stevej60 Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Hi all,here's my entry for this GB,having only ever built Airfix's ancient 1/72 offering I'm looking forward to building my second from this superb kit,now I arrived on this earth in 1960 so grew up in three of the decades of the cold war as you might expect it was into the seventies when my interest in models and what was in the news grew so the latter stages of the Vietnam war were being played out every night on TV and Soviet aircraft were just grainy B&W photos,I remember the excitement of Viktor Balenko landing the Mig 25 at Hakodate AB in Japan the shooting down of Korean Air 007 in 1983 and finally the wall coming down at last. Ah,two massive military block's glaring at each other across half the globe itchy fingers on the nuclear button,the world seemed a much safer place back then! Anyway here's the quite large box for now. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Good to see the Warsaw Pact airforces getting some attention at last and with the ubiquitous MiG-21 no less Top choice Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted February 2, 2017 Share Posted February 2, 2017 Looking forward to this build Steve. Should be great in this scale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 The 80s were certainly very different than today's world. A good choice I hope you get started soon as I've got the 'R' to build and need inspiration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 On 12/02/2017 at 1:20 PM, SleeperService said: The 80s were certainly very different than today's world. A good choice I hope you get started soon as I've got the 'R' to build and need inspiration. Nearly finished the Chieftan so hope to get a start this weekend,I'm not a Jet builder and tend to stay away from NMF but will give it a go on this one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 2 hours ago, stevej60 said: Nearly finished the Chieftan so hope to get a start this weekend,I'm not a Jet builder and tend to stay away from NMF but will give it a go on this one. will you be joining me in attempting the scary dark art of alclad on the mig steve glynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 27 minutes ago, Hewy said: will you be joining me in attempting the scary dark art of alclad on the mig steve glynn No thank's Glynn,I,m happy to leave it to braver modeller's like yourself for such thing's it will be Halford's silver used for the first time last year on the Mustang. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 13 minutes ago, stevej60 said: No thank's Glynn,I,m happy to leave it to braver modeller's like yourself for such thing's it will be Halford's silver used for the first time last year on the Mustang. huh brave, you mean daft chancer, now I am a fan of the Halfords spray tins I like that laquer that turns shiny to matt ,works well on Tamiya paints after the gloss coat and the standard silver is good too 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 The standard silver has a nice Aluminium look and dries satin here's the Mustang. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 That has turned out really well steve,did you decant it or straight from the can,i think some tins if you're spraying straight from them are faultless and others can be a pain the halfords silver is a cracker straight out the tin, Glynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 13, 2017 Author Share Posted February 13, 2017 3 hours ago, Hewy said: That has turned out really well steve,did you decant it or straight from the can,i think some tins if you're spraying straight from them are faultless and others can be a pain the halfords silver is a cracker straight out the tin, Glynn Straight from the can Glynn,very light coats and it builds up beautifully. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 5 hours ago, Hewy said: ...I am a fan of the Halfords spray tins I like that laquer that turns shiny to matt ,works well on Tamiya paints after the gloss coat... More info please, what is this magical product? I have never found a matt or satin aerosol varnish that was anything other than a disaster! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 1 minute ago, At Sea said: More info please, what is this magical product? I have never found a matt or satin aerosol varnish that was anything other than a disaster! I'll take a pictuer of the tin and post tomorrow, tucked up in my star wars pj's nowits stored in halfords next to all the heat treament and and engine paints and textured finishes ,it turns any gloss, satin finish to matt, sprays lovely out of the tin ,over decals ,i use mainly tamiya paints vallejo washes, its fine with all of those no reaction there just mist 2 coats on and job done , 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted February 14, 2017 Author Share Posted February 14, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, At Sea said: More info please, what is this magical product? I have never found a matt or satin aerosol varnish that was anything other than a disaster! Glynn will post his tin here's the full RFI for the Mustang.sprayed and no varnishes used.http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235012654-tamiya-148-mustang-dooleybird/#comment-2554695 Edited February 14, 2017 by stevej60 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 Morning folk's,time to tinker with this one,now I'm not a jet builder by nature and Russian ones well not for years have I managed to finish one so this could go pear shaped but here's a start.I notice alight blue cockpit colour looking on the web. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 I'd like to follow you along with this one Steve. I normally make 1/72 (space constraints) but I like the MiG 21. I too, haven't made a jet or done a NMF in over a decade. Im interested to see the colours involved here and how it all fundamentally goes together. I have a couple of these in 1/72 by lesser known manufacturers (e.g. Condor). They might not be the best of kits but I think the MiG 21 is a supremely purposeful 'arrow' of an aircraft; I'd like to have ago at one one day. Good luck with your build TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 5 hours ago, TonyTiger66 said: Good luck with your build ThanksTony,welcome aboard. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wimbledon99 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Nice to see this one out of the blocks Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Hi Stevie, still think you should give the AK Xtreme metals a go, check out the Flory models you tube demo on a Starfighter, looks like you can't go wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Good start with the cockpit Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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