She's finally finished...
Quickboost seat and exhausts
Uschi wood decals
Aviattic linen decals
Alclad, Gunze metallisers and AK True metals
Uschi Rigging
Big Ed Set
Cheers
Aaron
Very nice. That groundwork is superb. I also have this kit and if I can get it half as good as your will be very happy. Do you have any in progress pics?
Phew, decals all done. That's 12 hours work.
Carried the birch strips over to the top sections of the fuselage. Tried to go all around but just too difficult with the taper.
Next up is a glaze over the wood and tidy up a few areas. Then undercarriage and canopy.
Aaron
Decals decals and more dec...
End panels laid down like birch strips on the actual plane. Decals cut up into 3mm strips and laid down in rows. Think they came out quite well?
Also the same for the leading edge. Added the front slat just to see the effect.
All the big panels on the wings done top and bottom. just the other side to strip then onto the fuselage.
Aaron
I've got one of these in the stash. Will have to check mine.
Yes decals are nice. It's the making of templates that's the bit to get right, then its plain sailing.
Cheers Doug. I remembered seeing this on your build but only after I'd masked, fixed and glued in place. She'll have to be as she is although its not strictly and accurate build of this plane, more artistic licence to show the make up the plane
Cheers Ralph, only used it a couple of times before on small bits, but I've learnt its all about the preparation rather than the top coat. Plastic to be super smooth and a nice shiny coat of black paint and it goes down lovely.
From the limited info out there it seems there was planks although some say they then had panels put over the top. Even the wings were planked diagonally.
Here's a pic of a Mig under restoration. If you look closely you can see the diagonal lines of the ply.
It maybe a real challenge to create planks all over from decals. I may have to have some with panels over the top to save my sanity!