russ c Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Howdy All, Just taken some pic`s of my latest effort so I hope you don`t mind me sharing them with you My attempt at Heller`s re-boxing of Smer`s 1/48 MiG-17 kit Completed to represent an aircraft of the 923rd Fighter Reg`, `Yen The` ( no, I don`t know what it means 🙂 ) NVAF I`ve had the decals for ages but couldn`t find any pic`s or much info` on the particular airframe so just decided to give it my best shot The camouflage is described in the instruction as `used for missions at the sea` Decals from L Decals Studio LDS 48007, the kit is mostly from the box contents Hope you enjoy, thanks for looking Enjoy the sunshine, cheers Russ 61 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Great job on this. I built this model many years ago and the sink hole were all over it. If yours was the same you have managed to make them disappear nicely. Great paint scheme too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiton Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Looking great !! Beauty plane ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shrek51 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Wow Russ, stunning build, I have built this kit and you must be a magician! Lol, really great scheme as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatisant Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Superb as always. Fresco is a lovely looking aircraft. Osprey "MiG 17 and MiG 19 Aces" full of good profiles of NVAF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce bay Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Cracking looking MiG! Great looking scheme - wonderfully executed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Excellent looking MiG Russ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 I am in love with this model!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Nice! I love the camo job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Superb transformation of what is reportedly a sow's ear of a kit… Impressed no end over here! Great pics, too. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMSCHLOM Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Beautiful!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unfinished project Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 Fantastic Fresco very nice build and finish 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andwil Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Very nice MiG 17. The "Yen The" Flight Regiment is named in honour of Yen The, a district of Bac Giang province in Northeast Vietnam, scene of an insurrection against the French between 1887 and 1913. Andrew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Excellent work Russ! Nice MIG! Well done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Great work, looks very cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted June 27, 2018 Author Share Posted June 27, 2018 5 hours ago, Andwil said: Very nice MiG 17. The "Yen The" Flight Regiment is named in honour of Yen The, a district of Bac Giang province in Northeast Vietnam, scene of an insurrection against the French between 1887 and 1913. Andrew Cheers Andrew, Thanks for the info`, I thought it was probably a motto like the South Vietnamese put on some of their Skyraider cowls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Lovely job. I remember building the Airfix boxing of this plastic and quite liking it. I had an Eduard set for it, which was one of the first if not the first they produced. The moulding is reminiscent of a 1/48th MiG-21 and Su-7 that came out from a Czech manufacturer in the late 80s - OEZ rings a bell? John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 WOW! That's very impressive. 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Very nice my freind as always great presenation, subject and workmenship rgds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Great looking model. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 Great job on a bit of an unloved kit Russ,that paintwork is beautifully done,what a striking scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted June 28, 2018 Share Posted June 28, 2018 That's really nice, your Vietnam collection must look impressive now! Rich 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzz Posted June 29, 2018 Share Posted June 29, 2018 I like that a lot Russ, an attractive scheme and something a bit different. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 19 hours ago, Rich G said: That's really nice, your Vietnam collection must look impressive now! Rich Thanks Rich, had a bit of a `cull` recently, so it`s not too bad, I`ll have to find a way of displaying them vertically 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Very nice Fresco Russ, very nice indeed. I built one of these some years ago and actually enjoyed it, its a bit crude in places but certainly looks like a Mig-17. And I really like your camo scheme, probably one of the aircraft used to attack US warships off the coast of North Vietnam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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