MiG-25PD Foxbat

[haneto]

Forgot to post here, my apologize!!

My new progress here to share with you, the ICM 1/72 MiG-25PD.

It would be in the IrAF scheme, pilot Zuhair Dawood who was said to shoot down a US NAVY F/A-18C Hornet piloted by LCDR Michael Scott Speicher on Desert Storm operation, 17 January 1991.

Well, I don't know the exact number of Dawood's Foxbat, so any references would be greatly thankful!

Here is the accessories I used for this built.

Prop&Jet KM-1M ejection seat

Prop&Jet MiG-25 nozzles

PVD MiG-25 metal pitot tube

Pavla Models MiG-25 cockpit

ARMORY R-40RD missiles

ARMORY R-40TD missiles

ED Model MiG-25 PE set

Hi-Decal MiG-25 decal

Begemot MiG-25 scheme decal

Begemot MiG-25 stencil decal

First step, canopy things.

Foxbats have anti-sunshine coated canopies, so a mix of clear orange and clear smoke would be sprayed from inside of windshield/canopy firstly.

Then masking the clear area from inside, and spray the sealing strip colour from inside(pinkish tan).

Then detailing the canopy inside.

Add the railing cloth, the anti-heat canvas, etc.

Resin cockpit in after some minor sanding works.

In order to increase the strength, 0.5mm brass rod was planted inside the pylons to meet the resin R-40 missiles.

Those missiles are huge!!(easy to imagine one shot down a Hornet.)

All resin staff ready to be surfaced.

The Soviet bluisu-green(or greenish blue, whatever) cockpit colour of 60-70's is very unique.

I tried to mix 3 colours to get the result.

Cockpit finished.

I used an MV Products lens for the rador scope screen.

Really effective!

Canopy was also painted from side.

KM-1M resin seat by Prop&Jet.

The best KM-1M seat in 1/72 scale I have to say.

Crisp details and accurate shape.

Then front fuselage parts were finally glued waiting for sanding.

New progress this weekend!

Intakes finished first.

The upper lip should not be straight but I decided to neglect that because it would not be very obvious after finishing.

Some junk PE net was used, too.

I also chose to neglect the intake pipe connected to the turbo fins, which made me a bit regretful after finising.

Intake inside all painted in metal colour.

Walls in Mr. Color Super Metalic series Super Titanium, while upper lips in Super Titanium:Light ghost grey=6:4.

Just as Raymond indicated that Iraqi Foxbats have been updated to 1983 standard, so the KDS-155 flare despensers should be added to the wings.

First I used masking tape and draw the rough shape of KDS-155 on it, then adhere it on 0.3mm plastic sheet.

Cut four pieces, glue them on the wing fences on the original parts just like sandwitch.

Then sanding and rescribing work.Got them gone!

Edited April 24, 2011 by haneto

[haneto]

Next step is assembling the big parts.

The fitting of this ICM kit is not so great to be honest, but only some little patience and skill could save you much time sanding.

First, glue the front fuselage part.

After glue drying, glue the inside part of intake parts.

Then add the outside part of intakes, sanding.

Finally wings and stabilizers.

The IRST censor under nose would be better in clear parts.

I sprayed silver first, then clear orange smoke.

And masking the window areas.

The underside of front fuselage and intakes fitting is not so fantastic.

Some putty/sanding/rescribing work need here.

Also here:

The inner pylon pins should be more forwardneath.

And some shrinky areas on the wings.

Do you have them on your kits too?

Discharge wires by tooth brush nylons and super glue on the tip.

[Paul A H]

Very nice work! I have the ICM kit too, so I'll be watching this thread to pick up some tips.

[haneto]

Metal pitot tube by Russian handmade brand PVD.

I bought mine loooong ago from Linden Hill.

I planted a brass rod inside the cockpit wakk so that canopy could be open/closed freely to show cockpit details.

Pay attention to another 1983 standard MiG-25PD features here: the anti rador warning antenna.

Also pay attention to the fairing on the canopy, it's the opening constructure hinge.

Fitting of intake parts also no good.

A lot of sanding and rescribing work need here, too.

Those white plastic sheet pieces are intake fins I added.

Here also some putty work.

Vertical fins with nice details.

Discharge wires also added.

Size comparation.

With new Hasegawa Su-33.

You can see Foxbat is even bigger(lookings) than Flanker!

It's a ture MONSTER!

And with her successor!

OK, that's it for today.

Maybe I would start detailing wheels bays and landing gears tomorrow.

But the weather here in Shanghai this weekend is just FANTASTIC!!

I'd like to go out for a walk with my doggy Sasha. :woot.gif:

Thanks for watching!

Cheers,

Yufei

[T-Tango]

Thats starting to look very impressive.

[Troffa]

Great looking build so far- and a very interesting subject in all respects- looking forward to seeing some paint on it!

[Moofles]

ye gods man, thats incredible, stunning detail for 1/72

[sig226]

Hi Yufei,

Watching this with a mixture of amazement and anticipation, looking forward to seeing the finished article.

Regards Simon

[jimbuna]

This is a really nice looking build.

[Gondor44]

Wonderful work, has me looking for suppliers of after-market parts to use on my kit

Gondor44

[Borisz]

So sad to not see the sequel. :\

[Antoine]

Try there.

The article is in three parts.

[Jake Moon]

Great job mixing those paints, that's the closest I've ever seen to that weird Soviet interior blue.