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

"WINGS" Part 3 W-I-P & Happy New Year

Well happy new year everyone out there. Been a little busy over the break and avoiding computers so I can focus on getting other stuff done!

Anyway - I missed the deadline for the Guild "WINGS" Group build but thought I should show you where I got up to.

First up - heres a pick of the MiG after applying layer upon layer of GW Liquid Green stuff and then once it was all dry - filing it off.



Worked pretty well and I was happy with the result.

Here is the next step - a white undercoat



And the next step - base air-brush coat of Tamiya Dark Yellow and then some air-brushed cam stripes in Tamiya Olive Green.



Not real happy with how the stripes turned out - but I'l deal with that sometime in the future...

The MiG was then taped up with Tamiya 6mm masking tape and a Tamiya Light Blue was air-brushed onto the under surfaces.



Once dry it looked like this.



I'm actually pretty chuffed with how well the tape worked - and definitley will be using that again.

The plane has now been covered in future floor polish and at this point in time has been pushed to the back of the line while I concentrate on other stuff - namely comission work...

Anyway - I'm looking forward to this new year and I hope its a great one for all of you.

Take care and have fun...

Richard

"WINGS" Build Part 2 W-I-P

Very quick update and poor photo.

Spent a little time over the weekend putting the MiG-27 together. Nice straight forward build - only problems I had was with the undercarriage flaps. Like most models the MiG is expected to be displayed with its landing gear down - not flying like I need it. Managed to stuff up the forward bay a lot - have not decided whether to leave it as is of simply fill it in with putty. Main undercarriage bays worked a little better - but still some gaps.

Anyway - here's my crappy photo - taken quickly with my ipad...



Next stop - putty!

Have fun...

Richard

The Guild "WINGS" Speed Build

A new speed build has been announced on The Guild and it is simply called "Wings". It comes to an end on
2nd January 2012 UK time.

I had some ideas of what to do - initially I was going to add some riot wings to my Humber Pig - which I thought was a pretty cool and unique idea - however I decided my limited scratch building skills were not up to it so I moved on.

I have at least 3 aircraft kits either built or built & undercoated which I could have used the build to finish off - but I think in the spirit of the speed build you are supposed to start from the beginning and finish off the entry - rather than start 1/2 way through. So none of them would do.

Have a look through the model pile I discovered a kind of forgotten about kit that perfectly fit the bill. Bought a while back from Hobbyco in Sydney for the princely sum of $12.95 how could I go wrong. And it fits perfectly with everything else I'm doing.

So here is my entry (thus far) - An Academy MiG-27 Flogger D:



And just to prove it is completely unstarted:



Everything is still in its bag - ready for making, hopefully this weekend.

If all goes well, I'll probably use all the same colours, technique etc to paint my built and undercoated Su-25 Frogfoot.