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Greetings - Part Deux. For this I will be building the "inferior" Trumpeter kit .....although with a decent fit and parts count , PE, etc seems ok to me and it comes with a Priller scheme -BTW this comment is not an invitiation to explain how 3 rivets are in the wrong place please .... I'm having fun , don't suck the joy out of it for me ! Two LSP's in one year as opposed to one a year .... hmmmm am I turning to the dark side ... .? Why is that Pz Mark IV looking at me strangely from the shelf ..? So ...enough of my yacking ....rocking on....references ....sprues , & starting to put it all together . I'll be back later with pics when it's painted Pic of the real thing - 25 year old Lt Priller of 6/JG51 Summer 1940....there are pics out there showing different schemes as the campaign went on perhaps more mottling more yellow and the wings don't look to be splinter on some ....see what you think . BTW I'm digging the Raven with a Cold ... Probably what I'll go with , is that nose yellow ? This one a bit earlier maybe no mottling at all ? ...although contrast and tonality is such a sod with old B/W shots. Doesn't look splinter cammo , and has someone P/shopped the swasitka of the tail ?? The bordeaux was a good one . ...- 22 replies
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So, how do you start from this: And finish with that? You carefully measure a gazillion times and then you cut. Of course you end up with some mistakes, but not too serious, like the little half moon piece that I cut by mistake. But it was taken care of and now on with the side panels! I took some .010 thou. clear Evergreen, cut it to shape and with some strips, I did the framing. You will notice the little triangle shape in the forward frame, it's for filling the space between the grennhouse and the fuse. I looked at some pictures of a restoration project, and it was there, so decided to include it. Need a bit of cleaning and filling the lower right corner to get it flush to the fuse. See what I mean by filling the lower corner? So on with the other side and that will be it for the easy part! The top part of the greenhouse is a nice half round shape, so should be fairly easy to do. Now the little dome that closes the rear part will be something else! So stay tuned!
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Hi, I'm back with a Mig 21 that I did last year but decided to fix few gliches on it. The kit is the Trumpeter one with the Black Box pit. Always wanted to do one with the orange ID panels, most striking paint scheme ever. Paints are mostly Model Master. Did a multi layer paint job with thinned and paler shades to add depth and finish with a wash of Tamiya smoke plus a little post shading still with Tamiya smoke. Orange panels are painted on and black outline is decal. Started with the sand color and then did same thing for the green, came out really nice. Was the first time I was using this method and really enjoyed it! Read about this technique on Doog's Models blog. The pit really came out nice, but what an ugly color! For the dials, I punched them from the IP acetate that came with the kit. Rest is paint, drybrush and wash. Added the defog tube in the canopy from soldering wire. The long pitot is from Master and really add to the model. A really nice build no real fit issues except for the under side of the wing to fuse joint. Really enjoyed painting this one, it is a bit of a longer process but what a nice result in the end. Hope you like it.
