haneto Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hi guys After about 4 years no finishing a kit, finally found something attractive enough for me to start with. Yes it's the new ICM 1/48 MiG-25RBT, my favourite MiG-25 variant rather than the interceptor type. And what's more awesome is that ICM even chose my most favourite RBT scheme, the very famous and honored 47th GRAP "Red 46" which is very famous for her nice performance during Chechen–Russian conflict in 2001. Simply cannot resist the "Hero of Soviet" mark and the colourful communist badges! As being said for the error ICM made unfortnately in the kit, is that the nose cone is actually an early RB but not the RBT, I started with the nose correction. Please be noticed that not ONLY the bulge you need to add, but also you need to flat the right side light panel to smooth, then add some panel lines with rivets. Pictures could tell more easily: After several rounds of reshape/sanding, scribe the panel lines then spray the surfacer for check. To be honest I'm still not satisfied enough about the result since the bulge seems too narrow. But since it's underneath, I chose to live with it somehow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haneto Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 I also finished piping the landing gears with adding some more details. The ICM kit is genrally OK for the overall shape, but lacks many details here and there. Nose gear. To be continued... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Major Walt Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I'm amazed by the scratchbuitlt bulge on the nose. The panel lines you added look as if it were from the original kit. Already I am hooked by this build. Thank you for sharing it with us! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rom Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hello yufei! Glad to see your work on this model. I will keep you pictures for my own build :) Have fun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JackMan Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Hooray! Yufei's back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
afterburner Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Yufei- so glad to have you back sir! Excellent job on the nose and the bulge looks kit-molded. As always, your attention to detail is incredible. Welcome back! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keen Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 Bravo! 期待！ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
a4s4eva Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 great scribing work there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Deino Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Indeed !!! Yufei ... my favourite modeller is back ! First of all I hope to see from Your simply amazing work ! ... all the best to You and Your family for 2017. Deino Quote Link to post Share on other sites
82Whitey51 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Very nice! I like the landing gear strut detailing. Is that strips of Tamiya tape that you use for the clamps and bands? If so, does it stay together fine on it's own over time, or do you add a spot of glue to ensure that they don't come loose or peel up at the ends? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Absolutely beautiful work. Can't wait to see more. Cheers, Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dylan Posted January 9, 2017 Share Posted January 9, 2017 any updates on this one? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haneto Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Thank you all! And sorry for being silent for a while. Got some problem with my ID but now all's fine. On 2016年12月31日 at 10:57 PM, 82Whitey51 said: Very nice! I like the landing gear strut detailing. Is that strips of Tamiya tape that you use for the clamps and bands? If so, does it stay together fine on it's own over time, or do you add a spot of glue to ensure that they don't come loose or peel up at the ends? Yes they are cut Tamiya masking tape slices. I finally use super glue(thin type) to assure them in place. Very effective and highly recommended! Yufei Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haneto Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Here comes some new progress. Many guys have mentioned that the nosecone and front fuselage fitting is not nice enough which leaves you a big gap or step to sand off. But I would recommend you to dry fit firstly so that you can easily find the problem. 1. The nosecone inner plastic is too thick which bother the fuselage insert properly. 2. The camera bay part also need some edge sanding to prevent the step between nosecone which cause unnecessary sanding work. For 1, just sand off some plastic inside the nosecone where glued by fuselage. For 2, use electric work tape as guide, to sand off the edge a little. Before: After: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haneto Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Also found some information about the nose, again, that the middile section diameter is not big enough which caused the nose looks straight but actually there should be a gentle curve(yes very gentle, even not noticable if not told). Since it's too late to cut off the section to make such big surgery now after burge is added, I chose to add some material on the top of nose to catch the correct side view look of the nose. This is how it looks like after reshaping sanding: Surfaced. The culve is not so obvious actually from side view. Also scrathc built the antennas for a standard late type RBT nose: The nose shape matches perfect with the plan. Well maybe the plan is inaccurate but at lease both side view and top view spot on, which indicates the original ICM nose shape, at least th side view, is incorrect: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haneto Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 Another serious question for ICM kit, after a close study, is the wrong shaped intake. The original intake has the curve on top, as ICM designed: But the late enlarged RB intake top is almost straight: It cost me several weekends to correct this. The most time was spent on parts dry fitting and here is the result. Still some panel lines and rivets to be added since ICM also made some errors for them. (Yes as you can read I may cast them as a new product for Fairy Hobby.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haneto Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 ICM also made mistakes on belly fins. Panel lines are incorrect on right fin. Original: Corrected: Also you need to add the mechanic chut on left fin bottom side: To be continued... And wish you a happy Rooster new year! (Today is the year end in China ;) Yufei Quote Link to post Share on other sites
parche Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Yufei, thank you so much for the detailed build. For the intakes, did you butt weld square rods onto the intakes and sand to the correct shape or were there internal mods you had to make as well? Forgive me if I inadvertantly make that sound overly simplistic. Looking forward to more. Cheers, Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
crackerjazz Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Very cool stuff, Haneto! Mind if I ask how you built the bump -- it is made of styrene strips glued side by side? Interesting technique. Also, what tool did you use for scribing? My scribing tool doesn't seem to scribe that fine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
haneto Posted January 28, 2017 Author Share Posted January 28, 2017 7 hours ago, parche said: Yufei, thank you so much for the detailed build. For the intakes, did you butt weld square rods onto the intakes and sand to the correct shape or were there internal mods you had to make as well? Forgive me if I inadvertantly make that sound overly simplistic. Looking forward to more. Cheers, Dave Hi Dave Yes I just adhered plastic sheet directly on the the original parts then sand to proper shape, by checking pictures from time to time. It's really a pity that ICM made such low level mistake. I wish they have studied more real life pictures when drawing CAD...... 6 hours ago, crackerjazz said: Very cool stuff, Haneto! Mind if I ask how you built the bump -- it is made of styrene strips glued side by side? Interesting technique. Also, what tool did you use for scribing? My scribing tool doesn't seem to scribe that fine. I simply bended the 1mm plastic sheet and sand it to shape. But I think your idea is even better for plastic material adhere to the original part better, than the sheet. As for the scribing tools, I use electric work tape as guide and Creos GT65 line chisel. You can find lots of different width blade for the chisel from Creos as well which is very convenient for scribing. Thanks for watching! Yufei Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LanceR21 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Yufei, You're back !! Great start, can't wait to see more ! Cheers, Nenad Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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