Bruce 411 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 when I built my Vietnam group build Mig-17 I started another one without all the mods. This one has brass wing fences, True Details tires and vacform canopy, CE cockpit with Eduard pre-painted instrument panel and some side console parts, modified exhaust with my resin AB part, resin ailerons, some resin horizontal stabs that I copied from a friends master(Dick Howze), Air Master metal pitot tubes, AMS resin guns, repositioned drop tanks, and I modiefied the wing trailing edge. the wing with my resin aileron. you can see the trench for one of the fences and see the reshaped trailing edge. modified exhaust with a spacer and my resin tailcone. everything put together the bottom showing the relocated braces for the drop tanks and some Eduard photo etch in wheel well first coat of paint. Its going to be the "snake scheme" a/c 2077 Derek B, Mal_Belford, Girlscanplay2 and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Nice Bruce ! Love to get a set of the resin ailerons, they look great.....Harv Link to post Share on other sites
Hubert Boillot 5,714 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) Neat ! Actually your first build prompted an interest of the A/C and kit for me, especially as there was (is ?) a very cool Red Bull MiG-17 scheme ... http://www.warbird-photos.com/airshows/2009-MCASMiramar-3/Miramar09-D3_Red_Bull_MiG-17_1786.jpg Hubert Edited June 15, 2015 by MostlyRacers Link to post Share on other sites
Azgaron 1,357 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Nice work! HÃ¥kan Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce 411 Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 the aircraft I'm doing is pictured on the front of the Squadron Walkaround. It was originally silver and then the a/c was painted two tone green. The numbers were painted around leaving a ragged silver outline. I couldn't find the right size numbers in red so I printed the numbers from my computer and then used the printed copies to make a stencil for the ragged outline of silver and then the correct red numbers. I used double faced tape on the back of the paper to hold the stencils in place. I hope to have it mostly finished this weekend Bruce Mal_Belford and Girlscanplay2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce 411 Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 The kits gear doors are too thick and have many sink marks, the Eduard are too thin, so I made my own Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce 411 Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 Well here it is. Its as far as I can go. I've been building this in a hotel room for the last 4 months. I need to add the gear indicators but that will have to be done when I get home. Enjoy.... Mal_Belford, Anthony in NZ and ClumsyDude 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Shawn M 9,386 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 great work! Love the bort (?) numbers on the nose. Well done Link to post Share on other sites
ClumsyDude 4,113 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Bruce, it looks amazing - can't believe you've achieved that in a hotel room!! Well done. Jim Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 She is nice ! I like it......Harv :thumbsup: Link to post Share on other sites
Mal_Belford 3,550 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Are you kidding me......Hotelroom...Why? Divorce or work? Also it looks fantastic, i like the uneven numbers sprayish....damn...i wonder how your work will look when youre in youre mancave......geeez...more magic i suppose... /Mal Edited June 23, 2015 by Mal_Belford Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 29,694 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Awesome stuff, Bruce. Kev Link to post Share on other sites
Bruce 411 Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 thanks for all the complements. I was in the hotel because of work. I bought a compressor on sale at Harbor Freight so I could spray paint it. Had a great Hobby shop 10 minutes away (Pegasus Hobbies) for paints and such. I brought my basic tools and the kit with me. I'll take it to the IPMS nats for grins. I may have to replace the landing gear with brass ones when I get home. Bruce Link to post Share on other sites
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