Jon Fitzgerald

A big yes for Soviet/Russian ground equipment in 1/48 from me! ;)

Thanks Nazar, that's interesting to hear!

Beautiful work! I have this kit at home but was waiting for some correction sets before I started. Once I get my hands on the Komplekt zip parts I'll start! Does the nose set come with a resin cockpit?

I'd love to get some sheets of Typhoons used in this campaign. Sign me up for interest!

Thought so. Odd Numbering and soviet stars aside I've never seen anything like that. Still looks pretty though! :D Anyone have any thoughts on the dark green and silver mig? How reliable are clavework graphics?

Found this Mig-17F, I'm assuming though that this colour scheme is totally fictitious and just made up by the museum? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3n8YhXDXXQ4/TAfWrxyXyzI/AAAAAAAA4TE/LYtDlqSeJXk/s1600/pzl-mielec_lim-6_fresco-c_mig-17f_lside_tam_3feb2010.jpg Website has it listed as Tillamook Air Museum?

Haha thanks Antoine :)

Thanks that's interesting, I thought that the smer nose was better received since it was rounder and more bulbous. Thanks for the link also some interesting stuff. I'm suprised that while quickboost did a corrected ventral fin they ignored the nose...

Thanks, however I saw some discussion on aeroscale about the nose intake being a better shape? I was considering using this part on the Hobby Boss kit.

Hi again, I have a quick question. Has anyone worked with the old Smer kit? I've done some research and it seems no one does an aftermarket replacement nose yet, however I was considering kit bashing the Smer parts. Would this work? Or am I better off attacking the nose with Milliput? Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated

Thanks guys! How about the green and silver scheme from Wings Palette? Anyone know anything about that?

Does anyone know anything about this aircraft? I found two different images of this plane on Wing's Palette but have no idea if it is accurate? Wing's Palette say its from Aviation Review Magazine and the plane is from the 1950's? Mig-17 Second image from clavework graphics who date it as 1958 Mig-17 2

Thank you Andrey, do you have any picture of this colour profile?

Thanks for the back ground guys! I know very little about the mig-17, I just picked up the mig-17 PF Fresco D as i thought it looked cool. With that weird nose and all the guns. That picture from Kiev is interesting, it would be nice to know for certain if that's a inaccurate museum paint job or if it has any basis in reality. If it's just fantasy I might go for the East German scheme as I really liked the colours on that :)

Hi all I wondered if anyone knew of any camo patterns for Soviet Mig-17 PF's? So far I have only been able to find camo schemes for Czech and East German aircraft, but I'd really like to do a Soviet airforce plane in a camouflage. I don't fancy painting an all metallic finish ;) Thanks all

Looking great with the decals on! Really coming to life now! ;)

Great progress Ken and really interesting to see the comparison photos. There sure are a lot of differences in the overall shapes aren't there when view from the side.

Hi Ching You can order kits directly from Turbine at info @pronks-graniit.ee :) However as mentioned this specific Su-33 set was a test set. So they may roll out into production later.

Academys new SU-30 MK has some nice new missiles ;) the new tooled R-73 on this kit are good.

Hi Don To be honest It's more of an issue of me knowing very little about this aircraft. So I can't see it now because I don't know any better. If I had some comparison picture or feedback it would help me to make an 'informed' decision on what I'd like to do. :)

Thanks, awesome work by the way. Did you do anything to correct the nose at all?

Hi All Today I got Hobby Boss' 1/48 Mig-17 PF really cheap on a sale at a local model store. I saw in a review on Aeroscale that the nose shape is mentioned as incorrect? Does anyone have any ideas or views on this, or could suggest some good reference images or drawings that show the correct shape? Apparently it's too flat or something? Also if there are any other shape issues I'd be interested to hear. It was very cheap so I'm happy to chop it up and make changes if needs be. I'll get the Aires cockpit too. Thanks guys!

Very interesting! Thank you :)

Very nice work Nazar! It looks great! ;) What were the final mixes for colours you chose?

Great progress! Looking forward to seeing more updates! :)