opus999 Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Jian Ji-2 | Dragon | 1/72 China -- unknown pilot Finished this one November 16, 2018. It was a kit I bought in the '90s. Kit had pretty good detail and was a decent fit, but it had every single rivet engraved in the body and wings. I set out to do a Polish NMF Lim-2, but even after filling in all the rivets it wouldn't look good with NMF. So I switched gears and did the Ji-2 with the decals from a 2nd Dragon MiG-15 I had. Work in Progress is here. Finishing: Seams filled with CA (superglue), rivets filled by applying Mr. Surfacer 500 and sanding down to plastic (took 2 -3 coats) Top Paints: (applied from base coat to surface): Mr. Surfacer 1500 black > Testors Enamel Panzer DunkelGelb 1943 marbled on with Testors Light Gull Gray marbled along the spine and parts of the wings for sun fading > Testors Enamel Panzer DunkelGelb 1943 > Testors Enamel FS34079 (stripes) > Winsor and Newton Yellow Ocher and White for sun-fading > Tamiya smoke for shading Bottom Paints: Decanted Tamiya TS-30 Silver Leaf with panel between the wings dusted with Alclad Dull Aluminum > Panel just aft of the wings Alclad White aluminum > Airbrakes and gun heat shield: Alclad Stainless Steel > engine Testors Buffable Aluminum Plate Metalizer (see work in progress for a diagram) Decals: Kit decals Build notes In general this is a decent kit. Special attention needs to be paid to the wing roots and the bottom seam, which kind of puckers to make a trough along the length of the aircraft. The rivets drove me nuts, but don't seem to bother others. I over-did the top coat and wiped out the marbleing and sun-fading. The dark stripes and bright red decals draw the eye away from the marbled/faded effect. I was able to re-create the effect using yellow-ocher and white oil paints rubbed into the surface -- they did a pretty good job of making the aircraft look like it had slightly faded paint. Hope you enjoy -- thanks for looking! As always, comments, questions and constructive criticism are welcome! 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Great Mig ... Personally i think this green is better than the euro 1, thats just my opinion though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Very nice indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted November 17, 2018 Author Share Posted November 17, 2018 8 hours ago, Corsairfoxfouruncle said: Great Mig ... Personally i think this green is better than the euro 1, thats just my opinion though. Yeah, I have a hard time imagining the Euro I Green myself. I think I prefer it the way it is... but I'm biased! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courageous Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Stuart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glatisant Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 Nothing wrong with that build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opus999 Posted November 18, 2018 Author Share Posted November 18, 2018 10 hours ago, Courageous said: Stuart I know you were watching the work in progress. Thanks for the feedback along the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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