Finished (yay) Canadian MiG 29 SMT

[chrish]

7 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

 

And install BF night identification lantern on the port side please.

 

 

Hmmmmm

we shall check stock on that item

[chrish]

Still steal....borrowing...parts from left overs in the Hornet stash, I decided it needed bird slicers;

 

pylons;

 

and some long range tanks...gotta be able to get from Newfoundland to Yellowknife somehow

Thanks for looking

[chrish]

Paint on the model, the USA has the "Viper"....Canada has the "Cobra Chicken"... Canada Goose

 

I will let this dry then mask for the metalizer on the exhaust heat shields then, gloss and decals

Thanks for looking

[chrish]

Forgot the bottom pics;

Thanks again for looking

[MikeMaben]

[chrish]

I've cobbled together some decals from various sources

 

I've cut the eye decal out of a 1/48 Chippy Ho turned them over upside down and added them to look like "goose" eyes

 

 

Thanks for looking

[chrish]

I'm not sure this is going to make it much further, the mojo for this build has failed. I actually contemplated trying it out as a chock block for the car or just tossing it out the top floor window.

As for now I have got the gear and doors installed and will consider my path with it

 

Thanks for looking

[Alain Gadbois]

Just glue on the canopy and call it done!

Looks fine from here!

 

[Phantom2]

It´s not much left now, just get it done, Chris!

 

It´s a lovley idea and a relly fetching and fun scheme on a beautiful aircraft!

 

Hang in there, Buddy!  

 

Stefan 

[DugyB]

Yup, too late to quit now, down a bottle of cheap booze or something….

[chrish]

12 hours ago, DugyB said:

Yup, too late to quit now, down a bottle of cheap booze or something….

A wise man here!

I took your suggestion to heart and called on Captain Morgan for some assistance, he came over took  look and suggested getting off my arse and gluing the damned thing together.

Ok then...no more excuses, heres the "Finished" MiG 29 SMT story and model;

After the fall of Russia to the Ukrainian coalition and the death of the Russian president by two self inflicted gun shot wounds and a fall out of the second story window of his underground bunker....demilitarization of Russia took place with a lot of the military equipment sold off in order to finance the rebuilding of Easter Europe. Bombardier of Canada bought up several dozens of MiG's in the hopes of finally re-stocking and backing up the now geriatric F/A 18 fleet with a more modern aircraft. These aircraft were (including but not limited to the following upgrades) they were re-powered with the more easily obtainable GE 404 engines, domestic avionics, ejection seat, radar, and, BF Goodrich tires.

A few of the aircraft were painted in colorful "Demonstrator" schemes and shown and flown at airshows. This aircraft was painted in the tactical Canada Goose scheme (particularly effective against US Airlines pilots...Sully was seen to shiver when he saw it)

The aircraft are never flown in less than a three plane formation, always flown in a V formation and being equipped with horns, the horns must be blown constantly while in flight

So...ya

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the back story is all for fun, not meant to offend

Thanks for looking

Edited June 11, 2024 by chrish

[DugyB]

Awesome finish here, love it….but when I meant cheap booze I was thinking more along the lines of Boone’s Farm Wine… 

[Oldbaldguy]

I suspect this what-if was a lot more work than it has been made to seem.  Love it.  Great background material as well and, in today’s world, very believable.  Everyone needs to build a good what-if like this at least once in their modeling careers. Several hundred thumbs-up from this station.

[Phantom2]

Wonderful and very believable story!  

 

All thumbs up here too! 

 

 

Stefan 

[Sepp]

As a dyed-in-the-wool what-if fan, this build has pleased me no end. Great idea and story, and I'm very glad you finished it!