Laurent Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I've written a little review of a weird old kit that may be of interest to you. It belongs to the big 'KP derived' family. It looks weird in some places (canopy shape, intake) and the panel lines are of the raised kind so a serious modeler would build the Condor kit instead. Since I'm not serious I've started building it anyway (main parts glued, cockpit not painted yet). http://pagesperso-orange.fr/fishbed/fishbe...ir/mirEng1.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Good luck with the kit! :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted December 3, 2007 Author Share Posted December 3, 2007 (edited) Thanks Sebastijan. Luck isn't needed here, abnegation is :D I've added some melted plastic to the lower part of the intake lip to straighten it so that the intake plane will be more or less perpendicular to the fuselage axis. It wasn't... The canopy shape looks er interesting. Very bisonish. Pics when it will be glued. I will not add any detailing (the kit isn't worth spending too much time on: priority to the Fishpot). Edited December 3, 2007 by Laurent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Interesting build! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Hey, I had one of those a couple of years back! Got it on eBay out of curiosity...and then later sold it on eBay! Wonder if you got it from me?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 Wonder if you got it from me?? :D Nope. Got it on Ebay but it was sold by a French guy. I'm not buying anything from the US any longer because of the USPS shipping fee raise... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ivan T. Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I love MiG-21s!! Im gonna follow this build Ivan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted December 4, 2007 Author Share Posted December 4, 2007 I love MiG-21s!! Who doesn't ? Perhaps not the F-22 enthusiasts... :P Personally I love this plane because so many countries used it. Plenty of exotic colourful paint schemes and markings can be applied on Fishbed models. In that sense, the Northrop F-5 Tiger and Chengdu F-7 (Trumpeter ? please make 1/72 & 1/48 kits please !) are pretty neat too. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted December 5, 2007 Share Posted December 5, 2007 <...> Chengdu F-7 (Trumpeter ? please make 1/72 & 1/48 kits please !) <...> Seconded wholeheartedly! B) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted December 6, 2007 Author Share Posted December 6, 2007 (edited) Main elements are glued. Overall it looks like a MiG-21... ... even though the profile looks a bit wrong: the spine has a curvature which seems like a mix of bis and SMT... not really hunchback-like... ... and the canopy definitely looks even more 'Malcolm Hoodish' than the canopy of the KP kit... As said earlier, I've added plastic after the intake lip ring so that the intake plane is more or less perpendicular to the fuselage axis. You can also notice a thing common to KP derived kits (Plastyk, Innex, Condor...): the nose is kinda skinny (1.5mm missing in intake lip diameter) and conical. Oh dear. A model kit is supposed to be built right ? It's just a matter of spending the right amount of time/money matching the worthyness of the kit I'd say... And now putty and sanding. Edited December 6, 2007 by Laurent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted December 18, 2007 Author Share Posted December 18, 2007 (edited) The model has raised panel lines and I did not want to rescribe them. I've painted the model black and applied several coats of Klir on it (the European equivalent of Future) to protect the black paint to a certain extent. The idea is then to paint the camo (using an airbrush so that the paint coats aren't too thick) and rub the model slightly so that the camo paint is removed along the raised panel lines revealing the black paint underneath. The canopy has been masked using cut Tamiya tape and a Maskol equivalent. I'm testing Humbrol Acrylic paint on this model. The paint is thinned with water and Pebeo's Diffuser (a product that smoothens the flow in the airbrush and limit the airbrush clogging that happens with water-based acrylics). It's difficult for me to make thin lines with this paint right now so I've given up airbrushing freehand the camo. Patafix (some kind of Blutak) masking is used instead. This technique is nice for 1/72 models because it limits the risk of overfeathering the camo which may happen in freehand airbrushing. Progress... ... gotta paint the light green now. Edited December 18, 2007 by Laurent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted December 20, 2007 Share Posted December 20, 2007 can't wait to see the whole camo applied Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted December 21, 2007 Author Share Posted December 21, 2007 Soon but I had difficulties. Colour leaks and dark green rubbing off on wet hand. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davetur Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 Soon but I had difficulties. Colour leaks and dark green rubbing off on wet hand. What shades of Humbrol Acrylics are you using for the kit, Laurent? I am doing more or less the same thing (Eastern Express MiG-21 SMT) and the instruction sheet in the HDL decals quote the Humbrol enamels: Dark Green 116, Mid Green 114, and Brown 62. I am buying 116 and 62, but mid green 114 is out of production. Thanks Davide Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted December 28, 2007 Author Share Posted December 28, 2007 (edited) I am doing more or less the same thing (Eastern Express MiG-21 SMT) and the instruction sheet in the HDL decals quote the Humbrol enamels: Dark Green 116, Mid Green 114, and Brown 62.I am buying 116 and 62, but mid green 114 is out of production. I use this model to test Humbrol Acrylics so I use what's available and the colors aren't really accurate. I'm using 63 (which looks too light and not red enough), 78 (which doesn't look green enough), 30 (which looks too dark) and... AAAAARRRGH... I forgot to buy the light blue-grey for the underside ! You'll see the result tomorrow or Sunday. I had big problems again. I've been too generous when spraying the sand-brown so the paint coat was too thick (I was the first time I sprayed this kind of paint) and the color patches where too extended. When I finished painting and when I started lightly sanding the model to reveal the the black raised panel lines, the brown paint wouldn't go off. I had to be more vigorous when rubbing and of course the two greens coats went in many places. I'm trying to repair the mess (panel lines protected with 0.1-0.3mm masking tape strip and repainting). The model will be very far from magnificent but I did not feel like throwing away the model. Edited December 28, 2007 by Laurent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
davetur Posted December 28, 2007 Share Posted December 28, 2007 I use this model to test Humbrol Acrylics so I use what's available so the colors aren't really accurate. I'm using 63 (which looks too light and not red enough), 78 (which doesn't look green enough) and 30 (which looks too dark). You'll see the result tomorrow or Sunday.I had big problems again. I've been too generous when spraying the sand-brown so the paint coat was too thick (I was the first time I sprayed this kind of paint) and the color patches where too extended. When I finished painting and when I started lightly sanding the model to reveal the the black raised panel lines, the brown paint wouldn't go off. I had to be more vigorous when rubbing and of course the two greens coats went in many places. I'm trying to repair the mess (panel lines protected with 0.1-0.3mm masking tape strip and repainting). The model will be very far from magnificent but I did not feel like throwing away the model. Thanks for the info, Laurent. Davide Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted December 29, 2007 Author Share Posted December 29, 2007 (edited) There you are: Here's a pic showing where the raised panel lines underlining more or less worked: Edited December 29, 2007 by Laurent Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted January 2, 2008 Author Share Posted January 2, 2008 The raised panel lines enhancement technique worked better on the underside... Canopie's profile looks better after puttying... Still work to be done... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Su-34 Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 Nice! Where are you? I dont see you often in MSN these days :S Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 The model is almost finished. Flat coat missing as I have problems with my airbrush. This model is a 'it looks good four foots away' build but I'm glad it's finished. The decals came from the Eastern Express kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 looks great, glad to see it finished by the deadline Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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