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I started this build last year thinking it would be a relatively straightforward build to get me back into modelling after an enforced break due to a house move.

Oh dear, I really could not have been more wrong!

This is a lovely in the box, but due to Hobbyboss' determination to model all versions of the Mig 17, and by their adoption of a Hasegawesque approach with inserts, the fit is appalling!

Needless to say I lost the will to continue after a few months of constantly filling, sanding and re-scribing, and despite the fact that it was almost ready for paint it ended up on the shelf of doom.

That is until the KUTA VIII GB gave me an opportunity to try and finish this kit.

Detail on the kit is pretty good, however the coming fore and aft of the cockpit is pretty much devoid of detail so I ended up scratching these areas based on a Hungarian Mig 17-F.

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The bit with the prongs is the base of the sliding portion of the canopy, and the other bit is the rear deck it sits over. The prongs by the way are air ducts to de-mist the canopy, there are similar vents for the front portion of the canopy.

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Paintwork is all acrylics, mainly Gunze & Tamiya acrylics thinned with cellulose thinner and sprayed through my trusty Badger 100s.

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Certainly not the most pain free of builds, but definitely one where I have learned a lot in the process.

Karl

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