socjo1 Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) Hi Friends, @Val_Ukraine , @Procopius My MiG is from IBG 72901 set "MiG-29 in Ukrainian Air Force". IBG reboxed Trumpeter's model with Foxbat decals (it is company from Ukriane). The set contains 3 different camouflage variants, in my opinion the most attractive one is with "tryzub" (harpoon). I added some extra goodies: Eduard's exhaust nozzles, Quinta cockpit and small but very usefull Eduard PE set designed for old Italeri kit. Instead of using digital cammo decal set I used additional masks produced by Foxbat too. I also added some wires, replaced probes and antennas. It was very relaxing build, took me only 3 months. Let's look a little closer: Important remark: I cut and shortened main landing gears. Without it model looks really bad - it's rear side is much too high, as you can see below. In my opinion best solution would be: to shorten all gear struts 1mm and add extra 1,5 mm for front gear. And some photos with Tonka which I finished recently too. She still waits for photo -session: Glory for free and independent Ukraine. Please, help and support brave Ukrainians, they are fighting not only for their own freedom. Thanks for watching and reading, hope you liked my Mig. Best regards, Michal. Edited February 24 by socjo1 62 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Great result, and good to know about the landing gear! I plan on doing UkrAF and Polish MiG-29s using the Trumpeter kit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Klaatu Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Looks GREAT! Very nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hopesdaddy Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 That is one beautiful Mig! I'm not sure I would have the patience to get anywhere near the same result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Nice build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Marvelous job Michal! You've got a really great model. Sophisticated Ukrainian digital camouflage looks perfect. And thank you for support! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanfrandragon Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Really nice! The digital camouflage looks excellent. I have the ICM Ghost of Kyiv to make. The afterburners looks amazing, can you give some detail on how you did them please? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 That's really excellent work Michal - detailing, finish and weathering are all superb. Plus, 3 hours?!? That's amazingly quick work for a result of that quality 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socjo1 Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Vultures1 said: That's really excellent work Michal - detailing, finish and weathering are all superb. Plus, 3 hours?!? That's amazingly quick work for a result of that quality Sorry, I made a mistake. I mean 3 months of course- not a lot for my builds. Tornado took about 7 months and was much much more difficult and troublesome. Michal. Edited November 27, 2022 by socjo1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daront Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 13 hours ago, socjo1 said: Hi Friends, @Val_Ukraine , @Procopius My MiG is from IBG 72901 set "MiG-29 in Ukrainian Air Force". IBG reboxed Trumpeter's model with Foxbat decals (it is company from Ukriane). The set contains 3 different camouflage variants, in my opinion the most attractive one is with "tryzub" (harpoon). I added some extra goodies: Eduard's exhaust nozzles, Quinta cockpit and small but very usefull Eduard PE set designed for old Italeri kit. Instead of using digital cammo decal set I used additional masks produced by Foxbat too. I also added some wires, replaced probes and antennas. It was very relaxing build, took me only 3 months. Let's look a little closer: Important remark: I scuuted and shortened front landing gear. Without it model looks really bad - it's rear side is much too high, as you can see below. In my opinion best solution would be: to shorten all gear struts 1mm and add extra 1,5 mm for front gear. And some photos with Tonka which I finished recently too. She still waits for photo -session: Glory for free and independent Ukraine. Please, help and support brave Ukrainians, they are fighting not only for their own freedom. Thanks for watching and reading, hope you liked my Mig. Best regards, Michal. Very very nice i have the ghost of Kyiv in my stash. Just trying to decide to invest in an airbrush or keep with brush painting......... But yours looks fab 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 That looks fantastic Michal I've got this kit & your extra work on it really shows well. Lovely paint work. Always looks better when using masks. Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoops Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Congratulations, very nice build! Cheers, Hoops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) Excellent model! How were the Foxbat masks? From other reviews I get the impression that they stick somewhat too well ( which risks lifting the paint). Speaking of which, what paints did you use? Edited November 27, 2022 by Fin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marek Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 great finish 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socjo1 Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Fin said: Excellent model! How were the Foxbat masks? From other reviews I get the impression that they stick somewhat too well ( which risks lifting the paint). Speaking of which, what paints did you use? Thank you fellows for your comments and likes. First I sprayed Mr Surfacer 1000 as undercoat. Then I used Gunze C and Hataka Orange. I agree Foxbot masks have quite strong glue however there was NO situation of peeling paint off the model. Masks worked pretty well with Gunze paints, however unfortunantely when I removed masks off the model, masks left lot of glue on Hataka-painted areas. Happily I easily removed it glue with White Spirit and cotton-stick. PS. Beautifull avatar, I love IAR-80, it's absolutely beauty plane! @sanfrandragon I'll answer your question tomorrow, sorry mate. Best regards, Michal Edited November 27, 2022 by socjo1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socjo1 Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 (edited) On 27/11/2022 at 09:04, sanfrandragon said: Really nice! The digital camouflage looks excellent. I have the ICM Ghost of Kyiv to make. The afterburners looks amazing, can you give some detail on how you did them please? Sorry for delay. 1. Studying and analysing lot of original plane's photos and imagininng what effect I want finally achieve. It is really very important stage! 2. Black gloss base: Gunze Ueno black 3. Nozzle's interiors: white and then a few layers of Modeller's World Oil. I like very much this product of small polish producer. It smells quite nice, has good drop-application and works good on model. You can show its webpage: https://www.modellersworld.eu/?v=9b7d173b068d 4. I drybrushed nozzles (only nozzles) with matt white. I acieved irregular black and white mosaique. 5. I sprayed metallic colours. I tried to do it transparently to maintain mosaique-effect. 6. Every two shutter I brushed thinly with transparnent acrylic clear blue paint. 7. Rest of them I gave more brown washes and Burnt red Tamiya powder. Generally, it was a multi-staged, slow process and great experiment, it was my first time. Think most effect I achieved with blue clear paint, Cittadel's ink was very usefull too. I don't like normally this ink but this time worked pretty well. Very strong effect and covering - that's what I need this time! I hope you understand, it was not very easy task to describe it, hope photos will help! ... and that's how Master do it: http://www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?/topic/303533-gwh-148-su-35sk-flanker-e-plaaf-6th-brigade/page/5/&tab=comments#comment-2933353 On 27/11/2022 at 19:27, Fin said: Excellent model! How were the Foxbat masks? From other reviews I get the impression that they stick somewhat too well ( which risks lifting the paint). One more thing. Tryzub/harpoon mask wasn't ease to move and place on model. It is worth to stick a masking tape on mask to stregthen it during manouvring: On 27/11/2022 at 00:35, Procopius said: good to know about the landing gear! You can see how low rear side (of aircraft ) is! That's how I had to do it (extreame surgery without enesthesia): Well, I'm not a big fan of modern awiation. However, I must say Mig is really beautiful plane (both films from youtube): https://youtu.be/ZPlFVV9zvQs Best regards, Michal Edited November 29, 2022 by socjo1 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 2 minutes ago, socjo1 said: You can see how low rear side (of aircraft ) is! You know, Michal, I'm not sure this photo was taken entirely for the purpose of showing the MiG-29's stance at all! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Beautiful work and a great tribute 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex_stela Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Outstanding job, Michał! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Keg Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Wow!!!!! I like it!!!! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Koktavý Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Very nice kit Thanks for the note about landing gear. It is always a little nightmare to corect the pose of the plane during assembling gear on almost finished kit. I was afraid I missed your Tornado, but I see, you did´t post finished subject so far. So I am looking forward to see it. Your in progress was very promising 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yawimaya Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Love how yours digital camo went. Nicely done, congrats. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socjo1 Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 On 01/12/2022 at 13:16, David Koktavý said: I was afraid I missed your Tornado, but I see, you did´t post finished subject so far. So I am looking forward to see it. Your in progress was very promising Thank you. I am going to do a base with pilots and Land Rover that's one of the reasons why Tornado hasn't finishing gallery yet. Michal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socjo1 Posted February 24 Author Share Posted February 24 (edited) Today is the sad first anniversary of russian aggresion on Ukraine. That's why I wanted remind my little Mig. Regards, Michal. Edited February 24 by socjo1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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