Uncarina Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Absolutely exquisite! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 26, 2014 Share Posted June 26, 2014 Absolutely exquisite! Cheers, Tom Indeed! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorinM Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Glad you like it, Gentlemen! And it will get better and better: you will see the new nose, the Aires landing gear bays beautifully finished, the cockpit canopy and air intakes corrected, a total rebuild of the landing gear and to top it off a stunning paint job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Wow, another great work/thread. Ever since Air War over Vietnam started...I don't visit regular work in progress thread...looks like I'm missing out. So, I need to look in here often to see all of this cool building going on here. Please, tell your friend...my hats off to him for doing a great job with cool looking jet. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorinM Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 Message conveyed. Lucian asked me to show you the Pinocchio nose the kit had. This is how it looked like: Compare it to his new cone, the one modified from the MiG 29. It makes a huge difference! He also took the opportunity to further enhance the area either by adding styrene... or by completely re-engraving: Please note how the cockpit canopy is bulging instead of following the fuselage line (an error that shall be corrected). Daniel Leduc, Uilleann, Tony T and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Wow, nice little trick used here. Is that the resin nose I see on eBay? I don't recall the companies name, but looks great on this jet Tell you friend great work and don't be shy on taking photos of his work from many angles...I'm working on the same kit that I'm going to build into the jet was flown by Israeli AF. Btw, please let him know the Aires cockpit, wheel well, and exhaust are great for the kit and fit very well. I have used them all and they were drop in fit with minor modification to the exhaust only. Oh and Zacto's intake, pylons, and weapons are top notch. Since every photo i've seen of the Mig-23 with Star of David they didn't carry any weapons, so I'm using Zacto's pylon on mine. Truly great sets of resin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorinM Posted June 29, 2014 Author Share Posted June 29, 2014 The nose you see is a resin cast he made from the Trumpeter 1:32 MiG 29 cone he has in his stash and not some "nice little trick". Nothing more, nothing less. Ruining the MiG 29 for the sake of the 23 would have made quite an expensive kit bash, don't you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Florin Incredible work on the front office and the nose cone. Looking=g mighty good Keep 'em coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngtiger1 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 So, that's what he did...pretty cool :cool: I'll have to see if someone in the states has Trumpeter Mig nose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim E Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Thanks for the tip, His work is magnificent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorinM Posted June 30, 2014 Author Share Posted June 30, 2014 You might have caught a glimpse at the gear bays in their initial paint stage, these are now in place, weathered and all... Right side: and left side: The kit breakdown is somewhat unnatural, with front and rear halves joined together. No matter what he did, the fit between these parts was horrible, leaving a step that had to be smoothed out, requiring tons of filler and filing... If he would make another, he would join the front and rear quarters into left and right halves and that would hopefully improve the fit. Greg W, Mal_Belford, Daniel Leduc and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loic Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Looks great ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eli Raphael Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Well that resin Mig-29 resin nose sure makes a difference! I have ordered one on ebay. Thanks for the updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Awesome work and weathering in the gear bays for sure. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlorinM Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 (edited) @EliRaphael To put the nose cone from e-bay idiocy to rest for once and for all: the purpose of this forum is sharing information and helping other members. Not telling lies, not misleading and not pulling tricks. The nose you see in this blog did NOT originate from e-bay and was personally cast by Lucian. And he is not selling it anywhere. So there is a 99.9% chance that you'll be very, very disappointed by what you will get. You should have asked if he sold it first. Or asked a friend with the the kit to copy the cone for you or allow you to make the copy yourself. It would have been for free... When Lucian got the MiG 29 cone from Zactomodels, he used the plastic cone (that has the wrong shape for the 29) in his MiG 23 MF. Behind it you can see the resin copy used for the MLA. Resin is exact copy of plastic cone. @Loic and Peterpools:Thanks, will do! Edited July 1, 2014 by FlorinM Greg W and Whitey 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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