GusMac Posted January 16 Posted January 16 So, this is the next project on the bench. Got the kit at Christmas '23 from the kids and I've been itching to start it but got distracted by Ernie's seductive resin offerings. 😁 Plan is to do the Slovakian scheme shown just because it looks a little different. The kit seems to have a good reputation, so here's hoping it goes together well. Looking in the box you are reminded just what a small airframe this is - it'll look tiny next to the F4s. 5
GusMac Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 Apologies, I actually forgot I'd started a WIP for this one, so there's quite a bit of progress. This is where we're at - progress is fast as it falls together like Lego. Very little clean up needed and no filler so far. I can see why people are desperate for Eduard to do this in 1/32 as it would beat the old Trumpeter kits hands down. Cockpit was done with the PE included in the kit and Mr Color Interior Turquoise Green which matches the old 'Soviet Vomit Green' pretty well to my eyes. I'll try to remember to post more updates as I progress. 8
Bomber_County Posted Sunday at 10:57 AM Posted Sunday at 10:57 AM On 2/5/2025 at 9:59 PM, GusMac said: Apologies, I actually forgot I'd started a WIP for this one, so there's quite a bit of progress. This is where we're at - progress is fast as it falls together like Lego. Very little clean up needed and no filler so far. I can see why people are desperate for Eduard to do this in 1/32 as it would beat the old Trumpeter kits hands down. Cockpit was done with the PE included in the kit and Mr Color Interior Turquoise Green which matches the old 'Soviet Vomit Green' pretty well to my eyes. I'll try to remember to post more updates as I progress. Looking good Gus, Six Nations will curtail benchtime today though , I suspect. Great game yesterday……. 2
DocRob Posted Sunday at 11:59 AM Posted Sunday at 11:59 AM Following closely, Gus, I have two Eduard Mig 21 in my stash and feel the itch to build one soon. Nice job on the interior psychedelic torquoise. 1 hour ago, Bomber_County said: Looking good Gus, Six Nations will curtail benchtime today though , I suspect. Great game yesterday……. Same reason for limited benchtime today, Phil, but different cause. Today is Supebowl Sunday . Cheers Rob 3 1 1
GusMac Posted Sunday at 09:38 PM Author Posted Sunday at 09:38 PM Think I might be better sitting up for a late night for Mahomes and co in the Superbowl! Didn't see the rugby live as my wife got us tickets to the cinema to see the Donmar production of Macbeth with David Tennant but just watched it back (mainly on fast forward) as Scotland were terrible. Think it might be time for Townsend to go as the tactics such as there were today made no sense whatsoever.4 Go Chiefs! Three-peat time 3
DocRob Posted Monday at 10:14 AM Posted Monday at 10:14 AM 12 hours ago, GusMac said: Go Chiefs! Three-peat time Didn´t happen, luckily . Cheers Rob 1
Bomber_County Posted Monday at 11:39 AM Posted Monday at 11:39 AM 1 hour ago, DocRob said: Didn´t happen, luckily . Cheers Rob Bet some people are tired after the late night viewing, Gus, will Townsend be following Gatland out of the door? 1
GusMac Posted Monday at 05:56 PM Author Posted Monday at 05:56 PM 7 hours ago, DocRob said: Didn´t happen, luckily . Cheers Rob They were never in the game. Eagles dominated completely and worthy winners. The late touchdowns make the score more flattering to the Chiefs than it should have been. 1
GusMac Posted Monday at 06:10 PM Author Posted Monday at 06:10 PM 6 hours ago, Bomber_County said: Bet some people are tired after the late night viewing, Gus, will Townsend be following Gatland out of the door? Not sure he will be as the SRU are fairly useless at making decisions like that, but I think he should be. We've probably got as good a player pool as we've had in the last 20 years and they've never won anything with him. Just fold under pressure every time, yet the core of the players have won the URC and other things, so you do think it's how he sets them up. I still feel they dumped Cotter too early just to keep Townsend onside but he might have been better with more club experience before getting the top job. They could do worse than Franco Smith who's done a good job at Glasgow.
GusMac Posted Monday at 06:31 PM Author Posted Monday at 06:31 PM Was waiting for the Master pitot tube to arrive to finish the basic construction but it arrived this morning, so I got it attached. Quite nifty that you can attach the tip with the delicate fins separately, so it'll go on right at the end to reduce the chances of me knocking it off! So primer is now on. Went for grey as the colours are all fairly light. Just waiting for a couple of the Mr Color call outs to arrive as I didn't have anything that matched up closely enough. 5
GusMac Posted yesterday at 09:49 PM Author Posted yesterday at 09:49 PM Got some white on today while I contemplated the masking process. The instructions make it look like a soft-edged camouflage so I was thinking of using blutac worms but I wasn't sure how to get the shapes detailed enough that way. On looking closer at pictures of the actual plane it looks more like a hard-edged scheme so masking tape is the way I'm going which should be easier to do thankfully. 2
GusMac Posted 1 hour ago Author Posted 1 hour ago Felt like I was back at primary school today. Not glue and scissors but masking tape and scissors! Result was... All the areas which will be white are now masked off. So, two hours masking for 5 minutes with the airbrush and the lighter grey will be done! 🤪
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