jalles Posted June 10, 2020 Share Posted June 10, 2020 I mentioned this model in another post and I didn't want to thread-jack an interesting build so I thought I'd post it here. It's from a group build I did a couple years ago using the old 80's Italeri kit which I lengthened and modified. The original kit had two very small weapons bays, I wanted to give a it a more realistic internal payload which is why I lengthened it. My second goal was to make it look more "stealthy", as these kits were made before stealth aircraft where known to the public. 46 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 That looks more plausible than the basic Italeri Ferret! Great work, thanks for posting. What paints did you use? Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 Great! Looks very realistic! You are much better airplane designer than those of Italery! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) Awesome improvement of very primitive model. How did you modify especially wheel bays and doors? Serkan Edited June 11, 2020 by Serkan Sen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I`m impressed especially with all of the modifications. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 I like what you've done there! Your mods are very convincing and the splinter paintjob is very well executed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalles Posted June 12, 2020 Author Share Posted June 12, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, Serkan Sen said: How did you modify especially wheel bays and doors? Serkan I stretched the bottom fuselage of the kit, smoothed it out and used that as a mold for vacuforming. I scratch built the wheel wells and weapons bays with strip and sheet styrene as well as some Aves Apoxie Sculpt. Edited June 12, 2020 by jalles 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 Wonderful whif, great modelling ! Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 On 6/11/2020 at 12:33 AM, jalles said: Me really liked Your model. The only addition about the fin number. The appearance of the fin numbers in the Soviet Air Force is due to the fact that the flight boss did not see the nose number of the planes on the airfield tower and could not properly coordinate their work when they were in those perspectives that I brought in the photo. Therefore, in the Soviet Union, to facilitate the work of the flight boss at the airfield, fin numbers were introduced, which were usually applied at the top of the fin. But even such small numbers were inconvenient, therefore on sharkteeth MiG-29 out of 120 IAPs had large numbers on the inside of the fin. What does this have to do with your model? Unfortunately, the fin number printed below is not readable in the above views, given the significant inclination of the fin inward, if Your MiG-37B (or true MiG-37M or MiG-37bis? ) existed in reality, it would have a number on the top of the fin on the inside, for the reasons that I indicated above. But, repeat, Me really liked Your model. B.R. Serge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 that looks great, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 7 hours ago, Aardvark said: Unfortunately, the fin number printed below is not readable in the above views, given the significant inclination of the fin inward, if Your MiG-37B (or true MiG-37M or MiG-37bis? ) existed in reality, it would have a number on the top of the fin on the inside, for the reasons that I indicated above. Thanks for detailed explanation Serge, I will keep this valuable information in mind during my "Super Ferret" build. 😁 What would be your proposal to name such heavily modified model? Serkan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jalles Posted June 13, 2020 Author Share Posted June 13, 2020 7 hours ago, Aardvark said: Unfortunately, the fin number printed below is not readable in the above views, given the significant inclination of the fin inward, if Your MiG-37B (or true MiG-37M or MiG-37bis? ) existed in reality, it would have a number on the top of the fin on the inside, for the reasons that I indicated above. 😂 That's very true! The funny thing is I just read Yefim Gordon's book on the MiG-29/35 where he mentions what you're talking about. Had I know earlier, maybe I would have put them on the inside of the verticalish stabilizers. Although I think one of my other considerations was having the decals contrast enough with the paint that they could be seen so I put them on the lighter color. Thanks for the information Serge! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aardvark Posted June 13, 2020 Share Posted June 13, 2020 46 minutes ago, Serkan Sen said: Thanks for detailed explanation Serge, 20 minutes ago, jalles said: Thanks for the information Serge! Always at your service! Believe me, for my part, I try not to make unfounded statements. 23 minutes ago, jalles said: That's very true! The funny thing is I just read Yefim Gordon's book on the MiG-29/35 where he mentions what you're talking about. I don’t know where Gordon got it from, but I read about it in an article about the sharkteeth MiG-29 120 IAP published in the Russian magazine for modelers "M-hobby". 55 minutes ago, Serkan Sen said: What would be your proposal to name such heavily modified model? I don’t know, but when you start the topic of building, maybe we will come up with something together! 😉😁 B.R. Serge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 On 6/13/2020 at 9:07 PM, Aardvark said: I don’t know, but when you start the topic of building, maybe we will come up with something together! 😉😁 I have launched new thread here. It is waiting for your suggestion 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.sin Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 VERY NICE !!! 👍👍👍🍺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stedman Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 Excellent job , got to be the best looking Ferret out there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 (edited) Fantastic Mig-37! Saluti Giampiero Edited June 3, 2021 by GiampieroSilvestri Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stedman Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 This is such a beautiful conversion , I have just found it ! I did a similar one a few months ago , but didn't alter the length . this truly makes a difference to the look of the plane . To me the balance looked all tail heavy on the original so I moved the wings back , chopped the tail section and added canards . It is the second most popular pane on my channel " fred Ted Stedman" youTube Mig 37B FERRET F what if ? I think you did a better job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 (edited) Great job, but there was no such plane in nature. This is fantasy ITALERI company.) Edited June 1, 2022 by IGKent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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