27 September 2015

Academy MiG-27 Flogger-D

OK - so I finally got around to taking more photos - so this will more another series of updates over the next few days - starting with today.

First up - as promised - some Soviet airpower - in the form of a 1/72 scale Academy MiG-27 Flogger-D.  This is a kit I made a long time ago (and I'm too embarrassed to go back and have a look when) and whilst it went together very well, I was really unhappy with the way I air-brush painted it - and then to make matters worse I completely (or almost completely) stuffed it up when slapping on a coat of Pledge One-Go.

So the Flogger disappeared into a drawer - I had come pretty close to simply chucking it out, but the miser in me won out - until recently I plucked up the courage to try and finish it once and for all.

I totally gave up on re-airbrushing it, and went back to (hopefully) thinned paint and a good-old brush.

So this is how it ended up:






Not too bad on my only finished flying base...

So - there's my first proper functioning airpower - I guess it's not too shabby...

Thanks for looking

Richard




4 comments:

  1. Speedy. Will this be gracing tables soon?

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  2. It dropped it's first bombs in anger in the last AAR. More games soon I hope...
    Richard

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  3. Very nice- must be satisfying to have got it rescued and used.

    Cheers,

    Pete.

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  4. Indeed - in the last game it was used for everything - a marker to show an off table interdiction strike, a timed air strike, and a random bit of air support which made it onto the table. So I got my monies worth in just 1 game!

    Richard

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