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13 minutes ago, exdraken said:

Nice!

Since the AMK hype there were only few -31s to be seen here :(

Which color scheme will it be ? :devil:

Looking forward to the HB rendition of this big beast!

I've got both, but decided to do this one first.  It looks simpler, just looking at the box contents.

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I've started to put together a few of the sub assemblies.
Cockpit is nicely detailed, as are the seats. 
Intakes, exhausts, wheel bays, and undercarriage legs went together well. 
Not sure I'm keen on the metal parts for the undercarriage, though. Detail isn't all that crisp, and there was horrendous seam line to file away.
Also the wing control surfaces are done. 
The lower wings were fitted to the single piece top fuselage/top wing, and the vertical stabilisers are together.
All in all, a good start.

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On 30/11/2017 at 5:28 AM, Bravo52 said:

Wait...what the...  I almost missed this one!  Look forward to seeing this one built...was always afraid I’d see one of these in real life 😜.  

I think that would defiantly have spoiled your day. :o

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Cockpit now assembled, with just the side panels to glue in place.  
Painted the usual MiG green. This is the Ammo for Mig paint. 
Instruments are the kit's decals. They conformed very well, with some Micro Sol used to soften the decals.  After a couple of hours, I applied some more Sol, and used short bristled paint brush, to stipple the decals into place. Worked a treat.  Lastly, some gloss painted on to the MFD's and dials.  
I gave everything the lightest of washes, then a matt coat. Once that dried, I used some Ak pigments (asphalt grey and dark earth), and gave the tub a light brush with these.  Finished off with Tamiya's weathering silver to pick out the highlights.

Ejection seats are the kit ones, with added extras. All brush painted with Hataka Blue Line Jet Black, and Polish Khaki, with Vallejo chrome for the buckles. Tamiya weathering silver for highlights.It's now ready to go into the nose section.

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Cockpit is now installed into the nose section.  The fit is very good, and no sanding was necessary.  I did put some weight in the nose, to be on the safe side.
I decided to build this with the canopies in the closed position, a change from several of my last builds.  Again, the canopy fit is very good, but the rear canopy has a very small step on the left hand, front edge, despite trying to "persuade" it dry in the correct position. With the end of a round needle file, I've managed to correct it. Once painted and weathered, it won't be noticable. The masking was straightforward, the front of the windshield has had a very thin coat of Tamiya Clear Blue for the tint, and some maskol used on the front of the refuel probe cover.

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Looking good.  I like the cockpit color.  While it's bright, by the time you close up the canopy, it will look great.  I've had the damnedest time finding good "modern Russian" paint in the US.  It's difficult to get the Akin and the standard fare around here is Tamiya (my point of choice) and Testors.  I'm stuck on a 1/32 Su-27 and Mig 29A I'm waiting to find the right paint for.  I'm going to try some Mr. Paint but that's a mail order situation...

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21 hours ago, Bravo52 said:

Looking good.  I like the cockpit color.  While it's bright, by the time you close up the canopy, it will look great.  I've had the damnedest time finding good "modern Russian" paint in the US.  It's difficult to get the Akin and the standard fare around here is Tamiya (my point of choice) and Testors.  I'm stuck on a 1/32 Su-27 and Mig 29A I'm waiting to find the right paint for.  I'm going to try some Mr. Paint but that's a mail order situation...

In the US, you can get Akan paints from Linden Hill Imports http://www.lindenhillimports.com

MRP (aka Mr Paint) make a very good selection of modern Russian colors and can be obtained at Hobbyworld USA http://www.hobbyworld-usa.com

MRP paints are prethinned acrylic lacquers designed for airbrush use. They aren't cheap but have been getting rave reviews. Akan paints come in either water based acrylics or acrylic lacquers.

 

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5 hours ago, mstorin said:

In the US, you can get Akan paints from.....

 

I did get the Akin from LH but that is a little hit or miss.  I just ordered the MRP from Hobbyworld so I will be giving that a try soon...

 

Sorry to highjack the thread a little Ian 😳. Looking forward to seeing more MiG!

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Got the main fuselage together. Went together without too much fuss. Intakes trunking sat inside very well, with a bit of clamping necessary, with the intakes themselves, while the glue was setting. 
The same was also true of the rear end of the fuselage, getting the top and bottom to mate up. 
A little bit of Vallejo plastic putty hear and there, then sanded once dry dry.
Exhausts are done. Painted with Vallejo Metal Colour Gunmetal, and weathered with Tamiya Weather Master Burnt Blue and Burnt Red.
The next job will be to start fixing the various antenna and probes.
I have also made up the pylons, and prepped all the wheelbase doors, ready for priming.
One thing I have realised now........this is a huge beast!!

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Pylons and missiles assembled. I'm using R-33, R-73, and R-77 missiles.  The R-77's are from the KH Su-17 kit, as I felt they had better detail than the HB ones.
The wheels are also finished, and will be put by for later. The tyres are rubber/vinyl, and aren't as bad as I thought they'd be. I used an AK Dark Earth pigment on the tyres, and they've come up pretty well, and ill finish them off with a couple of light coats of matt. 

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19 minutes ago, exdraken said:

great work!

 

interesting how different those R-77 look around the nose!

 

PS: your photos lately seem to be a bit on the bright side... did you change any settings? 

 

 

 

Been concentrating on keeping the background more consistent, but I’m bleaching out the subject, especially with smaller objects. 

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The priming is done, using UMP's black primer.
After allowing the primer to cure for a day, I moved on to doing the marbling. 
For this I used Hataka's Insignia White. I didn't have any Red, or Orange Line Insignia White, but did have some of the brushable Blue Line acrylic. This was thinned out a bit more, than I would with the Red Line paints. It has airbrushed very well. 
Once that was done, I used some Hataka Orange Line Gunship Grey on the nosecone.

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On 27/11/2017 at 8:59 PM, Wee Beastie said:

My next build, the 1/48 HobbyBoss MiG-31B/BM Foxhound.
There's a lot of plastic in that box!
Cockpit started, and seats assembled. Seat detail is pretty good for kit seats.

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- How does this kit compare with the much vaunted  AMK one ?

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