Academy's
Mig 29 is a good start for making a decent model of this aircraft. The
weakest parts of the kit are the cockpit and the front landing gear. I
substituted the Aires cockpit which is a gem, and added some scratch built
details to correct the gear.
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Other
improvements included:-
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Added
plumbing to the main wheel wells and hydraulic lines to all the gear
legs.
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Thinned
the exhausts for better scale appearance.
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Added
static dischargers to wings, stabilators and rudders.
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Added
lifting eyes to top of rear fuselage.
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Reshaped
the scoop on the spine.
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Scratch
built the pitch fork antenna on the starboard tail.
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Corrected
the antenna array under the nose area and corrected the shape of the
nose.
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Reduced
the size of the various probes for better scale appearance
I
painted the model using Model Master Fulcrum Grey and Fulcrum Green. I
added a few drops of Gunship Grey to the green to give it a more greyish
hue. The exhaust area was painted with Model Master Metalizeres - Burnt
Metal streaked with Exhaust. A final touch to this area was to mix some
Tamiya Clear Yellow with some Future and apply this with a damp rag. This
gave it the discoloured look usually found on these aircraft. The model
was then coated with Future in preparation for decals.
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Decals
are from Super Scale and depict an aircraft from the Soviet OKB Test
Bureau. A dark grey wash, light application of pastels, a shot of
Testors Dull Coat and that was it. I opted for a clean aircraft hence I
did not arm it. That's it for now, hope you like the model.
Fernan
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