JeroenPeters

Great start! Might have to get me one of these one day...

Absolutely love it! Nicely done...

Super cool banners Laurent! You've got some talent!

Thnx Marcel, The fuselage is closed and the radio sits pretty deep in the rear fuselage, making only the fronts of the radio's visible. In the meanwhile i finished building the Bristol Mercury engine:

Oh lord... I've seen your build on Facebook, but these larger pics really do it justice. That is one sweet Mig! It's actually a pretty good kit. Good fit and pretty detailed and correct from the box. Love to see some washes on it!

I use Cinema 3D and have ordered form Shapeways before. Excellent service. I can model most of the shapes I need, but am planning on doing an additional course soon..

Hihihi, I already removed them!

Supercool!

Just kidding. Serious question: do the decals for the stomach go over the textured part? And another one: Are you going to remove the gold and spray your own?

Really cool! But i just think 175 pounds is a bit steep for a kit like this...

Thats why you love me.

And started work on the engine:

Cheers guys! About to close the fuselage:

Started some detail painting in the pit and added control cables coming from the control stick. Also wood painted the floor boards and used masking tape for the rudder pedal straps. This is how the cables were attached (so i need two more on the bottom):

Yeah... read up on it this morning... Pretty cool stuff. On one hand you'd love to bring them up and put them on display. On the other hand you don't want to disturb the wildlife that took over...

Hi Wouter, I might start on the Bristol Mercury this weekend. I'm not planning on adding tons of detail, since i want to finish both the mosquito and D21 for Telford...

Tight work there! Started and stalled mine... What scheme are you doing?

Progress! I finished the fuselage frame by adding the headrest tubing. Check the reference above. The two tubes that run from the top of the headrest to the rear are depicted awkward in the instructions. They should meet at the top. This way the 'shelf' that houses the base of the antenna can be glued to all four tubes. Then I sprayed the whole thing dark black/brown. This functions as a base of the chipping effect in the light grey paint. And here's the light grey paint. (i used RLM 76) And here's the chipping: More soon!

nice one! love your paintwork...

That groundwork just looks alive. And thnx for sharing the Shapeways costs with us. Cant wait to see some paint on those tubes!

A japanese Do! Very unique! Will follow this for sure...

That looks impressive! Nice and detailed... Thanx for sharing! How's the fit ?

That... detail... is insane! Doesn't Eduard do fabric belts too?

Incredible! Did you have to do a lot of smooth sanding on the tubular frame? Just hope you get this done before Eindhoven. Would love to see it up close... Thnx for sharing this here!! Cheers, Jeroen

The pit in the D21 is tricky. Not soo much the assembly, but trying to understand what is what and lines up how. The basic frame is done, so it's time to add details. Throttle, oxygen bottle, fire extinguisher, etc.. The instrument panel consists of 5 separate pieces. I'm fashioning a frame that fits to the back and holds all these pieces together, in the right angle. Here are some shots of the 'real' thing. Well... repro thing...