Desert Adversaries - Airfix MiG-17F "Fresco-C" Mali and Burkina Faso 1/72 - 17may21 see the last post

[RidgeRunner]

1 hour ago, Smudge said:

That's looking very nice.

 

I got a bit confused as to which of your Fresco builds I was following  Definitely the right choice regarding the colour 

 

Looking forward to seeing the Mali one. 

Oops, sorry Iain :(. As you can see, I changed after the sand coat of the build, intended for the Mali machine, wasn’t right. Next will be the Guinea machine, then Mali and then  a dark green Nigerian, a new addition

 

I got her stencilled today. I have a small issue to deal with on the chaff chutes but shouldn’t be too difficult to rectify :).

 

Martin

[Smudge]

23 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:

.............. and then  a dark green Nigerian, a new addition

 

and a Nigerian !

 

How am I going to keep up  Great work mate.

[Grandboof]

Maybe the title should be Fresco factory . Still have Uganda and Ethiopia to go . Just saying . Well done so far . 

Martin H

[RidgeRunner]

On 3/30/2021 at 9:17 PM, Smudge said:

and a Nigerian !

And that's my limit reached, or even exceeded! If I get that far (the Nigerian) I am thinking I will use it as a trial build using the salt technique. As they weren't primed the green painted peeled like a satsuma off of the Frescos

 

Martin

 

[TonyOD]

Just having an overdue catch up on goings-on in the GB. Looking great as ever Martin.

[Col.]

Nice work on this one Martin

 

22 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:

If I get that far (the Nigerian) I am thinking I will use it as a trial build using the salt technique. As they weren't primed the green painted peeled like a satsuma off of the Frescos

That sounds fun  

[RidgeRunner]

Switched the Nigerian to a thread on its own

 

 

 

[RidgeRunner]

Hi all!

 

With the MiG-21 pu to (Fish)bed now  I've returned to Fresco No.1, the Burkinabe machine. Today, having got her Glosscoted about three weeks ago, I got some 
Flory Sand on to her. I had thought to only wash to lower surfaces because from memory the uppers were quite clean. However, having dug out another couple of images I see that many panels showed through the "earth" paint. Therefore she has had a Sand bath

 

 

Once dry it actually looks close to the paint colour anyway! ;). At least I am back at her and soon I can get here in the Gallery

 

Martin

 

 

[RidgeRunner]

Bugger, while cleaning up the aerial behind the cockpit pinged in to the shagpile!  I cant find it any where :(. I'll have to fashion a new one

 

Martin

 

[RidgeRunner]

23 hours ago, RidgeRunner said:

Bugger, while cleaning up the aerial behind the cockpit pinged in to the shagpile!  I cant find it any where :(. I'll have to fashion a new one

 

Martin

 

Fortunately the lovely people at Airfix have sourced a replacement for me

 

Martin

 

[DaveyGair]

On 5/11/2021 at 10:07 AM, RidgeRunner said:

Fortunately the lovely people at Airfix have sourced a replacement for me

 

Martin

 

 

Nice work on this, still not sure I'll buy one of these having 2 AZ ones.

Airfix are good with spares, I lost the tiny trumpet like pitot for the Blenheim and they sent me a whole sprue! I used the props on that sprue for a SH Mk.IV I did thus not having to assemble seperate prop blades!

 

Davey.

[RidgeRunner]

Having asked on Tuesday I received the part from Airfix yesterday. Not bad!!!  Meanwhile the carpet is slowly munching on the one I lost!

[RidgeRunner]

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