wingnut Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Finished this a year ago, super detailed the aircraft and engine, scratch built the crew ladder and engine trolley and heavily modified the figure. This was great fun to build as well as being very interesting aircraft to research...they are a tough bunch the Russians. A few things aren't quite right, but I'm pretty happy how it turned out. The build was in issue 87 of the Airfix magazine DSC_3486 by Dave Oliver, on Flickr mig by Dave Oliver, on Flickr DSC_3489 by Dave Oliver, on Flickr DSC_3497 by Dave Oliver, on Flickr 45 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 That's a stunner! Perfect! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 It cannot get much better than that. Cheers, Michael 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom.boom Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Just beautiful!!! Love it! Just one question, what represent those three rockets on port side of engine intake? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Absolutely awesome model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 26, 2018 Share Posted January 26, 2018 Great looking MiG 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut Posted January 26, 2018 Author Share Posted January 26, 2018 Thanks for all the positive comments.. 36 minutes ago, boom.boom said: Just beautiful!!! Love it! Just one question, what represent those three rockets on port side of engine intake? I wondered what they were during the build, maybe kill markings of some sort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boom.boom Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 1 hour ago, wingnut said: Thanks for all the positive comments.. I wondered what they were during the build, maybe kill markings of some sort? Definitely looks like kill marks, and to me...! But when, who, what...!? Interesting! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 Hmm. The aircraft was part of the Soviet air defence force, tasked with intercepting high flying strategic nuclear bombers. Maybe they aren't kill markings as such, maybe intercepts? Just a thought 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcap Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Love it - great finish and presentation! Gary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armored76 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Superb job! I really like the color fading. Care to share the method you 've chosen to "equalize" the colors? Overspray with base color? Oil wash? Something else? Thanks for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 I was looking at these on eBay last night. What's the build like?, I took photos of the abandoned ones when at Tallil (Iraq) in Gulf war 2. Great looking model. steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 top job lovely paintjob and weathering 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 A Flogger firmly positioned in the 'shrunk reality' category. Impressed no end by this display of modelling skills and an artist's eye. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted January 27, 2018 Share Posted January 27, 2018 Fantastic, WN! I was just reading about the build in Airfix Mag. Very interesting. The Flogger is one of my faces and you've captured her look perfectly. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share Posted January 27, 2018 Thanks for the positive feedback... 3 hours ago, armored76 said: Superb job! I really like the color fading. Care to share the method you 've chosen to "equalize" the colors? Overspray with base color? Oil wash? Something else? Thanks for sharing! Thanks. After the paint fading, I used a MIG productions brown filter to blend the different camo colours. 2 hours ago, speedy said: I was looking at these on eBay last night. What's the build like?, I took photos of the abandoned ones when at Tallil (Iraq) in Gulf war 2. Great looking model. steve. The kit is very well designed and moulded, if maybe a little lacking in detail. I added the Airies detail set which made a big difference and rectified a number of deficiencies, for example, the ejector seat is incorrect for the aircraft. It would be great to see a build of a abandoned, stripped down 23... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IPMS19 Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 - GREAT JOB........!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil.C Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 Incredible! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut Posted January 28, 2018 Author Share Posted January 28, 2018 Thanks. Nice to know all the hard work is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod bettencourt Posted January 28, 2018 Share Posted January 28, 2018 You did a really good job on that! Thanks for sharing. Rod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Really nice great details present rgds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k5054nz Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 On 27/01/2018 at 10:14 AM, Gorby said: That's a stunner! Took the word from my mouth. What a gorgeous piece of work! Wow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted January 30, 2018 Share Posted January 30, 2018 Great job! Superb! p.s. why high-altitude compensating suit (air-coverall) such colour? That color used in navy aviation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wingnut Posted January 30, 2018 Author Share Posted January 30, 2018 36 minutes ago, IGKent said: Great job! Superb! p.s. why high-altitude compensating suit (air-coverall) such colour? That color used in navy aviation. Thanks. The MiG-23P was a high altitude interceptor so I assume that's why they wear the suit. These were the standard colour apparently, usual problem building Soviet subjects, finding correct colour references Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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