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Lee wrote:Looking very nice bud....

Little tip - Unused cotton buds in the container, used ones on the bench Though, I've lost count the amount of times I've done it too...lol

What do you think the ones on the bench are lol give me some credit ha ha, I don't just empty them on the bench randomly picking them up licking them, the ones on the bench are used, but they have two ends and I'll often use one end put it done and then pick up one thinking it's the one I just had

Paul wrote:

Lee wrote:Looking very nice bud....

Little tip - Unused cotton buds in the container, used ones on the bench Though, I've lost count the amount of times I've done it too...lol

What do you think the ones on the bench are lol give me some credit ha ha, I don't just empty them on the bench randomly picking them up licking them, the ones on the bench are used, but they have two ends and I'll often use one end put it done and then pick up one thinking it's the one I just had

Sarcasm dear boy, sarcasm

Lee wrote:

Paul wrote:

Lee wrote:Looking very nice bud....

Little tip - Unused cotton buds in the container, used ones on the bench Though, I've lost count the amount of times I've done it too...lol

What do you think the ones on the bench are lol give me some credit ha ha, I don't just empty them on the bench randomly picking them up licking them, the ones on the bench are used, but they have two ends and I'll often use one end put it done and then pick up one thinking it's the one I just had

Sarcasm dear boy, sarcasm

Bullocks it was

Holy Beans and Wieners Batman... that's almost ready for paint.
That is a beaut Paul. That thing just slammed itself together eh?
Nice. Well worth the money I'd say, just from looking at you build it.
Fast Dude.

Sheesh. And Lee says I have too much time.

I haven't done anything really in days.
Both kids are sick and being... well kids.
So Not a lot of time.
Hopefully tonight I'll get behind the bench and do something.

Wow she's coming together very nicely indeed.

That looks awesome Paul I really want this kit now!

Stop building so fast everyone!!

I is getting all jealous like.

awesome progress though. its a pretty little thing

Lovely build Paul, looks very nice

cant wait to see how it paints up



Shane

So it may not look like much has been done, but I've added all the small pe parts as well as the rest of the smaller plastic "fittings". I've also filled, sanded and polished anything that needed it (which wasn't much). The HUD was glued in position and the masked canopies glued in place too.

Tomorrow the first paint hits the canopy and then primer.

I hadn't realised just how good looking these MIG's are , very nice model - can't wait to see some paint lashed on

DC87 wrote:I hadn't realised just how good looking these MIG's are , very nice model - can't wait to see some paint lashed on

Yep it's a beautiful bird,closely followed by the su27

Great looking aircraft their dude.

Really looking forward to watching the painting come together on this.

Hoping to pick up some tips.

Holy sweet mother of crap! (east coast nova scotian expression)
That is a magnificent bird Paul.
Big too.
Even now it's hard to stop looking at her.
Painting her seems almost offensive... but yet sooo right.

First class work on a first class kit buddy!

She is looking beautiful mate all she needs now is dressing up and make up and she will be drop dead gorgeous mate WOW

Paul - 2 questions if I may ask

Given how quickly you have build this kit would you say it is a great kit for people to introduce themselves to 1/48 aircraft, in other words as a first 1/48 build?

I notice on reviews that the kit has markings for the soviet navy, is this actually the case and if so does the kit come with an arrestor hook as it would be an automatic purchase for me if it does? - edit, I think I was looking at there previous MIG release

Hope the painting is going well

DC87 wrote:Paul - 2 questions if I may ask

Given how quickly you have build this kit would you say it is a great kit for people to introduce themselves to 1/48 aircraft, in other words as a first 1/48 build?

I notice on reviews that the kit has markings for the soviet navy, is this actually the case and if so does the kit come with an arrestor hook as it would be an automatic purchase for me if it does? - edit, I think I was looking at there previous MIG release

Hope the painting is going well

Yes I would say its a perfect intro to 1/48 it's a very easy kit to assemble with no real fit issues bar those engine cowling underneath.

As for the markings I'll have to look through the box as I can't remember, same for the arrestor hook, I'll have a look when I go in the cave in a bit

The Mig really has a bird of pray look to it, lovely lines on her



cheers,



Shane

Shes lovely Paul..looking forward to seeing her painted up in all her glory..

Looking good Paul!!! It is a nice aircraft you chose for the GB!!!

Cheers guys, I've got stalled of this for a few days, I'm full of man flu and my gf Hanna has a bad kidney infection so no modelling at the moment

Man flu?

I hope the kidney infection isn't serious?
Both of you get well soon. Especially Hanna... someone has to look after that goon that lives with her... Man Flu?

Coen wrote:Man flu?

I hope the kidney infection isn't serious?
Both of you get well soon. Especially Hanna... someone has to look after that goon that lives with her... Man Flu?

She is still in a lot of pain it's getting better.

Man flu http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_flu

I'm glad to hear she's getting better.

If I tried to pull a Man Flu on my wife she's just laugh and push me down the stairs.
She's seen me working in the back yard and throw the steel contractor's wheel barrow across the yard because I got pissed at something.
Sympathy for a cold in my house is in very short supply. Heart attacks and strokes you're good.
Colds... S.O.L.!

Get well soon mate the pair of you

Hope you both have a swift recovery.

Paul wrote:Cheers guys, I've got stalled of this for a few days, I'm full of man flu and my gf Hanna has a bad kidney infection so no modelling at the moment

Paul, I hope you and Hanna are feeling better!!! Does she have kidney stones??? If so have her try some of the stuff that Lenny likes to drink, diet coke, I heard that the acids (what ever is in it) dissolves it or at least softens it.

good2us1 wrote:

Paul wrote:Cheers guys, I've got stalled of this for a few days, I'm full of man flu and my gf Hanna has a bad kidney infection so no modelling at the moment

Paul, I hope you and Hanna are feeling better!!! Does she have kidney stones??? If so have her try some of the stuff that Lenny likes to drink, diet coke, I heard that the acids (what ever is in it) dissolves it or at least softens it.

No it's not stones, just an infection, she is recovering day by day, she's just in a fair bit of pain.

Cheers buddy

Paul wrote:

good2us1 wrote:

Paul wrote:Cheers guys, I've got stalled of this for a few days, I'm full of man flu and my gf Hanna has a bad kidney infection so no modelling at the moment

Paul, I hope you and Hanna are feeling better!!! Does she have kidney stones??? If so have her try some of the stuff that Lenny likes to drink, diet coke, I heard that the acids (what ever is in it) dissolves it or at least softens it.

No it's not stones, just an infection, she is recovering day by day, she's just in a fair bit of pain.

Cheers buddy

Good to hear!!!

Hope your both feeling better soon. Me and mine are just getting over a nasty sickness bug that swept through the house. Hence my late start to this GB. Hoping to join in the next day or two.

The Mig is looking awesome so far. Love the cockpit. I'm gonna be doing the Fulcrum B from Academy. Not as detailed as yours but a nice kit nonetheless. Look forward to the rest of the build!

DaddyCool273 wrote:Hope your both feeling better soon. Me and mine are just getting over a nasty sickness bug that swept through the house. Hence my late start to this GB. Hoping to join in the next day or two.

The Mig is looking awesome so far. Love the cockpit. I'm gonna be doing the Fulcrum B from Academy. Not as detailed as yours but a nice kit nonetheless. Look forward to the rest of the build!

Yeah we are both fine now, thanks for asking

Back at this today gonna get the preshading done

Look forward to seeing the academy mig, I've heard good thing about it

Well I got thy preshading done. Lol a good tip when you have had a few fingers (well more like a fist) of a nice 12 year old single malt, maybe attempting preshading isn't the best idea lmao, got there in the end, of the three panel lines I could see I just painted the middle one lol.

The cockpit received its inner colour before priming.



It's was then primed in Vallejo grey primer and preshaded using tamiya xf1





Laters

well they say pre-shading is supposed to be random.. probably the best way to do it is after a few frosty beverages.. lmao

great work so far by the way... i have this kit in the stash and it looks like a great one.. i have also bought the akan paints but havent used them yet.. im assuming your going to use akan for this build? looking forward to your thoughts..

Clint

ccc1970 wrote:well they say pre-shading is supposed to be random.. probably the best way to do it is after a few frosty beverages.. lmao

great work so far by the way... i have this kit in the stash and it looks like a great one.. i have also bought the akan paints but havent used them yet.. im assuming your going to use akan for this build? looking forward to your thoughts..

Clint

Yes Clint it should be random so Im ok there lol.

As for akan yes I have the set for this plane, they spray fantastically, my first coat goes on tomorrow. Looking forward to seeing in on the aircraft.

I've also ordered the akan set for the tamiya 1/32 corsair too

Panel lines any one?
Sheesh you could go blind doing those.
Maybe it would have been easier to paint it all black and then post shade the panels after?
Damn details... who's idea was it to put so many on her!

Coen wrote:Panel lines any one?
Sheesh you could go blind doing those.
Maybe it would have been easier to paint it all black and then post shade the panels after?
Damn details... who's idea was it to put so many on her!

They only took an hour to spray

So tonight I got the base colours down




Love that green



Airbrushed the underside and the top where needed in the akan 73092 light grey



I did then plan to mask off the Camo pattern for the akan 73093 grey/green using white tack, but I thought sod it and did it freehand. Gotta say the akan paint sprays beautifully, probably the nicest paint I've ever airbrushed, silky smooth like xtracrylix and even though they are as thin as xtracrylix they can be sprayed in thicker coats, and it dries real fast too.
Sprayed at 25psi and thinned with 10% ultimate thinner they went down very nice with no overspray between colours. The only thing I will say is the paint sticks like hell in the airbrush making cleanup a little more intensive than usual, but the ultimate airbrush cleaner made short work of it, really loving these new products, can't wait to see what's released next Also very happy I ordered the navy colour set for the corsair from akan too

The Camo pattern



My freehand Camo, love the subtle colours, iconic of the mig.









Still bits to touch up and the FS grey on the nose and black panels to spray, plus I need to fade the paintwork in the panel centres.

Just noticed I missed of the centre green blob near the exhausts, I'll get that tomorrow

She looks great dude.

Looking forward to painting mine.

Hope it comes out as nice as this.

Wow.... awesome job!
Love those panel lines

Nice paint job mate

We can't have you going 'round without your knob painted now can we Paul... what would the neighbours think
Sheesh.
You could show them this plane and they'd just faint from how awesome it looks.
CAUSE IT'S AWESOME!!!
Sorry... I lost it there... I feel much better now.



AWESOME!!!

Cheers fellas

I'm fairly new to jets so most of this is alien to me.

Anyway today I touched up any areas that needed it then set to adding some mottled/worn looks to ares using lighter and darker tones of the akan paints, luckily there a darker grey and green in the set and I just heavily thinned for the lighter tone.

I'm not sure how well the effect shows up on camera

Jeese Paul... every time I see this thing I tingle.
You're making it really hard for me to keep my F16 in the stash right now.
Maybe I'll just go peak at it... open the box and sniff.

Looks like you've got quite the handle on jets if you ask me. That thing is looking SHARP!!!

Like the fading and mottled look, l long live double action airbrushes

Looking great!!

Right ok so, I've added abit more mottling to the green, I've sorted the hard line between the green and grey on the front of the fuselage and masked and sprayed the black anti glare strip and the various FS grey the the tails tops and wing edges and finally the nosecone, there's still a few more panels to spray, ll get to these tomorrow. I also masked and sprayed the metal steel colour to the tail horizontal stabilizers, I used alclad steel for this.

This is the second time I sprayed the nose and glare strip, after having a problem with the Vallejo primer pulling off with the masking tape yes I know, first time it's happened to me, but I have theory. I'll start a new thread about it.

Awesome paintwork
Love the fading!

That looks amazing Paul.

stunning job Paul

michael

Looking top notch dude.