POMPEO Posted February 8, 2011 Share Posted February 8, 2011 great job on camo, the paint job looks awesome cheers Pompeo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted February 8, 2011 Author Share Posted February 8, 2011 goddamn printscale decals....*grumbles* well the decals died, they just would not settle and even after a fair amount of microsol and set still would not settle, damn things decided to just fall apart, so after removing them, fixing up the areas where they were, i now need to repaint the rough areas, then re-gloss, new decals are on order, so fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 (edited) right then, i have spent pretty much every eve this week adding stencil after stencil, the new decals have proved a real treat, i still have half of the aircraft to stencil, then its loadout time, slowly getting there, will post update pictures later on. Cheers for watching. Edited February 18, 2011 by Moofles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted February 22, 2011 Author Share Posted February 22, 2011 Ye Gods...the damn thing is done (stencil wise that is) its rather late, so i shall post pictures tommorow, but for now i shall sit back and bask in my happy glow of content at finally finishing neigh on 200 stencils on a 1/72 aircraft...was an emotional journey.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowmk9 Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Well done moofles! I thought I'd die of boredom doing stencils on my 1/72 Harrier, so I can sympathise with you. Love the camo scheme on the Mig by the way, its really nice. What's your opinion of the kit so far, worth its price and good detail/fit? It looks pretty good in the photo's but It'd be nice to hear your opinion, seeing as you've done the hard work and built it! And judgign from your posts it has been a nit of a battle at times.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr B Posted February 23, 2011 Share Posted February 23, 2011 Nice The pilot is an added nice touch ! Rgds Mr b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Thanks, since i do my models in flying config a pilot was needed, one is supplied with the kit, i just wanted something differnt. The overall fit of the kit is very good, unfortunatly my kit had several main parts missing (entire spine and vertical stab, and airbrakes) the spine and vertical stab fitted is an aftermarket jobby from hannants shown on page one, required a fair amount of filler and sanding to get it to fit, but worth the result, and the airbrakes i simply scratch built. Overall for the price and the quality of the mouldings you cannot really go wrong, great little kit, throw in the stencils and some even better aftermarket decals and you have a winner, my only gripe is the cockpit to my eyes is a little sparse, yes you have a cockpit tub, bang seat and I.P but it all just lacks that crispness, so i went for pavala aftermarket fun (all designed for a differnt kit) some kit bashing and some filler later and it comes out rather well. After all thats said and done i have not worked with the bilek MiG 21 so i cannot really compare this one to it, but i can say overall i would give this kit (built out of box and with all the pieces) a solid 8/10. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted February 23, 2011 Author Share Posted February 23, 2011 Right then, here are the pictures, i still have to microsol the decals down some more, also you will notice the lack of a pitot tube and underwing ordinance, these are being painted and fitted now. Cheers for watching, as usual bear in mind this is brush painted and still a WIP, i have some touch ups to do, and then the matt varnish. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted February 24, 2011 Author Share Posted February 24, 2011 K-13 atoll missles racks added, pitot tube added, and a healthy does of micosol added, all thats left is varnish, cockpit hood and the K-13s (currently working on them now) end is finally in sight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 again small update, no pictures, the matt varnish has just gone on the model, missles are drying, few more coats of white and they will be done, looking at compleation some time aroudn wednesday methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Looking good, love that camo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 Right then, the beast is done, hope you guys like pictures cos i have a shed load, those that have followed the build will know that i did not have the easiest of builds what with bits missing from my kit, decals misbehaving and what not, overall im happy with the result, could it of gone better..yes, could it of gone worse hell yes, due to the amount of parts that was missing from my kit Hannants sent me a brand new one, so overall i lost nothing and i gained a new kit, i learnt alot from this build (natural metal finish is a pig with a brush, and dont use matt varnish on it). I really enjoyed the group build and i hope that my constant ramblings and rather crap photography has provided some intrest. I have not glued the canopy down as i like to take it off andlook inside at my lil resin pit Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted March 1, 2011 Author Share Posted March 1, 2011 More pictures of the build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowmk9 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) doesn't that look great in flying pose? Superb job Moofles, it compliments your F-100 brilliantly. I love the little touches like the red star on the pilot's helmet (steady!) Edited March 3, 2011 by rowmk9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 thankyou, the two are engaged in aerial combat on my shelf, i do a good 99% of all my models in flying poses, i just feel it shows off there lines so much bettter, and the MiG is just so sleek i couldnt reist a flying pose. The red star on the helmut was due to watching top gun at the time of painting the pilot and it just looked to good to miss out. thankyou for the kind comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweaty Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Very nice build, just saw it in the completed gallery, sorry i missed the WIP All the best, Jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masterqq Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 wow..love that camo....very nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moofles Posted April 4, 2011 Author Share Posted April 4, 2011 Ah thankyou, your kind comments mean alot, cannot say i am too happy with my final results, but i learnt alot about metal finish and other little tricks, also im not too bummed out by the final results as due to the large amounts of parts missing from my kit i got a free one from hannants, so i look at this as a great little learning curve. Cheers for watching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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