Marlin Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Hi. Santa dropped this on my doorstep. 019 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And I've been drooling over it all Christmas. But yesterday as I was waiting for the Junior World Championship Ice hockey tournament to start I somehow opened up one small bag and started to prime the engine parts. Orca 001 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr So I guess I can say that this build officially started. I'll continue with the massive engines tonight... To be continued... /Bosse 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Hi. Here are some more parts om my 31.Orca002 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Engines, intakes and cockpit has been primed with humbrol 140 so that AKANs acrylics has something to grip on to. I've started to paint green on the "hot" parts of the exhausts.Orca003 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The wheels looks a little bland, so I'll order some resin replacements from Eduard. I'll also have to look through my growing collection of AKAN paints to see that I have all the colours I need for this build. To be continued..... /Bosse 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 28, 2017 Share Posted December 28, 2017 (edited) Good choice Santa has made high up in the north! That small box is the one playing all the whistles, no? Edited December 28, 2017 by exdraken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted December 28, 2017 Author Share Posted December 28, 2017 Thanks Werner. I guess the small box is the gilding off the Lily. /Bosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Hi. The build of my MiG-31 continues, and I've made some small progress. I've been trawling the internet and found some detailing in the gear bays that I'd like to try and make on my build.004 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr A bit more interesting than just aluminium paint. I've also started on the massive underside.005 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've glued the aft R-33 missile bays in place, and the gun pod is also glued to the fuselage. The instructions states that the next step is some smaller wheel bay covers should be glued in place. I don't like to glue them in place at this early stage, so I'll have to check if it'll be possible to add them at a later stage. The main landing gear bays are integral with the air intakes.006 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've glued one part to the intakes and I've never experienced such fine tolerances. All edges have to be scraped free from paint, otherwise the parts it will not fit. Did I say that the MiG-31 is massive? Here are the engines without exhaust and air intakes together with a MiG-15 in the same scale.007 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Massive indeed. To be continued..... /Bosse 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 good start Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Thank you Mick /Bosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 oh, that MiG-15 could easily need a bit more thrust.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share Posted January 10, 2018 Thanks Werner. /Bosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share Posted January 11, 2018 Hi, Last night I tried some weathering for the first time. The lower right corner has had some taste of Tamiya Panel Line color.008 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr009 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr010 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr What do you think? Is it enough?, too much?, or??? /Bosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 12, 2018 Author Share Posted January 12, 2018 Hi, My MiG continues to grow. I started on the wings and topside yesterday. 011 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr It's going to take up a lot of space on my worktable. To be continued..... /Bosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 15, 2018 Author Share Posted January 15, 2018 Hi After a very prodictive weekend I have some more progress to report. All missiles have been clean up from some minute seams.012 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The nose gear has been dirtied up some.013 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr The intakes has been glued together.015 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've primed all missiles.016 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've also dirtied up the main landing gear bays.017 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr018 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr019 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I must admit that I'm rather pleased with these. It's my first attempt with Tamiya panel line colours. And after that I could glue everything into the fuselage.020 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr021 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Not the easiest thing I've done. The tolerances are so small I had to scrape all the glue surfaces to get the parts in place. My plan for tonight is to get the nosegear bay in place, and after that glue the wings to the fuselage. To be continued..... /Bosse 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelliott523 Posted January 16, 2018 Share Posted January 16, 2018 She's lookin good Marlin! Good job on picking up the metal gear! I recently built this exact same kit (actually still under construction) and I didnt think ahead and used the kit gear....BIG MISTAKE!!! I had the thing all set and ready and when I placed her on her legs, after a day and a half, both of the main gear were warped terribly! I have since removed the kit plastic gear and bought some metal gear from Scale Aircraft Conversions to get some support. I am hoping to have these soon so I can complete mine. Other than the gear, the kit does go together wonderfully and only had a couple of very small areas where I needed to use filler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks jelliott523. I actually bought the metal gear for the pitot tube. But I'm glad I did. And speaking of the nosegear, it's now in place.022 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Looks very sturdy, even though I don't like to add them this early in a build. I've also started on the cockpit.023 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Lots of fine details. And the last of the sub assemblies, the fins, have also been glued together.024 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I've not yet glued the belly strakes in place. I actually found some mould marks that has to be delt with. To be continued...... /Bosse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted January 17, 2018 Share Posted January 17, 2018 This looks like it will be a cracker....such detail already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks Valkyrie. It's a most fantastic kit, and a real joy to work with. /Bosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 22, 2018 Author Share Posted January 22, 2018 Hi. I've had a rather productive weekend. I've glued the wing in place.025 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I had to use about every clamp I got to get a secure fit. The cockpit is done.026 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I actually used the kit decals, and it turned out much better than I expected. I found some sink marks on the nose section that I had to deal with.027 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr This is the first ones I've found on this kit. The now matt coated cockpit is ready for insertion into the nose section.028 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And that is how far I've come. My plan for tonight is to get the cockpit and nose section in place. To be continued...... /Bosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Morning. My worktable is getting rather crowded now that the nose section has been added. 029 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr Hopefully I'll glue one or both fins on it tonight. To be continued. /Bosse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 23, 2018 Share Posted January 23, 2018 (edited) That's certainly one big aeroplane! I have the ICM Mig 25 in my stash and I thought that was big. Looking good John Edited January 29, 2018 by Biggles87 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share Posted January 23, 2018 Thanks John. Yes it's rather big isn't it. /Bosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted January 29, 2018 Author Share Posted January 29, 2018 Hi. I've now come to the painting stage. The last parts hade been glued to the fuselage, and one layer of primer in for of Humbrol 140 has been laid.030 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr031 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr And after that I came down with something my stomach definitly didn't like. So I've not done anything more on the Mig the last couple of days To be continued..... /Bosse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 Hi. I've now come to the conclusion that this will be an early MiG-31 "sans suffix" in Soviet markings. That way I can build the BM version in Russian markings and get the maximum difference between them. So no inflight refueling probe on this one.032 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr A bit of sanding and it's almost gone.033 by Bosse Persson, on Flickr I'll have to find some picture of the nose area to see if I have to make some new panel lines. To be continued..... /Bosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marlin Posted February 10, 2018 Author Share Posted February 10, 2018 Hi, The Olympics has started and so has my vaccation. I like to watch the Olympics and has since 1984 taken time off work to watch it. So now I have a fortnight of watching the Olympics and building my model infront of me. Yesterday the postman dropped of my new batch of AKAN colours from Finland. [url=https://flic.kr/p/KfsBvZ][/url]023[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/156426495@N05/]Bosse Persson, on Flickr So now I've been able to continue painting my MiG-31 [url=https://flic.kr/p/G5LSRW][/url]034[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/156426495@N05/]Bosse Persson, on Flickr [url=https://flic.kr/p/24aLuCU][/url]035[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/156426495@N05/]Bosse Persson, on Flickr To be continued.... /Bosse 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted February 10, 2018 Share Posted February 10, 2018 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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