BJ Blazkowicz Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Hello everyone! Time to start new project. This time it's Great Wall Hobby's MiG-29 I'll be using Aires resin seat, and Aztec Models decals sheet "Polish Gliders 1" I'm planing to build one of the ex-Czech birds acquired by Poland in 1995, still in original camo, with polish markings painted over. As for the kit itself, I'm impressed with molding quality and level of detail - best I've sees so far. One small problem that I found is that location pins on circuit breaker base (1) are setting it a little bit to far forward, so it clashes with that plate with circular cut-out (2). Luckily, I dry fitted it before glue dried, removed the pins and adjusted it to correct position (as seen on picture) Stay tuned for more! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gb_madcat_sl Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 That's a good start. However, I think you may have installed the rear wall of the cockpit backward (part C42). The surface with the ejector pin should face aft. This may explain why you needed to move the box behind the seat. Mark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BJ Blazkowicz Posted December 25, 2015 Author Share Posted December 25, 2015 Well, you're absolutely right, Mark. Thanks for pointing that out!!! I think I had too much whisky yesterday... Blazko 0 - GWH 1 :) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted December 25, 2015 Share Posted December 25, 2015 Off to a great start!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BJ Blazkowicz Posted December 26, 2015 Author Share Posted December 26, 2015 Thanks nicholassagan Cockpit finished. Nothing special here, but the canopy will be closed anyway... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falconxlvi Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 (edited) BJ, Looking good! I have this kit in the stash and have cracked it open to drool on the sprues a few times. I like the subtle highlighting on the dash and HUD camera. One question though, did the Polish birds have the ventral strakes of the 9-12 early? Can't wait to see more progress, keep it coming! Steve Edited December 26, 2015 by Falconxlvi Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BJ Blazkowicz Posted December 27, 2015 Author Share Posted December 27, 2015 Hi Steve I suggest you start building that MiG-29, you are going to enjoy it :). As for the ventral strakes - no, Polish planes don't have them. Only very early 9-12 had ventral strakes. You can build "late" 9-12 using "early" boxing - you simply don't use ventral strakes. And now the progress... When dry fitting,I found that auxiliary air inlet louvers sit under flush to main body. I used strip of thin styrene to make it sit (almost) flush. End result Top and bottom halves joined To be continued tomorrow! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Weeeeee!!! Fun stuff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jester292 Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 That's a real sweet kit. I can't wait to start mine; but it will be in Czech markings! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Thadeus Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Looking great! Love that cockpit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BJ Blazkowicz Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hi Guys, thanks for comments! I spent most of today fitting air intakes an engines. Engine cowlings fit is problematic, due to big gaps. This is best I could achieve: Speed brake assembly (3 parts) on the other side is different story - perfect fit! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff C Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Engine cowlings fit is problematic, due to big gaps. This is best I could achieve: For the engine cowlings, remove all of the locating pins and you'll get a much, much better fit. I've built two of these and the locating pins are in the wrong spots. -Cliff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BJ Blazkowicz Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Thanks Cliff, that is exactly what I did in the end. Before, gaps were much bigger and cowlings were misaligned to intakes. Did you managed to close the gaps completely? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff C Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Yes, you can get the gaps to close completely but it takes a good bit of sanding and test fitting in addition to removing the locator pins. Cliff Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 Huh. This is the first time I've seen any mention of the fit of those parts... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a4s4eva Posted December 29, 2015 Share Posted December 29, 2015 A friend just finished one and he had similar issues with the intakes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BJ Blazkowicz Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 Yes, you can get the gaps to close completely but it takes a good bit of sanding and test fitting in addition to removing the locator pins. Cliff Good to know that, Cliff. I'll be more persistent when building next MiG-29 (I'm sure there will be more) In the meantime... it's starting to look like a Fulcrum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BJ Blazkowicz Posted December 30, 2015 Author Share Posted December 30, 2015 Work in progress Primed Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nicholassagan Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Cruising along!! nice!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Falconxlvi Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Man, you don't mess around! This build is flying by and looking great! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joel_W Posted December 31, 2015 Share Posted December 31, 2015 BJ, A most Impressive build. You added just enough interest in the cockpit to create an illusion of extra detail especially with the canopy closed. I can't believe how fast you're flying through this build. Keep your updates coming. Joel Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BJ Blazkowicz Posted December 31, 2015 Author Share Posted December 31, 2015 Thanks guys! Now the fun part - painting. There will be seven colors on this one: five from original Czech camo (light grey, light green, green, brown, sand), and two applied to paint over Czech markings when plane was transferred to Polish Air Forces (light blue and dark green). First, light grey. I mixed xf-2, xf-21 and xf-83. Unfortunatelly you can't really see the shade on this picture, but I was using my phone camera in poor light. Happy new year!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BOMI21 Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 That's a nice airframe you've chosen :woot.gif:/> I have a couple of meritorical observations. 1) The HUDs lens should be yellow/golden 2) Main air intakes should be opened Carefully check your colors and camouflage pattern before painting - reference photos show that there are many differences between suggested colors and camouflage pattern for this aircraft. Eduard in their Academy repack got it correctly. It had painting option for Czech 7702 airframe which is exactly your 77 before it was transfered to Poland. Stick to their painting plans, they don't have the mistakes that Aztec decals have. here is the link http://www.eduard.com/store/out/media/1157.pdf And here is my model of the exact aircraft: And in polish service :D/> And a reference photo, might come in handy :D/> Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scooby Posted January 1, 2016 Share Posted January 1, 2016 Huh. This is the first time I've seen any mention of the fit of those parts... Not the first time for me, I've seen the same on most builds. It is the first time I read the fix though, to remove the locating pins. Great information gained here. I was expecting the parts just didn't mate properly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BJ Blazkowicz Posted January 1, 2016 Author Share Posted January 1, 2016 That's a nice airframe you've chosen :woot.gif:/>/>/> I have a couple of meritorical observations. 1) The HUDs lens should be yellow/golden 2) Main air intakes should be opened Carefully check your colors and camouflage pattern before painting - reference photos show that there are many differences between suggested colors and camouflage pattern for this aircraft. Eduard in their Academy repack got it correctly. It had painting option for Czech 7702 airframe which is exactly your 77 before it was transfered to Poland. Stick to their painting plans, they don't have the mistakes that Aztec decals have. here is the link http://www.eduard.com/store/out/media/1157.pdf Witam i wielkie dzieki :) I've seen your model before, I stumbled upon your build @pwm when doing research for my project. I love it and I would be more than happy if my turns out to be half as good as yours. As for your comments: 1) clear orange was closest I had 2) I know, but I will probably use proper FOD covers anyway. Besides, I like the way it looks with ramps closed...Not mention time saved on those ejector pin marks inside air ducts ;) Many thanks for that link to Eduard's guide - from your build at PWM I knew that Aztek's instructions were wrong :)/> Back to my build I painted the light green and sand/earth colors using Tamiya's XF-71 and XF-52, both mixed with white I'll be traveling next few days, so till Friday there will be no updates I'm afraid. See you next week! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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