Davek72 Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 To join the Cuban Mig-21s we already have in this GB I am going to add a Cuban Mig-23. I have had this KP kit in the stash for sometime and now seems like the right time to break it out. I understand this is a reboxing of the RV kits. I certainly hope so as I have ordered a Res-IM resin cockpit which I hope will fit. A few shots of the box and spures will follow shortly when Photobucket starts behaving. Dave 1
Davek72 Posted April 29, 2017 Author Posted April 29, 2017 Hurrah finally managed to make Photobucket work...it really is a pain of a service. Anyway here's the box. The instructions with a nice profile picture of the Cuban colour scheme. The spures, two hard grey plastic and one small clear. Thank you for looking. Dave 4
Dazzio Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) I'll be following this one with interest. Always had a weird fascination with the Flogger. Never knew that Cuba had them though. Kind Regards, Dazz Edited April 29, 2017 by Dazzio
Davek72 Posted April 29, 2017 Author Posted April 29, 2017 (edited) 58 minutes ago, Dazzio said: I'll be following this one with interest. Always had a weird fascination with the Flogger. Never knew that Cuba had them though. Kind Regards, Dazz Good to have you along Dazz. Yes I have the same fascination. Like much Russian kit it has a brutal beauty. Apparently Cuba still has 24 Mig-23s in service. Dave Edited April 29, 2017 by Davek72 2
Jabba Posted April 29, 2017 Posted April 29, 2017 Certainly a different colour scheme. Will follow with interest.
Davek72 Posted April 30, 2017 Author Posted April 30, 2017 Cheers Jabba. I have made a few initial cuts and compared with the Airfix/Eduard kits I have been building recently this one is certainly made out of fairly hard plastic...should make life interesting.
Basilisk Posted April 30, 2017 Posted April 30, 2017 Nice choice Dave and a worthy companion to the Cuban MiG-21s, but more important, the first MiG-23 in the GB Cheers, Peter
Davek72 Posted April 30, 2017 Author Posted April 30, 2017 7 hours ago, Basilisk said: Nice choice Dave and a worthy companion to the Cuban MiG-21s, but more important, the first MiG-23 in the GB Cheers, Peter Thanks Peter can't wait to get started. May snatch a couple of hours later when Mrs K wakes up and takes over childcare!
Davek72 Posted June 4, 2017 Author Posted June 4, 2017 Usual story, work goes mad and the next thing you know its a month since the last post. Doh. I have however manger a couple of hours in the last month. Whilst there is a locating pin for the wings nothing is very tight and so a bit of glue and some bits of spurs were required to get everything to sit neatly and at the right angle. The butchery at the front edges was required to get the top of the fuselage to close over the wings. A little filler was required at under the tail and at the fuselage joins. More to follow shortly. Cheers David 1
Davek72 Posted June 4, 2017 Author Posted June 4, 2017 (edited) I purchased the RES-IM cockpit for the Mig-23. This is the first resin aftermarket I have ever bought. It looked like this to start with. More photos to follow shortly. Dave Edited July 9, 2017 by Davek72 2
Basilisk Posted June 7, 2017 Posted June 7, 2017 Great to see some progress with your build. Cheers, Peter
Davek72 Posted July 9, 2017 Author Posted July 9, 2017 (edited) OK so I have managed to make a bit of progress and have also had to learn how to use a new photo hosting service. This is what the cockpit looks like now. I am quite pleased with my first attempt at a resin cockpit. Cheers Dave Edited July 9, 2017 by Davek72 5
Hook Posted July 12, 2017 Posted July 12, 2017 On 9-7-2017 at 3:37 PM, Davek72 said: I am quite pleased with my first attempt at a resin cockpit. And rightly so! Cheers, Andre
Davek72 Posted July 12, 2017 Author Posted July 12, 2017 6 hours ago, Hook said: And rightly so! Cheers, Andre Cheers Andre
Davek72 Posted July 13, 2017 Author Posted July 13, 2017 I have made a bit of progress due to a slightly quieter week at work. The cockpit requires that you do quite a bit of butchery to the existing plastic (and lots of test fitting as there are no natural cut lines). But the end result (in my case) looks like this... Cheers David 5
Synopsis Posted July 13, 2017 Posted July 13, 2017 Looks good so far, resin extras are always fun, well apart from the dust. Look forward to seeing it progress!
Davek72 Posted July 13, 2017 Author Posted July 13, 2017 2 hours ago, Synopsis said: Looks good so far, resin extras are always fun, well apart from the dust. Look forward to seeing it progress! Cheers. I am still a newbie at resin but this one was fun. D
zebra Posted July 16, 2017 Posted July 16, 2017 Excellent work on the cockpit, particularly given how small it is
Davek72 Posted July 16, 2017 Author Posted July 16, 2017 1 hour ago, zebra said: Excellent work on the cockpit, particularly given how small it is Cheers Z 8 hours ago, Basilisk said: Great effort on the cockpit Dave Cheers, Peter Thanks Peter. Acts all a learning curve! 😀
Davek72 Posted July 16, 2017 Author Posted July 16, 2017 So everything has come together quite nicely with just a small amount of filler around the wing roots etc. Unfortunately I forgot to talk any photos. Sorry. I decided to brush paint this one as I am having a few problems with my airbrush. I followed the Humbrol paint codes in the kit converted to my usual Vallejo and ended up with this. At this point I started looking at a few photos of real Cuban migs (I know somewhat too late). My conclusion is that although the blue colour on Cuban migs varies massively none of them look particularly like the blue I have applied....doh. i am therefore going to ditch the recommended colour references and go for something that looks right... More to follow. Dave 4
Jabba Posted July 16, 2017 Posted July 16, 2017 Coming along a treat, and as others have already said, nice work with the cockpit, especially as it is your first time with resin.
Davek72 Posted July 16, 2017 Author Posted July 16, 2017 5 hours ago, Jabba said: Coming along a treat, and as others have already said, nice work with the cockpit, especially as it is your first time with resin. Thanks. I hope to post a photo of the "revised" colour scheme tomorrow. Dave
Davek72 Posted July 17, 2017 Author Posted July 17, 2017 So here is my revised colour scheme...the painting is not finished as you can see the exhaust needs to be redone but it gives you an idea of the garishness of the colours. Cheers Dave 3
PlaStix Posted July 18, 2017 Posted July 18, 2017 Wow! That is bright!! Great looking cockpit too! Kind regards, Stix
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