wackyracer Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 Hi After the ZM Horten 229 I'm still into this wood and metal look so thought I'd try the Trumpeter Mig 3. Big Ed set, Quickboost Seat and Exhausts, Uschi decals and Alclad for the metals. Replaced the sidewalls with Eduard etch and applied Alclad Polished metal and built up the cockpit. Quick pic of the seat and base. Aaron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted December 1, 2014 Administrators Share Posted December 1, 2014 Nice! Great subject for wood metal linnen finish! This is THE site to get your intel from: http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/external.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyracer Posted December 1, 2014 Author Share Posted December 1, 2014 Sure is Jeroen. Got loads of stuff from them. Also got some of the new Aviattic fabric decals from Richard to use on the airelons. Looking forward to seeing how these workout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphSarc Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 I really enjoy wood graining!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grant Posted December 2, 2014 Share Posted December 2, 2014 Great start Aaron! I'll be following this for sure. Grant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyracer Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 So the kit is very nice. No nasty surprises and goes together really well. Scribed the panels for the birch wood ply to the best I can workout from the limited images of these birds. Masked the wood sections off and started with a base of Tamiya Buff. Next I added a good dollop of white to the colour cup and filled the centres of the panels. The left is Buff, right with the added white. Next up is black around the panel edges. Then a coat over all with more white and a touch of buff to blend it all together. Here's where I'm now at with the metal work all done (Alclad airframe and polished aluminium) to the fuselage and main wings and AK true metal on the tail fins. The airelons have Aviattic's linen decals for the fabric effect and work really well with a very nice linen texture. Unfortunately the camera doesn't pick it up that well. Next up the Uschi wood decals. Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphSarc Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Boy that Alclad paint looks sweet but I've heard it's a bear to use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BevanBrooks Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 This is looking very cool so far!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeWika Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Beautiful job on a beautiful Aircraft. Ted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted December 28, 2014 Administrators Share Posted December 28, 2014 Nice! Did you find any ref photo's? Were the planks on the fuse diagonal as with the Il-2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Looking great, it is a nice kit, I'm just doing a build of one myself though it will be a fully painted one Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyracer Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Nice! Did you find any ref photo's? Were the planks on the fuse diagonal as with the Il-2? 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyracer Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 Boy that Alclad paint looks sweet but I've heard it's a bear to use? 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Looks great Aaron! The kit is indeed a very nice build with few vices. Just need to get rid of those two frames on the windscreen. Real thing doesn't have frames, but the plexi pieces join there so you don't need to obliterate the frames, just polish them out so that they look like the clear plexi join lines. Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyracer Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Looks great Aaron! The kit is indeed a very nice build with few vices. Just need to get rid of those two frames on the windscreen. Real thing doesn't have frames, but the plexi pieces join there so you don't need to obliterate the frames, just polish them out so that they look like the clear plexi join lines. Doug 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyracer Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Decal time. Linen effect on tail rudder And started on the Uschi decals for the wing panels 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyracer Posted January 1, 2015 Author Share Posted January 1, 2015 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeWika Posted January 1, 2015 Share Posted January 1, 2015 Aaron, It came out better than I've though possible- bloody excellent Mate!! It truly looks like real wood! All the best Ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted January 2, 2015 Administrators Share Posted January 2, 2015 Inspiration! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingco57 Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 Fancy doing a Mosquito like that (I want to...) Cees 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted January 2, 2015 Administrators Share Posted January 2, 2015 Fantastic work on the decals so far! Love it.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougN Posted January 2, 2015 Share Posted January 2, 2015 That wood really looks nice! I may have to try this myself one day. Doug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaseGill Posted January 3, 2015 Share Posted January 3, 2015 Aaron, Looks great. Remember chatting about doing this at SMW. Youre way ahead of me on it though.Looking great and some great inspiration for when I finally get round to it J. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wackyracer Posted January 3, 2015 Author Share Posted January 3, 2015 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 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hacker Posted January 21, 2015 Share Posted January 21, 2015 one l did a few years ago before such decals where available. l might still be able to use those decals to make it look for finished then it does now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now