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The most impressive about the MiG-31 kit is its engineering. It is really clever in terms of assembly and mirrors the real aircraft without being complicated as a model. So unless AMK has taken a massive backwards step on this kit, it should be a very impressive aspect of this kit too.

Oh wow, that is actually really cool and interesting. 👍

It being old and fairly terrible. And isnt it not really 1/144 scale or something?

News to me, will be interesting to see how it shapes up, especially in the light of how disappointing the 1/72 Modelcollect B-2 was; https://www.facebook.com/mikro.mir.dnepr/posts/1972535519490841

Havent seen this mentioned on here previously; https://www.facebook.com/mikro.mir.dnepr/posts/2020671038010622 Fuselage + boxart; https://www.facebook.com/mikro.mir.dnepr/posts/1972517832825943 Wings; https://www.facebook.com/mikro.mir.dnepr/photos/a.1416729748404757/1959975307413529/?type=3&theater Seems the release is planned within a couple of weeks.

Just a shame they dont fix the flutter issue and get rid of the fences while at it.

I have been plenty vocal about KH previously, time after time. Their MiG-25 kit was pure abomination for instance. However, there isnt a point to bash them just to bash them. There has been some improvement on their most recent kits like Su-35S, even with its silly issues. They might invent new issues that HB kits didnt have, but there is quite high likelyhood they will be improvement over HB kits anyway. There is a good thread on here that discusses the HB kit and points out its issues like the aforementioned by me above.

Ah yes, you are right, forgot about that line of kits. Still though, there are areas for improvement even over those kits like the LERX area, spine and landing gear doors being angled iirc.

And? Academy is old as hell at this point and fairly inaccurate. If Kitty Hawk gets the dimensions correct even that is a win for modelbuilders at large. I am sure KH will screw something up, because that is what they do, but it would still be hard for KH to screw up so much it is actually worse than Academy. So will it be perfect or comparable to GWH or AMK? Of course not. But if dont wildly screw it up there is still over 2 decades between the kits so it is bound to be better than Academy.

The yellow parts are parts that were modified. They are not worn out sections. It would make far more sense to just paint normally without fancy sanding, paint the yellow sections and then do standard weathering. There isn't really any bare metal sections either beyond engine gondolas.

Innermost attachment point on the wings, first E36/E37 pylons according to this, then AKU-58 then Kh-59. Couple of relevant pictures;

It isn't just the nose that is larger in cross section - it is the whole middle of the fuselage basically. There is no real good starting point for Su-35 (T-10M) because of the unique fuselage. If you ignore that i guess Su-35S would be as good starting point as any.

See PM i sent yesterday for the first question. As to the second question; i am not sure but i believe so.

Nothing to do with HB/Trump Su-33/J-15 whatsoever beyond all companies involved being Chinese.

Yeah, this is lazy journalism at best. The whole article is based upon a quote they dont even bother to show in full.

It is a gray color? Just take your favorite brand and pick the closest color really and you will be 99% there.

User guide, see page 17 Drawings pulled out; And blueprint version for fun i got made a while ago;

They are the late 9.12 version.

There has been some shade differences in the classic cockpit color but basically, BM or non BM, the cockpit color is the same. Personally i used the AKAN cockpit color (not at home so cant check 100% certain by most likely 73005). I added few drops of a vallejo blue color as it was way too green and too little blue for my taste. Here is the result;

In short what Bruce said. There are a few other nuances and details but basically the gist is that GWH has only the late stinger. It is not impossible to modify it yourself through.

Contract for the first 12 serial frames was signed today. Delivery starting next year.

Thank you for the summary. Always interesting to see your detailed and methodical pictures and great job on the tires, original ones look downright terrible.

I havent really followed this project but have they stated whether they will be making SMT? IIRC they said no to F-13?

Accurate 1/72 T-50/PAK-FA Accurate 1/72 SR-71 (whole family would be nice too, ie A-12 etc)

You are wrongly assuming ECM pods on Su-35S and Su-34 are the same.