Zactoman Posted February 17, 2018 Share Posted February 17, 2018 Exhuasts coming soon. These were made by modifying and adapting the exhausts Alexander made for the MiG-29M/K kit (also used for the Zactomodels Revell correction set). They are now full depth. I'm working on instruction the sheet and production molds and expect to release them soon. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
otis252 Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Excellent! I'll take 2 sets please. Chuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcatfreak Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Wow Chris, exactly what I need :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcatfreak Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Chris, do you plan more stuff for the Trumpy MiG´s? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted March 13, 2018 Author Share Posted March 13, 2018 On 2/18/2018 at 1:23 PM, Tomcatfreak said: Chris, do you plan more stuff for the Trumpy MiG´s? I'm open to suggestions. Here's what I've got so far: Chaff dispensers Wheels Pylons And missiles I'll be updating my website in the coming days with a section for the Trump MiGs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tomcatfreak Posted March 14, 2018 Share Posted March 14, 2018 Hi Chris, thank you for the update! How about a correct centerline fuel tank? Revell and Trumpeter arn´t correct. The APU tunnel is missing and the new Trumpy kits fuel tanks have positiv panellines... Maybe you can also add a 4th weapon pylone to your collection. The BD3-UMK2B pylone is often seen on the Fulcrum. The MiG-29 can carry the big rocket pods and bombs on this pylone. And what about a FOD set for the intakes and the plattform on top of the fuselage to cover the small intakes there? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 On 3/14/2018 at 4:42 PM, Tomcatfreak said: How about a correct centerline fuel tank? Revell and Trumpeter arn´t correct. The APU tunnel is missing and the new Trumpy kits fuel tanks have positiv panellines... Maybe you can also add a 4th weapon pylone to your collection. The BD3-UMK2B pylone is often seen on the Fulcrum. The MiG-29 can carry the big rocket pods and bombs on this pylone. And what about a FOD set for the intakes and the plattform on top of the fuselage to cover the small intakes there? Thanks for the suggestions Stephan I'll consider these but anticipate being pretty busy in the near future... Corrected nosecone. The new nosecone is longer, has a corrected shape and a much finer pitot. It also corrects the cross section which is supposed to be round. It will include a bulkhead that spreads the kit fuselage to better accommodate the round nosecone. Advanced warning!!! There will be some sanding and putty work necessary to make it fit. Here is how it fits without the bulkhead: Unfortunately with the odd shaped forward fuselage it was impossible to make a bolt-on accurate part. My other option would have been to take this nosecone and file and sand it to where it does fit the fuselage without thebulkhead. It would still be a big improvement on the kit part but not as accurate as what I am providing. This is something you as a model maker can choose to do if you'd rather not use the bulkhead. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
karl h Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 chris, how is the rest of the fuselage? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) I slightly revised the shape of the outer exhaust petals to have a more accurate shape. This is closer to the original part that Alexander made which I had to modify to fit, but didn't quite nail the shape. Top is the new shape. Lower is the previous version that had too much curve on the petals. On 3/16/2018 at 1:07 AM, karl h said: chris, how is the rest of the fuselage? It's got some problems but it's currently the best MiG-29 in 1/32... The spine does not have a round enough cross section. The engine humps aren't beefy enough towards the rear. The lerx need to be extended forward a bit. The ones on the kit fade away where they should become sharper and extend forward. The sides of the fuselage next to the cockpit lack the subtle vertical flat area. The canopy (it's Trumpeter) should have a slightly higher arch (front view) and be a little more bulbous towards the rear (in side view). Most would probably not notice these things unless they were very familiar with the MiG-29 and have a good eye for shapes. There may be other things (very likely), but I've just been concentrating on the bigger issues where aftermarket can make a big difference. I'd say it's an OK model. With some aftermarket it can be really nice. With some extra TLC it could be great. Edited July 16, 2018 by Zactoman Quote Link to post Share on other sites
karl h Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 thanx for the reply, chris i´m tempted to do another 29 after all the work i put into the revell kit (as you have seen ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dehowie Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Great stuff Chris... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
otis252 Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Great looking stuff Chris! Do you have an estimate on when it will be available for order? Chuck Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted March 25, 2018 Author Share Posted March 25, 2018 On 3/20/2018 at 5:50 PM, otis252 said: Great looking stuff Chris! Do you have an estimate on when it will be available for order? Chuck Now available!!! http://www.zactomodels.com/ MiG-29A BIG Combo is 10% off: I updated the pitot: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpagueur Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 (edited) great work sir! I will be buying them for the next SMT (9.19) box. the big problem in my opinion is that the engine nacelles are excessively spaced... Edited March 25, 2018 by Alpagueur Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted March 27, 2018 Author Share Posted March 27, 2018 On 3/25/2018 at 10:40 AM, Alpagueur said: the big problem in my opinion is that the engine nacelles are excessively spaced... Yeah, forgot to mention that one... Being on the underside it doesn't bother me as much as what's visible looking down on the kit. It is sad though. Alexander sent me his beautiful scratch-built open air-brake that he made for his "Franken-MiG" but it won't fit the Trump kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eastern Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 On 25.03.2018 at 10:38 AM, Zactoman said: Now available!!! http://www.zactomodels.com/ MiG-29A BIG Combo is 10% off: Hi Chris, Congrats! You did it! Ihope the stuff will be a good seller. Cheers! Alexander Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpagueur Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 9 hours ago, Zactoman said: Alexander sent me his beautiful scratch-built open air-brake that he made for his "Franken-MiG" but it won't fit the Trump kit. any chance to cast it and sell it together with the other goodies in the combo set? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dsahling Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 I really like the idea of the bulkhead to help correctly fit the new radome. Any thoughts on doing the same for the Su-27 Flanker? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted June 29, 2018 Author Share Posted June 29, 2018 I just adjusted the pricing (lowered!!! ) on the BIG Combo with all Archer or all Aphid load-outs. I apparently screwed up and forgot to include the discount when I created the web page so was asking full price. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Hey Chris, With the soon to be released Fulcrum C from Trumpy, do you have any insight to that kit and your upgrades? By looking at the sprue shots it appears both the upper and lower fuselage components were (had to be) new molds. I'm curious if they took the time to fix the profile contour and shape. TIA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 7 hours ago, Mr Matt Foley said: With the soon to be released Fulcrum C from Trumpy, do you have any insight to that kit and your upgrades? By looking at the sprue shots it appears both the upper and lower fuselage components were (had to be) new molds. I'm curious if they took the time to fix the profile contour and shape. No insight here. I haven't seen sprue shots yet (link?), been too busy to look. I doubt they would have re-tooled any of the parts that my products replace. I can't imagine that they would have fixed any overall contour and shape discrepancies that didn't relate strictly to the spine and wingtips (curious to see if they got those right!). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Matt Foley Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Check here: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10543426 All of the sprues included. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Zactoman Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Mr Matt Foley said: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10543426 Thanks for the link. It appears to share the same sprues as the A, so yes my parts will fix those areas. As far as I can tell they didn't fix any of the other issues I listed above. The new C spine looks to be a bit wide and flat towards the rear but I'll need better pics to confirm. The C wingtips look OKish from the top. It'll be interesting to see if they got the funky contours on the underside of the wingtip correct. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B.Sin Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 (edited) Our friends at Trumpeter have such great potential, their just very lazy at looking are the real thing and getting portions and shape right. Edited October 1, 2018 by B.Sin Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AFammo Posted September 15, 2022 Share Posted September 15, 2022 What happened to your intakes, anything left or release? thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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