ZHOU Kun Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 (edited) Hello there! I am proud to introduce my newly completed project, an AMK MiG-31BS interceptor in 1/48 scale. The kit is AvantGarde Model Kits | No. 88008 | 1:48 and I created a building thread in the WIP sub-forum here: The fitting of the kit was fine and the building was straight forward except for my modification on landing gear struts. The MiG-31 nose gear is trailing link suspension type and main gear has staggered mounted wheels on a movable bogey on each gear. I managed to modify them as the aircraft was in the air right before pilots raise the gear retraction/extension handle. The painting was done with Mr.Color lacquer paints. To my astonishment, the R-33 and R-40TD missiles took more time to paint than the airframe itself. Subtle weathering was done with Winsor Newton Oil Colors thinned with Zippo lighter liquids. The final photos were shot with a Sony A7R3 digital camera with a 24-240mm lens, the lens were really awesome to provide extreme realilty! For more photos, and in case of 'space.png' problems, you can also visit my album on scalemates: https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=67957&p=albums&album=77129 Regards, Kun Edited October 14, 2021 by ZHOU Kun 63 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 2 hours ago, Flight Line Media said: Hello, Kun! I'd love to see your projects but when I click the link, there are no pictures on them. Try this link. https://www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=67957&p=albums&album=77129#3 I have uploaded the whole album there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 5 minutes ago, Pete in a shed said: Awesome! Thank you! Are those photos loaded properly? I thought that there may be some problem with weibo photos linking into britmodeller forums... Trying to register an Imgur accout now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Indigo Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 A masterfully build model and an awesome display piece! Photos show fine here btw. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in a shed Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 23 minutes ago, ZHOU Kun said: Thank you! Are those photos loaded properly? Crystal clear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Great! Nice build! High-art result! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Very convincing finish and attitude! Excellent modelling from all aspects. Kind regards, Joachim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Both the subject, the Foxhound, and the photography are impressive. That`s a beautiful presentation!!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tunguska Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Brilliant. Really gives a good impression of the power of the aircraft. 👏 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Fantastic Mig-31BS! Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Autle Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 This really is top draw stuff, the presentation is super slick and very imaginative. well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Brantley Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 An impeccable build Kun! Fantastic attention to detail in the assembly, painting and weathering stages. She really does look quite realistic and is a great credit to your skill as a modeler, and as a photographer as well I might add! Great scale modeling! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dov Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Perfect Kun! Just unbelievable. Are the settings according manual? I watched your doing in WIP. One detail I can add: The mirror from the backseater, you may use an metal foil. I did so. By the way, the book from Duke Hawkin I can highly recomend. https://www.amazon.de/Mig-31-Foxhound-Aircraft-Detail-Hawkins/dp/2931083011 Happy modelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 6 hours ago, Electric Indigo said: A masterfully build model and an awesome display piece! Photos show fine here btw. Thank you. Finally being about to post on Imgur and the links work better than before 6 hours ago, Pete in a shed said: Crystal clear OK! 6 hours ago, IGKent said: Great! Nice build! High-art result! Thank you! 6 hours ago, Spitfire31 said: Very convincing finish and attitude! Excellent modelling from all aspects. Kind regards, Joachim Thank you! 5 hours ago, Sky Keg said: Both the subject, the Foxhound, and the photography are impressive. That`s a beautiful presentation!!!!! Mike The Foxhound is an impressive aircraft:-) Glad to make the model impressive too:-p 5 hours ago, Tunguska said: Brilliant. Really gives a good impression of the power of the aircraft. 👏 Yes, I had to admit this is a powerful aircraft 3 hours ago, GiampieroSilvestri said: Fantastic Mig-31BS! Saluti Giampiero thank you! 3 hours ago, Autle said: This really is top draw stuff, the presentation is super slick and very imaginative. well done. thank you! 2 hours ago, Gary Brantley said: An impeccable build Kun! Fantastic attention to detail in the assembly, painting and weathering stages. She really does look quite realistic and is a great credit to your skill as a modeler, and as a photographer as well I might add! Great scale modeling! FE24-240mm lens is really good at depicting an incoming aircraft model! 🙂 2 hours ago, dov said: Perfect Kun! Just unbelievable. Are the settings according manual? I watched your doing in WIP. One detail I can add: The mirror from the backseater, you may use an metal foil. I did so. By the way, the book from Duke Hawkin I can highly recomend. https://www.amazon.de/Mig-31-Foxhound-Aircraft-Detail-Hawkins/dp/2931083011 Happy modelling Glad that you enjoyed this post! This is a good book, I wished that I had come to this one earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Fantastic Display ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loloskymaster Posted October 14, 2021 Share Posted October 14, 2021 Excellent build and great idea for this dynamic display ! I love that 😍 Bravo Lolo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billn53 Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Beautifully executed build and a great in-flight pose! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Superb! TT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby No Mac Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 A wonderful model displayed and photographed brilliantly. Very inspiring stuff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted October 15, 2021 Share Posted October 15, 2021 Very nice. Well done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 That is a fabulous build & display, a most impressive result indeed. 👍 Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashellis Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 WOW that's a stunning model for one thing but the display and photography take it to the next level, stunning Darren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wouter1981 Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Well thank you very much. These pictures made me buy my first 1/48 kit in almost 20 years.... the AMK Mig-31 BS.... I hope I'll get anywhere close to the quality of your model... Great work!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZHOU Kun Posted October 17, 2021 Author Share Posted October 17, 2021 On 15/10/2021 at 00:16, BerndM said: Fantastic Display ! Thank you! On 15/10/2021 at 01:03, loloskymaster said: Excellent build and great idea for this dynamic display ! I love that 😍 Bravo Lolo Thank you! Actually I have been practicing in-flight-pose five times:-) On 15/10/2021 at 20:52, billn53 said: Beautifully executed build and a great in-flight pose! Thank you! On 15/10/2021 at 20:56, TEXANTOMCAT said: Superb! TT Thank you! On 15/10/2021 at 21:42, Bobby No Mac said: A wonderful model displayed and photographed brilliantly. Very inspiring stuff On 16/10/2021 at 00:07, Bertie Psmith said: Very nice. Well done. Thank you! On 16/10/2021 at 19:34, stevehnz said: That is a fabulous build & display, a most impressive result indeed. 👍 Steve. Thank you. I am glad that you like it! 19 hours ago, dashellis said: WOW that's a stunning model for one thing but the display and photography take it to the next level, stunning Darren Thank you. I selected Sony A7R3 and FE24-240mm lens for the final reveal and it proved right:-) 18 hours ago, Wouter1981 said: Well thank you very much. These pictures made me buy my first 1/48 kit in almost 20 years.... the AMK Mig-31 BS.... I hope I'll get anywhere close to the quality of your model... Great work!! Hope you enjoy your new build! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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