kotey Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Berkut, did you shure about that two-tone grey pattern? I'm always think its only one tone dark grey used for camouflaged this MiG-29. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted August 22, 2010 Share Posted August 22, 2010 Sebastijan, if you have tips how you achieved that weathered "greyish" look on yours MiG-29 camo, i am listening... I took the matt laquer and added a few drops of base grey coat in it - how much, I cannot tell, but I always try adding a few, spray a bit of mixture on a piece of paper, to see the result and if need be, I add a few more drops... Then I oversprayed the whole model with this mixture, adding some more of it on certain parts, to simulate different fading... I guess you could use a bit darker paint, then the light one you've choose and in the same step darken the light part of camo and lighten the dark one... Probably you could have used the grey from the back of the hump... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted May 23, 2011 Author Share Posted May 23, 2011 I wasn't happy with my camo colors, so i stripped them off. I am thinking of doing a former Kursk machine now, in standard soviet colors, just very weathered. First i went over with medium gray. I hope this will create differences in color later on, when camo is on. Then i prepainted: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tonal Posted July 1, 2011 Share Posted July 1, 2011 (edited) Very very nice my friend, to see this really help's me in my build, awesome build and and I see your using liq. masking which is also what I will apply when I decide on a color scheme. Beautiful work!! Tonal I just realized you use silly putty, sweet. Edited July 1, 2011 by tonal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted June 14, 2012 Author Share Posted June 14, 2012 After much back and forth, here is how it looks as of now. And this is the plane i will build: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 good work my friend Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tonal Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Great work and lovin' it, I really like to scheme you choose, keep up the awesome work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Berk, if I'm not mistaken, it appears the odd green colour should go up to the cockpit framing and not the way you painted it - check the area once again - I guess you can still repair the paintjob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted June 15, 2012 Author Share Posted June 15, 2012 Thank you both for kind comments. Yes Sebastijan, you are correct. I noticed it myself only day after i painted that the grey is indeed canopy framing, and not area under the cockpit. As matter of fact i was about to repaint that area before i decided to check this thread. :) Expect another update today! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted June 17, 2012 Author Share Posted June 17, 2012 Yesterday i painted the underside and small stuff like pylons and landing gear parts. Also finished up the flags on the fins. Today i adjusted the brownish color around the cockpit. It is less green now and corresponds better with the pictures i have. Quick shot of the underside with the preshading effect: And rest of the frame: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
VA-115EFR Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 She looks great Berkut!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted July 1, 2012 Author Share Posted July 1, 2012 I decided to first do some weathering to the scheme itself, as it is more weathered than bort number for example and other decals. What i did was to have some drops of grey in matt varnish, and sprayed that on in "dots". Green and grey are so faded on real aircrafts from that base that they sometimes look like one color, so i was aiming to have less contrast between them. The effect is rather hard to photograph, either it is too dark, or it is too light making it hard to see the lighter spots. Oh well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted July 1, 2012 Share Posted July 1, 2012 Sure looks good! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sebastijan Posted July 2, 2012 Share Posted July 2, 2012 I can see the fading very well and sure it turned out great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Wayfarer 30 Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Excellent work! I hope to achieve your level of skill one day. Excellent choice of aircraft. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Thanks for the comments! Glad you all like it. Some new pictures. Have been busy stenciling whole frame. Usually, i really like stencils on models, because i think they add a nice extra "dimension", kinda like weathering does. However, in this case i think it would have been much better if i didn't stencil it. I *knew* that "my" plane is highly weathered, and i knew that there are almost no stencils on the frame as the result. I decided to add them anyway, but to weather them highly. Meanwhile, two new pictures surfaced of it, and it just confirmed the lack of stencils... http://russianplanes.net/id86674 + http://russianplanes.net/id86693 Will give a yen per stencil spotted on those pics. :P Notice that those are taken in 2008, and patch of brownish/greenish is gone, as well as the sheilds. So it was repainted some time between 2004 and 2008. Anyway, here are the shots: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Quiddy Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 nice work Berkut Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tonal Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Hi Berkut, always love your projects especially Mig's, taking notes as usual, keep up the awesome work!! Looks like some weathering is in store. :0) Tonal Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JMan Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Very nice looking Fulcrum. The effect of the colors looking like one was really captured. Im sure it looks better in real life! Keep up the great work! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 Weathering is very close indeed. Hopefully i will be able to tone down the stencils. Expect an update (hopefully) soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Supertom Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 Looks good, Berkut. When did the stiffening plates start showing up on Mig-29s? Were they only on Russian planes? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cabo91 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 On this build i will use Aires cockpit, and aires exhaust. Just to show off some exhaust details: I am also in process of adding rivets to stabs: I added some red stripes to the IP after picture was taken. The small thingy is one of the pedals. Rest of the cockpit pictures: Awww, man!! Anything with "MIG" in front of it and you've got my attention. This is 72nd scale?? That makes it even more challenging but it looks really good so far. I'm looking forward to seeing how it looks when complete! I did a 48th scale Mig-29UBT a long time ago just cause I like the humpbacks! Markings are not set yet, but i will probably end up using something off the first Begemot MiG-29 set. Suggestions are welcome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cabo91 Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 What I meant to say is that anything with "Mig" in front of it and you've got my attention! This looks great so far and I look forward to seeing it completed. I did a 48 MIG-29UBT a few years back just cause I love "Humpbacks!" Great choice of subject Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted October 5, 2012 Author Share Posted October 5, 2012 Looks good, Berkut. When did the stiffening plates start showing up on Mig-29s? Were they only on Russian planes? Hi Tom. Stiffening plates showed up after there was accident in 2009 where one of them were ripped clean off. Sadly, pilot died and MiG-29 was grounded for a long time after that. Not F-22 long, but still. ;) More info here: http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showpost.php?p=1906429&postcount=41 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Berkut Posted October 7, 2012 Author Share Posted October 7, 2012 Operation Tone Down is completed. I simply used matt coat with a few drops with gray in it. Here is a picture where one side is toned down, and the other is not: And completely toned down: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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