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Operation Focus - Six Days War - 50th anniversary build.


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  • 1 month later...

Hi.
I've now come to the paint fase on my egyptian PFS.
And I've started an account on Flickr so I can show my pictures.

To build my PFS I've used the fuselage from a PF and wings and fin from a PFM.
I got a rather larger spare parts box for the MiG-21 now.
Perhaps I can do something later on with the remaning parts?

And this is how it looks in primer (Humbrol 140)
36226461471_108e14cd43_h.jpg1 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

35554619863_0bb703c72f_h.jpg2 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

And after the first coat of AKAN Bright Aluminium.
36194558232_9bafef526f_h.jpg3 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

AKAN is rather thin, so it'll take some layers to build up the final finish.

To be continued.....

/Bosse

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Hi,
My build goes along rather well at the moment.
As the paint dries on the MiG I've been doing some work on the Mirage.
Hellers rather sparse cockpit has been detailed with some Eduard PE.

35603468524_eeb056a070_h.jpg4 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

To be continued....

/Bosse 

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Hi,

The autumn is starting to show here in my part of the world.
The schools have started and the pre season games in the icehockey have started.
36025457374_41fa2480e7_h.jpg005 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

For me this means more time at the worktable, and less time in the summer cottage.
During the last few weeks I've been painting my egytian MiG.
36051120453_a8325b5187_h.jpg006 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
36720505421_6bb54a63f1_h.jpg007 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
36051119503_fd6f9d9906_h.jpg008 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

I've used AKAN metallics.
And I've tried to get some colour difference in the panels.
The main colour is Bright Aluminum, and on wingpanels I used Dull Steel, which unfortunately did get a bit to dark.
So I layed a single layer of Bright Aluminium over it, and it looks a little better now.

As soon as I've painted the green di electric panels it's time for the decals.

To be continued.....

/Bosse 

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7 hours ago, Marlin said:

... and the pre season games in the icehockey have started.

36025457374_41fa2480e7_h.jpg005 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

 

Yeahhh!!!!! This is the best sport!!! :yahoo:

 

Are you an ice hockey player?

I play hockey In line (Is the same sport, there are the same rules and equipment of ice hockey but I play with roller hockey skates on parquet rink) .... I'm a goalie 

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Thanks matteo44. :D

Sadly not.

I'm just a fan of the sport.

My wife and I have been following our local team for about ten years now.

It's fun and it gives us something to do that doesn't cost a fortune.

/Bosse

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:yes::yes:

Follow the team that you like, is the same thing of playing (more or less)... you are happy, angry, enjoy, suffer... is like stay near the players... 

:like::like:

 

Good luck and have a nice season! 

 

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Hi.
I've now done all 200+ stencils on my egyptian FL.
36977602573_2bc716a138_h.jpg014 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
36977601983_8e15c2a513_h.jpg015 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
36977601363_e009dbda0b_h.jpg016 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
And I've done some small work on the Mirage IIIB as well.

It's a dog of a kit, and it's taking eons to finish.
url=https://flic.kr/p/YkzSrX]36977600833_2e8991d0c5_h.jpg[/url]017 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
To be continued....

/Bosse

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Hi. 
Now it's time for some serious modelbuilding.
The autumn is here now in my part of the world.
Last weekend we closed our summer cottage for the season.
And what a last weekend we got.
37078386233_f747e28dd6_h.jpg002 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
The best weather this summer I think. :D 
This we celebrated with a grilled Pork Tenderloin, some potatocakes, fried chantrelles and a green pepper sauce. 
37078385313_8995bd71fe_h.jpg003 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

During autumn and winter we don't spend so much time in the cottages, so now I can focus more on my ongoing builds.
Just now I'm concentration on the Heller Mirage IIIB, and it's taking both time and effort to build it.
37078337183_267f187d20_h.jpg018 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
Huge gaps in the wings.
37039424924_4730f171e1_h.jpg019 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
Some strips of plasticards to the rescue.

And I've finally found some varnishes that works.
I had an errand into Stockholm yesterday and I took the opportunity to visit Wentzels Hobby. 
(one of the few remaining real hobby shops in my part of the world.)
They suggested I'd try Model Masters acrylic varnishes.
And what a difference from Humbrols version of Frost. :D 
37078330913_f0dc83e79f_h.jpg020 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
37078330543_80d1f987ab_h.jpg021 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
37078330083_4097b36cb9_h.jpg022 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
37078329613_147a77cddd_h.jpg023 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
I used satin on these.
Now it's fun to build again. :D

To be continued.....

/Bosse 

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Yeah, since I have not tried it..! I have planned to get a pair of those sail-inspired glasses however and I love their Bernstein-weissen as well as the Roggen weissen.. A beer-evening in Upplands Väsby some time? ;)

 

Looking forward to that tricky-looking Mirage by the way! :)

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I bought the glasses in Germany last summer. 

But you can get them online direct from the brewers webshop.

Right now I'm out of Störtebekers, but I'm returning to Germany in the summer, and hopefully I'll be able to load up the car with some liquid gold then. :D

 

/Bosse

 

 

 

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Hi, 
I had a fantastic All Hallow Saint Weekend. 
I had found frozen quails for a good price.
And my lovely wife Anne prepared a real feast for us with them. :wub:
38206954981_db09df669d_h.jpg025 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
The quails was stuffed with parsley, bacon, lemon sest and a bit of garlic.
Served with potato gratin, and champignon sauce. 
Marvelous.... :eat:

 

I also finished my egyptian MiG-21 FL. 
26430391559_c6ccfd825d_h.jpg026 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
26430390709_9cd7bb4b2f_h.jpg027 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
26430390149_1e3e439d94_h.jpg028 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
26430389739_e200656855_h.jpg029 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
26430389409_05f9cf0660_h.jpg030 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
37495910044_5c36f97afc_h.jpg031 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

The only thing left on it is some silver on the pitot tube.
I got eight weeks left on my Six Days war memorial build, and I don't think I'll be able to finish them all in time.
But a few more should be possible.

To be continued.....

/Bosse 

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Hi, and Season Greetings to you all. :santa: 

Here is an update on how I stand with my Six days War build.
It's only the Egyptian MiG-21 that has been finished.
This is the status on the rest of them.

 

27549693599_b6fe9c935d_h.jpgSDW 032 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
The Mirage is almost ready for primer.

 

27549693189_5d65bc37e7_h.jpgSDW033 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
27549692889_92bda5300a_h.jpgSDW034 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
The Super Mystere has got legs, and can stand on them.

 

27549692539_a982c94113_h.jpgSDW035 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
The Alouette is ready for some decals.

 

27549692199_af2d93d971_h.jpgSDW036 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
The Fouga Magister and the MiG-17 are still unstarted.

 

So the build will not be done by New Years.
I'll continue on them all during winter and hopefully have them all done by spring.

To be continued.....

/Bosse 

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Very interesting thread!!!

I can't see the first pictures, but the last ones are enough to see you keep yourself busy even when you aren't modelling!!!

Those stuffed birds don't look very...aviation related ( apart they've got wings!!!) but are a nice interlude between different subjects!!!

You could accompany these pictures with recipes too!!!

I like your Mig and I see the family is growing up!!!:yes:

Looking forward for your next update!!!

Ciao

Massimo

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Thanks a lot Massimo. :D

The first pictures disappeared with Photobuckets hostage act, and I've not got around to restore the links.

My wife and I like to cook, so that's why I sometimes inclued our dinner in my build.

I'll see what I can do about the recipies. :wicked:

 

I too like the MiG-21.

This FL was my fifth Eduard MiG-21, and I got quite a few more of them to build.

 

/Bosse

 

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Hi. 
My Six Days War build is some what stalled.
But I do build on them from time to time.
And now I've got the Alouette done.
27216541027_be4459892b_h.jpg037 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
42041359092_563c37a348_h.jpg038 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
27216550457_ff9736ed0d_h.jpg039 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr
27216554207_1a4049e195_h.jpg040 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr

So a bit delayed I've got two of the six done.
To be continued....
/Bosse 

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