ICM 1/72 Ghost of Kyiv The is a Finished build

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ICM 1/72 The Ghost of Kyiv

Straight of the box build 

Its been some time  since I posted here . I should start this build this weekend 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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As always bath time with Dawn soap before the build 

 

 

 

 

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this kit plastic is soft and little on rough side . 

Rick

 

 

 

 

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little fit issues , that's what modeling is all about . Little sanding to come 

Rick

 

 

[stevej60]

I'll tag along Rick as I'm bound to get to the 29 in my present Soviet aircraft journey,my eldest recently bought this kit then binned it it does look a bit

rough but positively Tamiya like compared to the Eastern Express Fitter I'm on with! Carry on!

[Silenoz]

Wow.. that's some sanding that will be necessary... The Zvezda kit looks like Meng or GWH when looking at this (Who had thought somebody would say this about Zvezda 10 years ago...)

Edited August 16, 2022 by Silenoz

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18 hours ago, stevej60 said:

I'll tag along Rick as I'm bound to get to the 29 in my present Soviet aircraft journey,my eldest recently bought this kit then binned it it does look a bit

rough but positively Tamiya like compared to the Eastern Express Fitter I'm on with! Carry on!

 

Rick 

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7 hours ago, Silenoz said:

Wow.. that's some sanding that will be necessary... The Zvezda kit looks like Meng or GWH when looking at this (Who had thought somebody would say this about Zvezda 10 years ago...)

I need to check out Zvezda kits . 

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I have the roughness sanded , I applies CA glue into some ghost lines that will appear later on . Hopefully this will stop that from happening . i need to spray some primer to see how this looks 

Rick 

 

 

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I got the roughness smooth out 

Rick 

 

[Dads203]

Have you test fitted the rear canopy yet Rick , it needs a bit of fettling to get it to sit correctly, I had to scrape quite a lot off the bottom to get flush where it meets the rear cockpit bulkhead/turtledeck.

 

 

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22 hours ago, Dads203 said:

Have you test fitted the rear canopy yet Rick , it needs a bit of fettling to get it to sit correctly, I had to scrape quite a lot off the bottom to get flush where it meets the rear cockpit bulkhead/turtledeck.

 

 

Yes I did . I had to trim also .Its a very tight fit 

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I applied perfect putty to fill in the gaps 

Rick 

 

[GMK]

Nice work. Going to add HARMs?

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7 hours ago, GMK said:

Nice work. Going to add HARMs?

not sure yet 

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I applied  top part one coat of lite primer to see any issues . I did have some gaps I use perfect putty to fill . 

Rick 

 

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Here are 2  areas I will fill with CA glue 

 

 

 

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I have the inlet engine  installed .This was pretty good fit . I wished the detail was little better here 

Rick 

 

 

 

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[alhenderson]

Looking good, I've got this one. Did you get the ICM paint set, or have you got alternative colours?

 

Al

[Silenoz]

looking good... but those kit engine exhausts....🤮🤮🤮🤮

[Russmeister 101]

Great work so far...

I'll be using this as a guide when I build mine (eventually...)  Followed.

pass the popcorn please
 

[Han Solo]

The exhaust by Reskit are great https://reskit-models.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3455&search=Mig-29

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9 hours ago, alhenderson said:

Looking good, I've got this one. Did you get the ICM paint set, or have you got alternative colours?

 

Al

No I should have . It was pretty hard to get the kit 

7 hours ago, Han Solo said:

The exhaust by Reskit are great https://reskit-models.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=3455&search=Mig-29

I wished i knew this earlier . That looks so nice