to follow the wing shape)
Decals applied (HAD Models decal sheet)
Gloss varnish painted on with a broad paintbrush - it levels out beautifully for a completely even surface
Weathering stuff
Finished
Finished - panel lines were slightly overdone
Finished
Finished - as you can see, the gear bay is just a shallow rectangle
Finished
Finished
Finished
Finished
Together with a previous MisterCraft MiG-17 build (display base: Coastal Kits 'Taxiway')
评论
20 September 2019, 15:40
Andy Ball
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)
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
Thomas Kolb
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.
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
Łukasz Gliński
I like it v.much as I already wrote you Thomas 🙂
Respect for using such a bad kit😉
I like it v.much as I already wrote you Thomas 🙂
Respect for using such a bad kit😉
20 September 2019, 19:50