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  1. DocRob
    Thanks for your kind words and there is a lot of truth in it. As modelers, we have to overcome obstacles, with nearly every build we start, be it new techniques or bad mishaps. The thousands of little steps until finishing a kit are never pure routine. Not to underestimate is the help I got from you guys, it's a comforting thought, that every problem that arises or every failure I make was done before and solved as well, one way or another. I'm looking forward to see your Mig-25, which too me has a similar badass attitude shown, than my two seater. Cheers Rob
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    Muchas gracias Phil, just baaad Russian concrete on the airfield . Cheers Rob
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    Looking good, I like the pre shading making the paintjob appear very interesting and the smooth finish is enhancing the effect. Cheers Rob
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    Hehe, you found one, I missed out... I was planning to make that comparison pic since restarting the Mig after finishing the SSW's, but had the same sensation like you. The colour richness of the SSW seems to make her appear bigger. 60years of permanent development separate these two. Thanks a lot Gaz, the Mig-31 is even bigger than your Mig-25, by no means a small plane. Cheers Rob
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    My last builds represented the ultimate interceptors of their time. Find the few differences between the birds Cheers Rob
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    Almost done with the beast. I have to add the missiles, but first, I have to decide, if I stencil them and the pylons completely. There are some antennas to be mounted, but that's it. I wait for better light outside, to make some pics under blue sky. Cheers Rob
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    Thank you Phil, I hope your situation will change for the better soon. Some years ago, I had a very difficult time for different reasons and modelling helped me a lot, to get my calm back and solve my problems. It is hard to sit on your bench and try to focus on something so unimportant as modelling in times, were the world goes upside down, but I had the sensation, that focusing on modelling in hard times clears the head, because after a while of unconcentrated building I focus more and more and that clears the brain for other important things. To me, surfing is helping even more, because of the focus you have to maintain, it's like ctrl-alt-del for the brain. Cheers Rob
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    Today I removed the clay wash from the Mig. My first idea was to use a very fine sanding sponge on the panels to remove the access, but found that this method works not so good on a shiny surface. A matte coat as preparation would have been necessary, where the wash could bite better. Anyway, it would have been to much, at least it's a Russian plane and not a Greek one . Removing the access wash was done with water dampened paper towels and cotton swabs, cleaning in the direction of the airflow and light rubbing. I have to say, that I really liked the way, these Flory washes behaved. They are not aggressive, and you are able to remove them completely on a shiny surface if you have unwanted side effects. Tomorrow, the Mig will receive a second inspection and fine tuning of the wash and than there will be flat coating. With the easiness of use, I even dared to work the painted parts of the canopies with the clay wash, a task I didn't dare to do with another panel liner. The kit is a little bit heavy with the panel lines, perfect for me, depicting a worn plane, but too much for a new Mig, when you use a wash. Cheers Rob
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    Seems I've been carried away, by all these Kangaroos running around on the Australian race track. You are absolutely right, I meant the Kangoo thingy . Cheers Rob
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    Oh no, what happened to the Mig ? That's my first try of Flory washes, let's see how this will look after drying and removal of the wash. I may sand the wash off with a very fine sanding sponge, to get a worn panel appearance, but have to try that first. My expectations with this clay based wash are, that there is no aggressiveness and disturbance of my underlying layers of paint and clear coat, which I had, while using other washes. For sure she will never look like this again . Cheers Rob
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    Interesting to see, how the surroundings define the type of cars used. Until I reached my tiny island, I wouldn't had believed that there could be such kind of automotive monoculture. In the case of my island it is one third of Pickups, one third of Berlingos, Kangaroos, ... and the last third are others, but I think a third is overestimated here. Most families have two cars, one of each of the first two groups in any given condition, because, well they are families and need a family car and nearly everybody has a patch of land or more and needs a 4 wheel driven Pickup for transport. Cheers Rob
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    Who would have thought, that the final steps with the Mig take so long, and it's not, because I'm lazy. I airbrushed the missiles in white and masked a chrome band around their fuselage, this time I had no issues with paint peeling while removing masks. Xtreme Metal colours are so much better to work with, than Alclads. I added spoilers and foldable wings to the missiles, tried different types of wash and decided against it. Soft washes gave not enough effect, the enamel ones blind the metallics. For the same reason, I didn't want to use a clear coat. There are lots of, guess what, stencils on the missiles, so I started with these. This is how they look now with the jet exhaust still to be added, beside some stencils. To me the result rectifies the huge masking job. In tests, I was not able to tint a clear part blue, with different types of colours, Tamiya, AK and Gunze. The results were either to light or they were not transparent enough. If you have good tips for airbrushing tinted parts, feel free to share them. Furball produces some tinted plastic foil for the Mig-31, which is semi pre cut. After removing the foil from it's surroundings (not so easy), I glued it onto the canopiy with some Pledge under it. Cheers Rob
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    I like it, the articulation will be good to enhance the drama in a dio setting. Cheers Rob
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    Very nice, I wouldn't have thought it to be 1/72 without the headline. It's always a good feeling to get one of these painful bench occupiers finished. Interesting to see the different colour hues on the pics of the original, and we are discussing the exact appearance of certain colours permanently . Cheers Rob
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    Very believable facial expression with the figures, not the tank . Is the blue tint on the tanks headlights liquid mask or some special lenses? Cheers Rob
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    Both are real lookers, great work on the F. I own the regular kit as well and will build it as a G-version with AM-decals. Cheers Rob
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    Today I masked the missiles and airbrushed them white. By this way, I'd like to show you a tool which became very much used by me lately and proved to be good. It's one of my Voyager mask template, this here for stripes. You put some Kabuki tape on, slice with a sharp scalpel and you are ready to go from 0,5 mm on. It's good for masking laminated propellers and with different type of strips like on the missiles. I have others with etched circles and curves, rectangles, squares and stars. Cheers Rob
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    Thanks Martin, interesting to see the different paintjobs on the Vympel missiles. Cheers Rob
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    Figure painting needs a different skillset than armor or aircraft painting and I think it's a good idea to learn some of the technics from a master. It's always better to be able to ask questions and get the tips when needed. BTW, I might have chickened out with the canopy seal problems, but the good thing with the kit is you get a second chance with the untinted canopy, it's like a safety net. Cheers Rob
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    Putin would have been a good outcome for my Mig, but mine look like the ones you normally see in movies about undead . Your Putin looks good by the way, I like the overall wrinkles. To my excuse I have to say, that mine had some tiny cast issues in problematic areas around the faces, which I had to hide with a bit of paint. Cheers Rob
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    Thanks Gus, he might look like a mutant made of Kirk Douglas and Gaz's Avatar Thanks Gaz, I hope they will look ok in the pit, but I know I can do better, sometimes it just doesn't work the way it should. I have a lot of resin and white metal figures in different scales and I will train a lot in between other builds. The hardest thing in figure painting is to get the colours prepared to a grade, thin enough to flow and to work wet in wet specially on the skin tones without being to translucent. The worst possible effect is clogging, which I had to fight with these two guys and I have no idea why. Cheers Rob
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    The bad Mojo continues. Today I tried my patience while painting the pilots and had lots of trouble with the paints to adhere. The resin figures were properly primed before and I used colours which are frequently on my bench. After painting and repainting and reducing some gloss and mixing colours with different thinners, to enhance the adherance, while covering well enough, this is where I am. Don't judge too harsh, these guys are small in 1/48 scale. They look better in the cockpit, but I had better results with figure painting, even in this scale. I slowly run out of patience with all the amounting last minute problems with the build. Normally I would paint strip the pilots and try again, but I will leave them as they are and will always feel bad about it Cheers Rob
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    Gracias Señhor, I try my best. Sounds like a cunning plan, to sand, fill, polish and whatelse on a clear part . I have had mixed results with Alclad, but masking on it never worked out. Like you say, some colours loose some of the metallic sheen and go dull and some, and Titanium is the worst, just peel, while looking at. Good to know, that your results with Vallejo Metallics were satisfying, but since they worked great for me, I will stay with AK's Xtreme Metals for now. These are definitely more durable than Alclads and have a great metallic appearance. As I never worked with Pale Burnt Metal, I hope that will not change with masking the missiles. Cheers Rob
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    Almost half done with the tracks Cheers Rob
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    I ran into some trouble lately with the Mig, namely with the canopy seals as I guessed it would happen. While removing the transfer film very carefully, I managed to rip parts of the seals apart. They are unbelievable fragile and while trying to put on some spare strips, messed up even more. The spare strips partly crumpled on the transfer foil. So in the end, the bad parts will be handpainted in the end and there will be no seals on the inside, as I used one of the inside transfers for one, I completely messed up on the outside. Maybe the normal decals would have been the better choice and if I totally mess up, I always have a second try with the non tinted version of the canopies. While always waiting for the transfers to dry, I started on the missile and painting the large ones with Alclad Titanium which looked great, but adhered so bad, that I teared most of the colour off while removing detacked Kabuki tape. I will never use Alclads again, they are so fragile, some more some less. Titanium is among the worst and yes, I primed properly. I only discovered the problem after completely masking two missiles, while correcting a misaligned tape. The middle shows the original Titanium look, the upper is stripped . After wiping off the Alclad, I sprayed the missiles with Xtreme Metal from AK. It's called Pale burnt Metal and looks Titanium like and has a nice shine. I hope it adheres better, but generally, I had some very good results with different Xtreme Metal colours and these are my go-to's for metals. Speaking about metals, I painted the burner cans with different tones of Xtreme Metals, first Jet Exhaust, then a little transparent blue in parts, then highlighting with Titanium and toning down again wit Jet Exhaust. The cans will be refined with a dark wash and maybe some pigments later. Cheers Rob
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