nickdanger Posted November 20, 2008 Share Posted November 20, 2008 Aloha from Hawai‘i Like Skull Leader, I've been planning a captured Israeli plane. My kids gave me this kit (boxed with a Mig-17) for Father's Day and I figured that I'd jazz it up a bit. Just finishing another IAF plane lately, but it was too far along to qualify for the GB though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Aloha Nickdanger. Great with another MiG in this GB. Welcome and Good Luck Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted November 21, 2008 Author Share Posted November 21, 2008 Thanks Marlin, I saw your 107 in the Base Gallery. I can't decide between 107 and 243 for the F-16 above. One question though, did 107 have a kill mark when they flew the Osirak raid? I thought those came after... ND Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Skull Leader Posted November 21, 2008 Share Posted November 21, 2008 Cheers Nick! I'll be looking forward to this one! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Thanks Marlin,I saw your 107 in the Base Gallery. I can't decide between 107 and 243 for the F-16 above. One question though, did 107 have a kill mark when they flew the Osirak raid? I thought those came after... ND ND, I've not seen a pic with the kill mark before the Osirak raid, but It could have been there since #107 got its first kill in April 81. So maybe its just some artistic licence, but...... Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 This will look nice Nick! Do you have decals for it, or are you hand painting all the red? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Still test fitting the wings. As for paint vs. decals I still haven't decided. The F-16 kit above was for the Black Knights demo team and had huge red decals. So I have plenty to spare, but since the MiG is so small, I might just paint and mask it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted December 1, 2008 Author Share Posted December 1, 2008 Mig is coming along: Found a great reference photo for it too: The F-16 is coming along as well: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted December 9, 2008 Author Share Posted December 9, 2008 Primered and Futured: Alcladed: Masking is about 75% done With some very small masks: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4scourge7 Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 That is very cool, Nick. I love your masking job, nice one Cheers, Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 (edited) Thanks Ian. It certainly took long enough And the smallest masks weren't perfect (this was try number 4 for the port stab stripes) And I probably should've/could've done the painting in stages... but I kind of like the challenge of doing it all in one fell swoop Pretty happy with the results though: The smallest and trickiest masks seemed to work well Edited December 12, 2008 by nickdanger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 One more: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Moore Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Wow that looks fantastic! All that tedious masking paid off well for you. Cheers, Alby Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Marlin Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Holy S... That has to be one of the best masking job I've ever seen. Stunning Work Thanks for showing Best Regards Bosse from Sweden Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4scourge7 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 That really is incredibly good! Real nice work, Cheers, Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Thanks guys - I just realized I messed up the dorsal spine - should have had 5 bars but I only masked for 4. I'll live with it.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RKic Posted December 14, 2008 Share Posted December 14, 2008 Oh my god! Where you do you mine your patience from, and do you have any to spare? That looks really awesome! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted December 15, 2008 Author Share Posted December 15, 2008 (edited) I know this will sound crazy, but it really wasn't that much of a hassle. I scanned in the kit's painting guides, sized them to scale, and drew the masking patterns in CorelDraw. I only drew one side and flipped/mirrored them for their pair on the other side. Then I printed out the masks and used them as cutting guides for the tape. Check out the wing, elevators, and arrow masks - they're all cut out of one piece of tape each. The tail chevron is the easiest to see this. To do them all by hand really would've been nuts. The tricky part was placing them. Edited December 15, 2008 by nickdanger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr B Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Lovely work on the masking and the mig in general........ The viper looks great too.......... Rgds Mr B Quote Link to post Share on other sites
4scourge7 Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 You make it sound simple Nick but I think you should give yourself more credit, that is a top, top job that has been superbly executed. Your masking skill is making me slightly green with envy :) Keep up the excellent work :D Cheers, Ian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sv51macross Posted December 19, 2008 Share Posted December 19, 2008 I'll quote Frank Barone here: "Holy Crap!" that is a really cool MiG you've painted, that masking job turned-out real well! :lol: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nickdanger Posted December 19, 2008 Author Share Posted December 19, 2008 (edited) MiG is all done. There are a couple mistakes that I didn't notice till it was too late, and the decals are spares so are probably a little out of scale, but pretty happy overall. The kit was old, with raised panel lines so I put more energy into painting than construction and detailing. One from the Falcon. Just did the panel wash. Very happy with the results. Only the starboard side has been done in this pic - see if you can see the difference. Pretty subtle, which is what I wanted. Edited December 19, 2008 by nickdanger Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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