Tango Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) Hola compaňeros modelistas! :) So I'm here with my Latin American build - 1/48 MiG-21bis of Cuban Air Force. The kit is Eduard's overtrees and I'm going to use only parts included the box (only few small details will be added) This is the aircraft I build. It's the first 21bis delivered to Cuba. Edited May 23, 2012 by Tango Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango Posted February 23, 2012 Author Share Posted February 23, 2012 At first I had to resolve one serious problem - blend cockpit colour to match pre-painted photoetched parts. It took much time, but finally I got the colour. It doesn't match Eduard's colour for 100%, but is satisfactory. To blend the colour I had used Tamiya's acryls X-14 Sky Blue, X-5 Green, drop of yellow and drop of white. But ratio of the colours I don't remember. Painted cockpit, still to be weathered: To paint wheel bays I have used grey RLM 02 (Gunze C60), wash is done with syntetic Tamiya XF-63 German Grey. Few wires are added (made of lead wire). Parts of exhaust pipe, ready for assembly: Bien, es todo esta vez. Siguiente progreso estaré la proxima semana :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sukhoi Su-27 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Nice work so far and Cuban MiG-21 looks very nice Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIG Mikkel Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 (edited) Holy sh!T that's cool! keep up the good work! Edited February 23, 2012 by MIG Mikkel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CorsairMan Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Whoa! Firstly - great job with the paint mixes! That takes some patience and a little magic. Of all the soviet planes out there - I think the 21 is my fav. This model looks fantastic - keep us posted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azgaron Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 (edited) Very nice work so far! I can imagine color matching took some time. I guess that's the disadvantage with pre painted parts. You have to trust they have done their research right, and find matching colors for the rest of the cockpit. Cheers, Håkan Edited February 27, 2012 by Azgaron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taylorde Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Hey, I will also be doing an Eduard Mig-21 with Cuban markings, so I will learn from your build! What decals are you using for the tail, number, etc ? DaveT Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tibor Varga Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Hi there, this will be a nice one :-) love this cuban scheme, With the interior I think you can try hard but you will never get that "exact eduard printer shade", unfortunately. Keep the pics comin Regards Tibor Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango Posted February 29, 2012 Author Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thank you guys for nice words! What decals are you using for the tail, number, etc ? I'm going to use painting masks. Designed by myself, cut by my friend. Completed interior parts: Assembled fuselage: Slit above the cocpit rear bulkhead had to be filled with miliput. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taylorde Posted February 29, 2012 Share Posted February 29, 2012 I'm going to use painting masks. Designed by myself, cut by my friend. Would these masks be for sale ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango Posted March 1, 2012 Author Share Posted March 1, 2012 No, I'm sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango Posted March 2, 2012 Author Share Posted March 2, 2012 Wings connected to the fuselage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIG Mikkel Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Would these masks be for sale ? you know Tango, you could give them away :P Keep up the great work! can't wait to see it with some paint on :wub: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango Posted March 7, 2012 Author Share Posted March 7, 2012 Well, basic build is done. Some small flaws, visible on bare plastic are filled with thick surfacer of Tamiya. In the next step (after grinding the filled points) I'm going to cover cockpit and wheel bays and then I will airbrush surfacer of Gunze. Horizontal tail and vertical rudder are dry-fitted only. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango Posted March 14, 2012 Author Share Posted March 14, 2012 Whole MiG is painted with GSI Mr. Surfacer Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Karl Sander Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I know I'm a little late with this comment, but I thought the scuffed floorboard was a really nice touch. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azgaron Posted March 19, 2012 Share Posted March 19, 2012 Looking great Tango! Cheers, HÃ¥kan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango Posted March 22, 2012 Author Share Posted March 22, 2012 (edited) Thank you gentlemen! End of the fuselage is painted with various shades of Alclad II paints and bottom surface is painted with GSI C74. Weathering is done with darker and lighter mix of C74. Edited March 22, 2012 by Tango Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MIG Mikkel Posted March 22, 2012 Share Posted March 22, 2012 very nice work! I just can't get that pre shading right, your work is very good, Tango! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango Posted March 23, 2012 Author Share Posted March 23, 2012 Top surfaces are painted with sand colour, still basic shade only. I haven't had proper colour, so i've used mix of GSI C44 and C313 in 1:1 rate. The final colour I call "arena cubana" (in spanish "cuban sand") :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango Posted April 3, 2012 Author Share Posted April 3, 2012 Painting job is done, the next step is to apply decals (well, stencils only) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
taylorde Posted April 3, 2012 Share Posted April 3, 2012 Gorgeous !! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Pep Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Ñooooooooooooo! Va lindo el mig! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
the_baphomet_00 Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 Hi Tango! That´s a very nice cuban mig... I guess this machine wears the same camo as yours... regards.- Alberto.- Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tango Posted April 10, 2012 Author Share Posted April 10, 2012 Pep: MiG-21 es siempre lindo ;) Alberto: SÃÂ, parece ese MiG tiene el mismo camouflaje. Ambos los aviones eran del primero abastecimiento de los 21bis a Cuba. Well, warm-up for today's Spanish class is done, so let's get back to English :D During Easter holliday I airbrushed gloss varnish (I've used Sidolux floor wax, Czech stuff similar to Future) and applied stencils from decal sheet. The decals had been printed by Eduard itself, are thin and easy to apply. Unfortunatelly there are few stencils missing on the sheet. More precisely, there are less decals than required by manual. After applying the stencils I covered them with thin coat of gloss varnish and airbrushed them with very dilute camouflage colours to reduce their contrast. After that I made wash with grey colour (synthetic Tamiya XF-63). On these pictures you can see defenences after each step. The first picture was made after applying stencils: Stencils after reduction of contrast: And finally applied grey wash: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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