MiG-31BM, AMK 1/48

[PaulN]

Hi to all.

I've just finished this kit, enormous btw. The AMK's MiG-31BM no 880033.

I decided to add some after bits:

- Eduard PE no 49 752 mainly to detail the belts and engine area,

- Resin wheels ,Eduard no. 648 248;
- AMK improvement set, n° 88003U, consisting of metal landing gears, extra photo-etched parts, extra decals and a set of tinted transparents.

 

Following the instructions, I started with the engines, to which I added Eduard's photo-etched parts for the afterburner basket.

 

I painted the metal parts with Krylon spray and marked the recesses with a MiG dirt set. In some areas I painted those pink stripes formed with Humbrol 70 lightened with white, some panels I painted with a green from Revell 362

 

 

I hope you like it

Regards,

Paablo

Edited April 14 by PaulN
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[PaulN]

In the bathtub piece I added some details of ribs, supplements and map holders that have on the sides, for a molding issue, they come smooth.

 

To the front post lever I added a cam that goes in front of the handle.

 

After securing the fit, I primed with A.MIG-2023 black one shot primer and applied the AMIG-223 interior turquoise Green acrylic. I marked the recesses with the products that this set recommends, AMIG-1505 Gray for Yellow Sand and AMIG-1008 Dark Wash, I painted pink stripes to simulate that sealing putty.

 

I chose to use the decals from the AMK improvement set and not the pre-painted photo-etched parts from Eduard because it seems to me that there is a difference in tones between the color of this and the one I applied and they lose a bit of a sense of volume. The decals adapted very well to the surface of the boards. I applied matte varnish, used the dirt products and finally used drops of gloss varnish on the instruments and screens.

 

I added the pre-painted belts from Eduard's set to the seats. I also added some laser printed maps and brochures.

 

The pieces inside the domes come smooth, in different references you can see that they have a fabric, to simulate this, I added aluminum foil to which I painted Tamiya XF-5 green, the parts without fabric, I left them turquoise green.

 

I proceeded to assemble the rest of the plane, resulting in a beautiful engineering product, where I really used very little putty.
I appreciate Mike's article on assembling this kit, I relied mostly on it. Thanks a lot, @Mike

 

Regards,

Pablo

[PaulN]

I added the 27 cooling petals in the each engine exhaust, I think Eduard could have make this detail no so difficult.

 

Final result:

 

The real thing:

 

I hope you like it.

 

Regards,

Pablo