swallows Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Hello, I recently bought the aforementioned kit and I was stunned at the amount of different decal options in the box (I counted about 15!). Problem is that I haven't any painting instructions: on checking the few reviews available online it seems there should be a colour guide to the many options but I found nothing in my kit. Anyone who bought the same can help me sending a scan of the instructions? Many thanks in advance Fabio Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andre Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 HTH: http://www.model-making.eu/products/Mikoyan-Gurvich-MiG-23UB.html Cheers, Andre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swallows Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Thank you Andre but these are only some of the possible painting schemes. Hope someone can supply the whole sheet. Fabio Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted January 19, 2014 Share Posted January 19, 2014 Here is a scan of the painting instructions. I did find them somewhat confusing as they seemed to get numbers mixed up in places. Art Model MiG-23UB Painting Guide Page 1 by ryanhothersall, on Flickr Art Model MiG-23UB Painting Guide Page 2 by ryanhothersall, on Flickr Art Model MiG-23UB Painting Guide Page 3 by ryanhothersall, on Flickr Art Model MiG-23UB Painting Guide Page 4 by ryanhothersall, on Flickr I built the Cuban option and I found the decals to be very fragile and ended up resorting to aftermarket Aztec decals. Another thing to watch out for is the exhaust won't fit proprtly. See my build photos HERE The completed build on ARC can be seen HERE Quote Link to post Share on other sites
swallows Posted January 20, 2014 Author Share Posted January 20, 2014 Hi Ryan, you've been extremely helpful, thank you! I just found the same problem with the jet exhaust, will take care with the decals. Best regards Fabio Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RIVERRAT Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Hi Ryan, And it is possible to scan in high resolution page layout instructions with stencil. And decal stencil Best regards, Alex Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TomCooper Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 Some of instructions for positioning decals on Art Model's painting guide are wrong. For example: - Iraqi MiG-23UB: fin flash was always - always - aligned with the ground, not with the horizontal axis of the plane. Because MiG-23UB is sitting nose-high when parked on the gorund, the fin flash was thus 'hanging' towards the front. - 'Roundels' i.e. triangles on all Iraqi MiG-23s were applied so to point straight ahead when wings were fully swept. Not towards the leading edge of the wing. Of course, this meant that they were pointing 'inwards' when wings were fully swept to the front: that might appear 'awkward' to many of modell-builders, but nobody within the IrAF cared about what modell-builders might think. - Serials on Angolan and Ethiopian MiG-23s were applied in similar fashion like fin flashes on Iraqi MiG-23s, i.e. aligned with the ground, not with plane's horizontal axis. I strongly recommend finding some photo references whenever building any of these. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall Posted February 5, 2014 Share Posted February 5, 2014 Here is the stencil diagram. Art Model MiG-23UB Stencil by ryanhothersall, on Flickr Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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