Bjorn Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 An old kit, but far better than I expected. Yes, there are i couple of errors, but the basic shapes are OK, and the kit was not that bad. I replaced the nose cone and seat, but the rest is mostly OOB. Decals are from my spares box, mostly from Revell's Tornado. Not perfect, but good enough for this build. I painted it with the excellent Mr. Paint colours. The nose cone weathering was achieved through the hairspray method and Gunze paint. Fit was not perfect. Especially the engine nacelles and a stupid part just behind the nose, the lower part of the body including the gun. But that was nothing that not could be solved with a little sanding and some violence. Almost no putty was used. Of course, the GWH Fulcrum is far better. But this one is cheaper and simple to build. Cockpit is a little too basic, hence the closed canopy and resin seat. And some panel lines are wrong. But not even a MiG addict like me can spot all minor errors. It looks very much like a Fulcrum to me! I like birds in "wrong" clothes. So a russian Cold War jet in NATO colours is of course irresistable! Thanks for watching! And now: French Fancy II GB! 62 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josip Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I remember that they operated them for a short while after the unification of Germany. Nice work. But maybe a tad dirtier than it should be? Josip 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 4 minutes ago, Josip said: I remember that they operated them for a short while after the unification of Germany. Yes, Germany "herited" 24 MiG 29 from the former DDR and converted them to NATO Standards. I've been told once that, while they were in active duty in a defense/interceptor role, their main duty was as a sparring partner for practicing dogfights for NATO partners, a role it was considered to be the most capable modern aircraft. Main issue was the short maintenance interval - while maintenance could be done more or less with field equipment, a full engine overhaul still was necessary I think after less than 500 flight hrs (compared to more than 1.000 hrs in an EF), which made it an expensive plane to operate. The were given to Poland for a symbolic price in I think 2003. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martin31 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Good job mate !!! Stunning aircraft beautiful result ..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 I do like that scheme. Is this kit a rebox of the original Hasegawa kit? That was notoriously inaccurate having been based on photographs with no up close data. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 52 minutes ago, Josip said: I remember that they operated them for a short while after the unification of Germany. Nice work. But maybe a tad dirtier than it should be? Josip Thanks! But no, I could have made it much dirtier... There was a great variety here, from freshly-painted examples, to extremely dirty birds. Here are more examples of both kinds: http://www.aviation4u.de/gallery/Deutschland/inService/Lfz-MiG29/MiG29.htm 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 5 minutes ago, John_W said: I do like that scheme. Is this kit a rebox of the original Hasegawa kit? That was notoriously inaccurate having been based on photographs with no up close data. No, it is an Academy release from the beginning. But it has been reboxed by Eduard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Good job Bjorn! Only radio-transparent elements must be of a different grey color 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Fantastic Mig-29A! I do not want to think that Germany sold them for one(!) Euro to Poland instead of keeping them. Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberleutnant Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 5 hours ago, Bjorn said: An old kit, but far better than I expected. Yes, there are i couple of errors, but the basic shapes are OK, and the kit was not that bad. I replaced the nose cone and seat, but the rest is mostly OOB. Decals are from my spares box, mostly from Revell's Tornado. Not perfect, but good enough for this build. I painted it with the excellent Mr. Paint colours. The nose cone weathering was achieved through the hairspray method and Gunze paint. Fit was not perfect. Especially the engine nacelles and a stupid part just behind the nose, the lower part of the body including the gun. But that was nothing that not could be solved with a little sanding and some violence. Almost no putty was used. Of course, the GWH Fulcrum is far better. But this one is cheaper and simple to build. Cockpit is a little too basic, hence the closed canopy and resin seat. And some panel lines are wrong. But not even a MiG addict like me can spot all minor errors. It looks very much like a Fulcrum to me! I like birds in "wrong" clothes. So a russian Cold War jet in NATO colours is of course irresistable! Thanks for watching! And now: French Fancy II GB! That looks great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Lovely to see one in that scheme! Very nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 That's a superb build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Great looking MiG Bjorn! So well done, and like you, I think a Russian bird in NATO dress is interesting and unique! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Lovely work! I wasd just about to ask if the radome of these MiGs really weathered to such extremes, when I saw your follow up post of the real thing. Now I want to build one. Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bjorn Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share Posted June 24, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, IGKent said: Good job Bjorn! Only radio-transparent elements must be of a different grey color Thanks! But on at least some aircrafts, the radome and these elements were over-painted with a light grey colour, similar to the camouflage, just a little lighter. See the third picture in my answer to another question above. Edited June 24, 2021 by Bjorn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Thats a real looker in West German colours, exellent work. I'm inspired to have a go at one. 1/72 of course! Pete 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Well Done Fulcrum! Exceptional weathering job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Nice work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bell209 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 23 hours ago, Josip said: I remember that they operated them for a short while after the unification of Germany. There were a couple leaving Nellis AFB in 2002 when we were there for Red Flag. Very pleased to catch a glimpse of them then and good to see such a great rendition in model form now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrcblade Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Great Build, Really like that one!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Nice MiG 😎 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano353 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Great looking Mig I made this kit years ago and it still clearly looks the part against today's models. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 fantastik🇩🇪 MiK! great modelling and hats off for tackling this old kit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 On 6/24/2021 at 8:23 AM, Bjorn said: I replaced the nose cone Hi again, sorry Which replacement nose did you use on this one? Thanks! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherhawk27263 Posted June 13, 2022 Share Posted June 13, 2022 This is a beautiful job on a beautiful plane. It's amazing!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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