1/48 - Mig-21MF "Fishbed J" Indian Air Force - Academy
Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2015 10:07 pm
Hi guys!
Will show my last model built. It took quite a while the hole process, almost 6 months!!
The kit:
The version I choosed: Indian Air Force! (I know... It´s a Mig-21Bis, but I liked the camo, for the painting challenge! I am not a rivet=counter)
A nice resin ejection seat from Dreammodel, that I used...
...which I already separete from it´s base, using a dremel & mask (too much dust!):
Comparing with the original one that came with the kit...
Cockpit parts off the sprues:
Painted flat black:
Canopie and windshield in Future:
and reserved:
Nose radome painted with Hu101:
After the flat-black on the Cockpit, was the time for this bloody 'Russian-Interior-Blue-Green'...
as well as inside the fuselage:
Ejection seat finished! I liked that !!
Masks off on the pannel and cockpit, then some drybrushing with silver and detailing!
Cockpit installed on the front-fuselage section, as well as the radome:
Front fuselage section closed:
Time for the engine section painted with Tamiya dark iron:
Antiglare section on the windshield:
HUD screen with clear green and it´s console flat black:
Front section of the fuselage had a silver strip and canopy/windshield glued:
Close-up:
Jet exhaust with burned effects:
Wings> OK!!
Attached to the fuselage:
Puty and LOTS Of SANDING !!
Aluminium used as 'primer'... Just a base coat!
Rubber Black on the wheels / tires:
Same green on the radome, was used on the tailfinn and antennae:
and middle of the wheels:
Rocket launchers UB-16 and UB-32 painted, as well as the preshading on the ventral tanks:
Aluminium inside air-brake, wheel doors, landing gears:
Time for the pre-shading:
First shade of grey in the bottom:
and up:
Masking, and second shade of grey:
More masking, and third shade of grey (not fifty! )
All Masks OFF:
After sealing with some Future, landing gears installed:
But (and there is always a 'but') I forgot this small detail before decals:
so... more masking:
painting:
masks off:
quite ok!
General aspect, before decals!
Grey on the small details (hidraulics):
After decals and gloss varnish:
Also bought some aftermarkets: Dreammodel Wheel-Choks and ladder!
Which were assembled and painted red!
Arms lock and loaded! AA-2 Attol IR Missile and UB-32 rocket launcher!
Time for the Tarmac Base:
Round piece of styrofoam from a pizza :
After some marking and preshading:
The wooden base for the Tarmac:
Some grey on it:
Some earth for a 'garden'...
and applied some 'grass' :
Close-up:
Styrofoam glued on the wooden base:
Back to the plane: Wash applied:
Burnt exhaust jet in detail:
Armed and dangerous:
Finally the canopie glued in open position !
And the kit is ready:
well...
Hope you liked !!
Thks for watching and happy modelling!
Will show my last model built. It took quite a while the hole process, almost 6 months!!
The kit:
The version I choosed: Indian Air Force! (I know... It´s a Mig-21Bis, but I liked the camo, for the painting challenge! I am not a rivet=counter)
A nice resin ejection seat from Dreammodel, that I used...
...which I already separete from it´s base, using a dremel & mask (too much dust!):
Comparing with the original one that came with the kit...
Cockpit parts off the sprues:
Painted flat black:
Canopie and windshield in Future:
and reserved:
Nose radome painted with Hu101:
After the flat-black on the Cockpit, was the time for this bloody 'Russian-Interior-Blue-Green'...
as well as inside the fuselage:
Ejection seat finished! I liked that !!
Masks off on the pannel and cockpit, then some drybrushing with silver and detailing!
Cockpit installed on the front-fuselage section, as well as the radome:
Front fuselage section closed:
Time for the engine section painted with Tamiya dark iron:
Antiglare section on the windshield:
HUD screen with clear green and it´s console flat black:
Front section of the fuselage had a silver strip and canopy/windshield glued:
Close-up:
Jet exhaust with burned effects:
Wings> OK!!
Attached to the fuselage:
Puty and LOTS Of SANDING !!
Aluminium used as 'primer'... Just a base coat!
Rubber Black on the wheels / tires:
Same green on the radome, was used on the tailfinn and antennae:
and middle of the wheels:
Rocket launchers UB-16 and UB-32 painted, as well as the preshading on the ventral tanks:
Aluminium inside air-brake, wheel doors, landing gears:
Time for the pre-shading:
First shade of grey in the bottom:
and up:
Masking, and second shade of grey:
More masking, and third shade of grey (not fifty!
)All Masks OFF:
After sealing with some Future, landing gears installed:
But (and there is always a 'but') I forgot this small detail before decals:
so... more masking:
painting:
masks off:
quite ok!
General aspect, before decals!
Grey on the small details (hidraulics):
After decals and gloss varnish:
Also bought some aftermarkets: Dreammodel Wheel-Choks and ladder!
Which were assembled and painted red!
Arms lock and loaded! AA-2 Attol IR Missile and UB-32 rocket launcher!
Time for the Tarmac Base:
Round piece of styrofoam from a pizza :
After some marking and preshading:
The wooden base for the Tarmac:
Some grey on it:
Some earth for a 'garden'...
and applied some 'grass' :
Close-up:
Styrofoam glued on the wooden base:
Back to the plane: Wash applied:
Burnt exhaust jet in detail:
Armed and dangerous:
Finally the canopie glued in open position !
And the kit is ready:
well...
Hope you liked !!
Thks for watching and happy modelling!
