sroubos Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) Last build of the year, and it was a quick one. I picked this kit out of the stash for two reasons; firstly I needed a guinea pig to test the new Vallejo Metal acrylics. Secondly, the kit had lots of loose parts, all floating around in one of Italeri's open-ended boxes, and I had already lost one of the horizontal stabilizers. Since I read some reviews of this kit I was already aware of some of its pitfalls, namely an ill-fitting intake, badly fitting transparencies and zillions of rivets. I dealt with the first two issues but left the last one alone. My previous experience with Vallejo's paints was not too good; in my experience they spray beautifully but take very long to harden, if at all. However, some good press on the new Metal acrylics made me decide to give them a shot. I've posted my experiences with them in this topic. Sufficient to say I found them quite good and I will use them more often going forward. I used some Humbrol Polished aluminium on the maintenance panel and airbrakes and Gunze Metalcote on the intake ring to break the expanse of silver. I've seen MiGs build as a patchwork of different shades of metal, but I couldn't find much evidence for this in pictures, though in fairness I didn't look very hard The kit itself was for a long time the best MiG-15 on the market, but it has of course been completely blown out of the water by Eduard's new kit. At first I considered doing a double-build of the kits to compare them, but on inspecting the parts, it was a foregone conclusion and I decided it would be better to build the Italeri kit as a test bed for the paint and then do the Eduard kit later, and do it justice. I didn't use any aftermarket with the exception of some Albion Alloys tubing for the gun barrels. Edited December 28, 2015 by sroubos 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcNewitt Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Love it! Marc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Great little build,and the paint has worked a treat,lovely finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry V Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) Excellent! Maybe the Vallejo paints will be a 'healthier' option to Alclad lacquers (and less smelly). I like that you didn't add much weathering - the Migs were well maintained and kept pretty clean. Edited December 29, 2015 by Jerry V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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