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Finished yesterday. Hasegawa's MiG-27D kit, with many inaccuracies but at the end I'm happy with the result: first time painting with airbrush, first time using Mr.Hobby Aquoeos.

Mikoyan Mig 23ML Flogger G Aires 1:32 Equipment Bay Set There have been quite a few aftermarket parts designed for the big Trumpeter 1:32 Mig 23ML, but this set will allow the modeller to open up a lot of the nose equipment bays up and populate them with the relevant black boxes. Equipment Bay Set (2184) Packaged in the usual Aires style blown poly box the parts are protected from rattling around too much by a foam insert. Now while this helps there have been occasions when parts have still managed to be damaged. Fortunately on this occasion the parts are well attached to their casting blocks so haven’t suffered. The set contains the large bay on the starboard side nose and the five smaller bays on the port side. The moulded detail is superb giving some real depth to each section, but you will need to be prepared for some fairly detailed and careful painting and washing. The panels for each of the small bays will need to be carefully removed from the kit parts before the resin bays are fitted a panels thickness from the outside skin. Each of the small bays have fastener details moulded into the outside faces so that when the panels are left off this detail is visible. With the bays in place the painted equipment blocks are fitted from the rear and should look really good when viewed from the outside. The kit panels are replaced with new resin ones which of course should be left off of as is the practise of some maintainers left dangling from one screw. The large bay on the starboard side also needs to have the kit panels removed again ensuring that they match the internal resin structure. More care will be required when cutting these out as there doesn’t appear to be a lot of fuselage left top and bottom and will only regain structural integrity once the resin bay has been fitted. The bay itself is made up of rear wall, foreward and aft bulkheads and the top and bottom parts making up a box structure, into which a curved rib section is added. It’ll be best to paint all the parts first to ensure none of the detail is missed then fitted together. With all the parts assembled the bay is positioned on the inside of the fuselage. Once again the modeller can choose to do whatever they like with the resin panels, either having one or both removed depending on the look they are after. Conclusion The detail in this set is a sight to behold, almost too much in fact. Much research will be required to the get the colours right, particularly of the wiring and any switches etc. The effect should look outstanding if done right. Care and patience is the name of the game when cutting open a big and quite expensive kit, but it will be worth it. Highly recommended. Review samples courtesy of distributed in the UK by Hannants Ltd.

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/tru/kit_tru_2853.shtml Looks like there will be several versions coming.... Cheers Jonners