Ryan Hothersall Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 (edited) The Chinese built MiG-17 two seater made up from parts from a KP MiG-15UTI and a MiG-17PF. This is my first attempt at major plastic surgery, as there are no kits of this aircraft in 1:72. I saw an article in an old copy of Scale Models International from November 1988. It didn't look too complex to do, so I decided to have a go... I decided it was easier to use the more basic older KP kits for this as I didn't want to use the more modern kits for this project in case it did not work out. I cut out a part of the MiG-17 fuselage to put the cockpit section of the MiG-15UTI in, which is where I had my biggest issue later on trying to blend it all in and sanded through the plastic in several places. The rest of the MiG-15UTI was not used. Next fiddly bit was removing the radar from the intake splitter. The rest of the build was no real problem, considering it's an old kit. The pitot booms were replaced with wire as I ended up breaking them off. Painted overall SMS PMT09 Aluminium. Decals are from the spares file, but the numbers are all induvidual decals, so that was a bit fiddly. Build Progress Video Edited September 10, 2021 by Ryan Hothersall Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Cool! Not a subject we'relikely to ever see as a full kit, so kitbashing will be the way to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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