'Bad Mig'.... RFI Done ...Mig 17 trainer in distress.

[Panzerwomble]

Been a while , I'll have a play if I may ? Got 2 seats ? 

 

Having picked up this masterpiece of late 90's Trumpeter work for a whole $15 I reckon it's time to play in oversize scale , having been focused on 1/48 for a long while 

Having a whopping part count of 20ish , rubber tyres and moulding on a par with Matchbox's old LSPs this will be a hoot for sure. I'll be throwing another $1 worth of AM at it ..maybe . 

 

Feel free to ride along and have a giggle 

 

Laterz PW 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited Tuesday at 10:54 PM by Panzerwomble

[Martinnfb]

[Martinnfb]

Let us stop this madness right here and I will send you AMMO 1/48 MuG-17 beauty to assist with your recovery process from all that emotional trauma caused by the close proximity of that pile of...hmm...plastic.

 

[Panzerwomble]

11 hours ago, Martinnfb said:

Let us stop this madness right here and I will send you AMMO 1/48 MuG-17 beauty to assist with your recovery process from all that emotional trauma caused by the close proximity of that pile of...hmm...plastic.

 

Thats very kind of you ......however this the big leagues ....1/32 😀

 

Anyway what's not to like about three colours of plastic !!!! Woot , it feels like 1979 all over again including the detail. 

 

 

[dmthamade]

A blast from the past!! I remember doing a couple of these MiGs, they were clunky and crude, but to Trumpeters credit, they did improve quickly. OOB decals?

 

Don

[Martinnfb]

Chengdu JJ-5 is such a unique design, since Soviets never build a two seater version of MuG-17. There was a time when I was contemplating Building MuG-15UTI based on the parts from this kit. But failed miserably .

Quite a few marking options for this beast.

 

Zimbabwe

Albania

Bangladesh

Pakistan

Sri-Lanka

And the baddies in Korea

[Panzerwomble]

47 minutes ago, dmthamade said:

A blast from the past!! I remember doing a couple of these MiGs, they were clunky and crude, but to Trumpeters credit, they did improve quickly. OOB decals?

 

Don

Masks not decals for me at this scale . Simple enough markings , and gotta use the old Cameo sometimes  

 

 

29 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:

Chengdu JJ-5 is such a unique design, since Soviets never build a two seater version of MuG-17. There was a time when I was contemplating Building MuG-15UTI based on the parts from this kit. But failed miserably .

Quite a few marking options for this beast.

 

Zimbabwe

 

Albania

 

Bangladesh

 

Pakistan

 

Sri-Lanka

 

And the baddies in Korea

 

 

It's an odd thing , bolt a 15UTI front end to a Mig 17 back end and wings . Chinese cut n shut , Soviets didn't bother with them 

 

& All good candidates .........as also the "Alley of Lost Migs in Albania "

 

Article here      https://www.podniesinski.pl/portal/the-alley-of-forgotten-migs/

 

 

 

 

 

[Panzerwomble]

 

 

Skanky......very skanky

[Panzerwomble]

The cockpit ....is miserable and mostly fictional  ...if it were 1/72 it would be mediocre. So I destroyed it ..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh dear ....Fatbarhd hopefully approves 

 

[Lee White]

IIRC, mine fell apart at the seams, literally, as the plastic used seems to not play well with conventional plastic model glue. YMMV.

[dmthamade]

2 hours ago, Lee White said:

IIRC, mine fell apart at the seams, literally, as the plastic used seems to not play well with conventional plastic model glue. YMMV.

 

Funny, i had two of Trumpeters A-7E Corsairs that refused to glue together....

 

Don

[Panzerwomble]

8 hours ago, Lee White said:

IIRC, mine fell apart at the seams, literally, as the plastic used seems to not play well with conventional plastic model glue. YMMV.

Thanks for the heads up, this kit is such a peach falling apart later sounds optimal 😂

6 hours ago, dmthamade said:

 

Funny, i had two of Trumpeters A-7E Corsairs that refused to glue together....

 

Edited November 3 by Panzerwomble

[geedubelyer]

19 hours ago, Panzerwomble said:

 

 

Skanky......very skanky

 

Excellent. 

Tremendous subjects. 

Edited November 3 by geedubelyer

[Erwin]

I build the one seater in an earlier GB.

It's not that bad.

But my level of finishing is not that high.

 

Good luck with yours.

 

 

Edited November 3 by Erwin

[Panzerwomble]

Don't get much to work with engine wise 

 

 

 

So makin shi! up as we go ..