fox1_BE Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Hi everybody, Here is my African Mig-23UB. This ArtModel kit comes with a detailed resin exhaust and two resin cockpits. The IP's lack detail, so I used a prepainted Eduard Zoom PE set for these and then mixed the cockpit colors to match the PE. Some parts to detail the exterior were also taken from the Eduard set. I added a bit of wiring in the gear wells and on the landing gear struts, some detail on top of the backseater IP, splitter plates in the intakes, a Pavla vacform canopy, Armory wheels and a Master pitot tube. Overall, the kit sports nicely engraved details. However, the fit of the fuselage parts is typical for a limited run kit: pretty difficult. The resin exhaust seemed to be too wide to fit the fuselage, so getting this to fit properly was a bit of a struggle. Surprisingly, the cockpits fitted perfectly without any extra work. I used Gunze and Tamiya paints to finish the aircraft in Angola AF colours. Decals and stencils are from the kit, working just fine, except the roundels as the black and red 'yin & yang' symbols are not correct. RV Aircraft's Mig-21 decal sheet came to the rescue. To add a bit of 'couleur locale', I attempted to build a simple base. All in all a pretty 'involved' build, but I would certainly build another one of these interesting aircraft (the kit comes with decals for no less than 16 colorful options). Thanks for stopping by; hope you enjoy the pics! Regards, Patrick 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 wow! such a great and realistic result!+ maybe a difficult model, but definitely a worthy model of a MiG-23UB! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiseca Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 The plane that forced the SAAF to fly their pretty Mirage F.1s under the radar. I have mixed feeling about that, I always really liked the F.1! The model looks good, and the terrain in the diorama looks like a reasonably accurate slice of Africa from what I can remember 😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Lovely build Patrick.😀 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binbrook87 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Very nice build indeed. Love the camo and weathering and the diorama just finishes it off perfectly👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28ZComeback Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Beautiful build and finish. Weathering is restrained and to scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragan_mig31 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 Great work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 That's some lovely work there- great looking MiG and base, and a nice slice of history to boot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 She's a corker! The setting is very evocative as well. Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted March 10, 2021 Share Posted March 10, 2021 That's a really nice result from what is by no means an easy kit. Nice setting too. Well done Patrick! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fox1_BE Posted March 11, 2021 Author Share Posted March 11, 2021 Thanks for your comments, all! 👍 Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted March 11, 2021 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Nicely done Patrick. I love the different scheme you've chosen, the colours and the weathering are very well done. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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