I.Illes Posted September 25, 2012 Share Posted September 25, 2012 Matthias, great builds and beautiful paintjobs! Just one question about the closed upper intakes on the MiG: did you forget to open those, or is that intentional? Some detailshots or some in-progress-story-link would have been an interesting addition as I haven't been around for years and for the life of me can't find your username here. Great detailwork and weathering! Not too much, just the needed realistic touch, nothing overdone -> Punktlandung :) Now if I just could find my Hase P-38J with all the Eduard-gizmos, I could start it, too. Your build even made that urge worse :) István Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HOLMES Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 Matthias, Most STUNNING build... .....LOVE the main shot ...good photos. Good job Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I.Illes Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 And one more beautiful Mirage! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arnobiz Posted October 2, 2012 Share Posted October 2, 2012 Fantastic Mirage, congratulations! Are there larger pictures available somewhere? Arnaud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChippyWho Posted October 3, 2012 Share Posted October 3, 2012 The guy is on fire! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ross blackford Posted October 11, 2012 Share Posted October 11, 2012 :D, Hi Istvan, MiG-29 auxiliary intake doors are spring loaded to the closed position when the engines aren't running. When the engine starts up there is a higher pressure outside the door than inside it and thus it opens up and stays open on the ground and at low airspeeds until the pressures on either side of the doors equalise then they close. As Matthias has modelled his MiG as being stationary on the ground with noone in the cockpits, shut down engines and closed auxiliary intake doors are correct for the way he has built this model. A beautifully built model the Matthias. Everything is as it should be. Congratulations. , Ross. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I.Illes Posted October 16, 2012 Author Share Posted October 16, 2012 (edited) :D, Hi Istvan, MiG-29 auxiliary intake doors are spring loaded to the closed position when the engines aren't running. When the engine starts up there is a higher pressure outside the door than inside it and thus it opens up and stays open on the ground and at low airspeeds until the pressures on either side of the doors equalise then they close. , Ross. Thanks for the input, I wasn't quite sure about that as they appear to be semi-closed, otherwise they'd lign up flush with the surrounding surface, that's why I asked as I remember having seen those open on many models and photos. As I said: great builds :) István Edited October 16, 2012 by I.Illes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ross blackford Posted October 16, 2012 Share Posted October 16, 2012 :D, Hi again Istvan, I read somewhere that sometimes the springs would break and because they had big solid covers for when the aircraft were on the ground, they would not change them immediately but wait until the next major servicing. You may notice that Harriers have no springs so the bottom doors just look closed and the top ones drop to the fully open position with the middle ones somewhere in between. With the Mirage IIIO and IIID the springs were quite hefty so they never broke between major servicings. , Ross. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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