WIP Mig-29

Martin Oostrom
Fit looks okay-ish, except on the nose. The join will require some work. Overall not terrible, but definitely no shake and bake

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Following

Alec K
Cool project, I'll take a seat for this 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3, wondering whether it's as bad as some say 😉

Spanjaard
joining too 🙂

Maciej Bellos
Me 5!

Jan Peters
Me6

Peter de Bruin
Me 7 🙂 especially since the ghost of Kyiv will have the same plastic.

Ekki
And the I am me 8.

Peter Hardy
I am in as well, but I am special!

Martin Oostrom
You can have the special seat Peter, the one with the straps

Kyle DeHart
I too will join in the smoky fun of a mig-29

Maciej T
Looking forward for final result!

Martin Oostrom
I finally found some time and mojo. This is a kit from 2008 and it can be seen. Instructions are ancient style, fit is a work in progress.
If the ghost from Kyiv did exist, he deserves a better kit.

S M
I have also preordered the Ghost of Kyiv. Me 12!

Alec K
So sad. Will there ever be a decent MiG-29 in the one true scale??

Łukasz Gliński
Isn't it the Chinese one? I liked it. 🙂
Or do you mean another scale? 😉

Spanjaard
This looks like lots of work ahead... but if someone is going to make it look nice no matter what, is you Martin!!

Peter Hardy
Ah ha! A Mig made of putty! Sculpture lessons coming up!

Martin Oostrom
It's a putty-fest Peter! And surprisingly for myself, after sanding it retained the general shape and feel of a Mig-29. So I put on more putty 😄

Martin Oostrom
Does anybody know what colour the wheel wells should be? Same as the wheels, some sort of forest green?

Peter de Bruin
I thought, although depending on nationality it differs, the wheel wells are light greyish, same as the bottom of the plane in many cases.
For a Russian variant I had Vallejo 71121 noted down for the bottom and wheel wells.

Kyle DeHart
Nice molding on your custom shaped kit here Martin. 😀 always liked the looks of the 29 and yours certainly looks like a 29. Well done!

Chris Ubing
I am fighting the same battle with my su 27 flanker

Łukasz Gliński
Not sure which camo you're to pick, but it seems grey to me
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Martin Oostrom
The instructions call out a combo of Fulcrum grey with Fulcrum grey/green. Whatever that may be.
So I guess it will be a grey/green camo.

Łukasz Gliński
I meant wheel wells and the landing gear 🙂
Still, love that grey-green classic Fulcrum camos 👍

Alec K
Lukasz: you mean the Trumperer release? I read mixed reviews. It's probably the best at this point though.

Łukasz Gliński
Yup, it was a pleasure to build, though the open vents are there too (was there a kit with the closed option anywhere?)
Martin, sorry for this little OT 😉

Peter de Bruin
The Zvezda kit has closed vents and has a good fit/2015 new tooling: MiG-29 (9-13) (Zvezda 7278, 1:72)

Martin Oostrom
I don't mind off topic Łukasz.
I actually finished sanding and started painting two weeks ago. Forgot to post pictures.

The colours are… fantasy? I couldn't find Fulcrum grey and green and my regular shop, so I went with Tamiya ijn green and grey.
I call the effect "make-the-enemy-seasick-camo".

Kyle DeHart
"Make the enemy seasick". Sounds effective to me. 😂

Peter Hardy
Forgot you were doing this Martin! Good job on the camo!

Łukasz Gliński
For me the colours are fine, that camo used to fade very quickly anyway.
Thx for the hint Peter 👍

Martin Oostrom
I have been decalling today. Unfortunately the decals were veeeeeeeeery fragile.

Peter Hardy
It's a poor tradesman who blames his tools!

Martin Oostrom
I'm only blaming myself. After taking the roundel picture, I put on two more on the lower wings. Tho whole ones.
For the love of everything dear to me, why didn't I just swap one?

Peter Hardy
Because Marty, you love a challenge!

Martin Oostrom
As it turns out, you can use Ammo enamel panel line wash over Tamiya lacquers without ruining your paint

Spanjaard
Looking quite good Martin

Martin Oostrom
My friendly passengers on this flight. This girl is ready to fly away on her own: Completed - MiG-29 in seasick camo | Album by Mahoo76 (1:72)

Thank you very much for your warm companionship

Spanjaard
Thanks for avery enjoyable flight, captain!