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The most obvious mistake of Hobbyboss MiG-17F, is the wrong shaped windshield and its frame, just same as many other Trumpeter/hobbyboss aircraft model kits.
Please refer to below photos(copyrights of original authors), and I believe it is quite obvious for anyone's eyes.
One of my friend Keigi who passed away last year, built HB MiG-17F back to 2009.
You can also find other minor errors from his modification trace on pictures.
Unfortunately he was not able to rebuild the windshield at the time being, but it was well acknowledged by many Chinese modelers, since we have tons of J-5s in China which is one of the most familiar fighter to us since childhood. 🙂
And here is the finished one for your reference.
Just my 2 cents.
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Thank you all for your encouragement!
I love the normal "battle scheme" but with some background stories.
On 7/18/2023 at 5:28 AM, habu2 said:Whose decals did you use?
I used Afterburner decals 48044.
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Hello everyone
It has been a while since my last post.
This work I want to present to you, was finished during Shanghai lock down in 2022.
Although the number of works completed in last year is only two, which is the lowest score in terms of quantity, I am now comforting myself with the two works that I am very satisfied with in terms of quality.
One of them is this "Downed Bald Eagle" F-16CG Block 40 US Air Force 555th FS Commander's plane.The base kit is Tamiya's 1/48 F-16C/N "Aggressor", modified to Block 40 F-16CG.
Aftermarket parts include Fabscale's F110 nozzle, Orange Hobby's metal and resin AIM-120B missile, Eduard's resin GBU-24 bomb, AN/ALQ-131, AN/AAQ-13 and AN/AAQ-14 pods, Master metal dischargers.
The AIM-9L "Sidewinder" missile is by AMK parts.Well, the key feature of this work is the background and its history.
-Reproduced the aircraft of Mr. David Goldfine, commander of the 555th Regiment of the US Air Force stationed at Aviano, Italy, which was shot down in "Operation Allied Force" on May 2, 1999.
He was rescued immediately after being shot down, and after that he was able to rise to the rank of 4-star general.The mounted armament is the position at the time of the mission that was shot down(not quite sure since I did not find exact reference from Internet), and the painting is also based on the advice of a former 555th regiment official, recreating the moment of the last takeoff before being shot down.
Another interesting thing was that a friend in Serbia sent me some of the wreckage of this plane, so I custom-ordered a wooden base and exhibited it together with the work.
I am very grateful to him for his kindness.By the way, the wreckage of this shot down aircraft is still exhibited in the museum in Belgrade, the capital of the Republic of Serbia.
For modelers, it was a great blessing to be able to make friends on both the American side and the Serbian side through modeling.
That may be the true charm of scale models.Thank you for watching.
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A new F-15 built Pascal?
Most interested!
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Updated the title and more to come. 🙂
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I have summarized the building progress and made a video for it.
Watch it on Youtube if you are interested:
【4K】Sukhoi Su-27 "Flanker-B" heavy fighter 1/48 GWH complete building record (7 months into 1 hour!)
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You will see the plastic in All Japan Hobby Show this September.
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L4826 1/48 Su-30MKI released
New tooled parts for MKI variant:
cockpit panels & HUD (early and upgraded)
vertical fins
sensors here and there
BrahMos cruise missile & pylon
AN/AAQ-28 pod & pylon
etc.
over 10 painting schems and full English stencil
Precut masking tape and metal pitot tube included too
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Special limited edition for my personal exhibition:1/48 Su-27 Debut of Flanker "Pugachev's Cobra" is now on sale.The basic kit is GWH L4824 1/48 Su-27, but the special limited version contians extra parts and features:- 3D printed high detailed landing gears with early style mud guard- 3D printed early style main wheel hubs (2 types)- 3D printed vortex generator installed on pito tube for "388" and "389".- Metal pitot tube included.- Well researched T10-41 "388" decal and painting schems by different time period- Bonus decal for "389" also included (Su-27UB kit not included)- Special designed box jacket in Chinese ink painting style with limited collection number metal sheet.- Only 200 boxes availabel worldwide.Please find more details here(sorry the review is in Chinese):Retail price: RMB 498.-/boxTo purchase:Please visit Le modèle coffee where my personal exhibition is held.Address: 4-5 Lane 399, Bingjiang Avenue, Pudong New Area, Shanghai China
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1 hour ago, not2p said:
No, GWH is wrong in its dimension in terms of length and wingspan. The B-52H's fuselage was extended rearward after the phase IV upgrade program by 1m. Look at the diagram below.
Then, the correct fuselage length of B-52H in the 144 scales would be around (48(fuselage length prior to Phase IV upgrade)m+1m)/144 = 34cm, which is closer to the Academy's.
Also, the GWH kit's wingspan is longer than it should be. The nominal wingspan you find on the web, 56m, i.e., 38.9cm in the 144 scales, is for the flight position. In the landing position, the wingspan is shorter than the value since the wings are drooped (This video shows how the wings move upward as the bomber takes off.). The GWH kit's wingspan is about 39cm, and the Academy's wingspan is shorter than that by about 1cm. Both kits depict the bomber in the landing position.
There are more issues with the GWH kit, including incorrect details in the front landing gear bay and the fuselage shape. All the problems are also present in the Modelcollect's 1/72 scale kit, from which the GWH kit was significantly affected for some reason.
Thanks for explanation.
I simply compared the kit size with data from Wikipedia, and found GWH kit size is closer to the data in 144 scale.
The academy kit has longer fuselage and wider wingspan compared with GWH, so I though its scale is wrong(according to Wiki data).
Or maybe the Wikipedia data could be wrong......
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Academy kit is wrong in its scale(bigger than 144 scale), and the nose cone shape is inaccurate(too pointy).
My vote goes to GWH.
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That's all.
What needs to be proven, is now proved by myself, who designed this kit, and also built this kit.
Nothing more to explain I believe.
Thanks for watching.
Have a nice day.
Yufei
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APA-5D starter 1/48
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AMMO MiG-17F in 48th scale
in Jet Modeling
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There is one J-5/MiG-17F hang up in China People's Revolution Military Museum and I took some photos last month.
Some rare angle to understand the rivets and details on belly/lower surface of wings.