Bjorn Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 (edited) Just finished this one, a great kit in my eyes. Trumpeter kits is normally a kind of lottery, but this one is really nice and a pleasure to build. Well, everything is of course not excellent. Decals are easy to work with, but are not entirely correct. And the instructions places many of the Polish roundels in wrong direction. I also doubt that the camouflage pattern is correct... All additions, mainly in the cockpit, on the landing gears and mail wheel bays, are scratch-built. Apart from the pitot tube, by Master. The reason to have air brakes in open position is poor fit... But apart from that, and some difficulties to get a good fit between the upper and lower half of the body behind the wings, fit is really good. I used Gunze and Tamiya acrylics. For weathering, I used dry pastels and acrylic paint. The main wheel doors lean far too much - which is pretty difficult to correct. On the other hand, there are plenty of details on the landing gears. And it is really a challenge to get everything right there! I also added the missing doors for the wings when they are in low speed position - which meant that wings are not moveable. No problem for me, this is not a toy... Now I just wait for my favourite Flogger: MiG-23BN - which I hope will be released by Trumpeter later this year! Edited April 29, 2015 by Bjorn 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 That's very nice..... great job..... cheers Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Top drawer stuff! I like that cockpit colouration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carius Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Excellent work. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doozer1974 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Superb Flogger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 superb work, looks great nice job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Wow - what a nice model of a special plane. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradsm2000 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Looks superb! I'm hoping to start mine at the weekend! Great build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Super job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snitok1983 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 superb!!! Stunning work! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Great job! Looks realiistic! p.s. The lower wheel bay of main gear have big angle (imho) Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Impressive build, well done. Hope mine will turn out as half as good, when finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goon Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Very nice. I like the weathering and the work on the inside of the canopy is superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Almaty Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Good job!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 That's a cracker, lovely job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 looking absolutely great! you really nailed the colors! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Excellent, I hope my 23 looks half as good as this when I get around to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 Sorry - completely off topic but has anyone else noticed that on the main RFI title page, this thread says "started by Bjorn yesterday"...? Well it made me laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKguyInUSA Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 That is sweet!! Cheers, Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted May 1, 2015 Author Share Posted May 1, 2015 Thank you for all comments, they are really appreciated! looking absolutely great! you really nailed the colors! :) Thanks! I am happy to hear that! Colours were really a challenge, the instructions did seem a bit wrong so I tried to mix them on my own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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