Gelerth Posted October 18, 2015 Author Share Posted October 18, 2015 Monument ready for painting: I sprayed model with very thinned Surfacer 1000, then sanded with 1000 grit paper, sprayed again only in some areas not to flood the very thin panel lines: And one of the last dry fit: Lars Befring, Zero77 and mywifehatesmodels 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Awesome! Your base is coming along really nicely. Kev Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Base looks terrific, and you've got a great canvas ready to go on the plane. Great work! Cheers Jim Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelerth Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 (edited) Awesome! Your base is coming along really nicely. Kev Thank you Kev. Base looks terrific, and you've got a great canvas ready to go on the plane. Great work! Cheers Jim Thank you Jim. I was quite busy lately, as I had to do some additional paint rack and drawers modules (do not have a photo) as previous were almost full. This one is half size of the one already done and have space only for 20 jars of Tamiya paints (it have 36mm holes): Previously made modules are for 45 smaller jars (36mm) and 30 bigger jars (40mm): Finally, armament is ready: And I could finally finish monument, first black then some blue on sides: And rest with orange: Orange looks a little something like this: Some final work on base, so what was this: Became this: The whole top element could be removed so I have now two bases in one. And plane got pre shading on bottom, now I will have to mix some colors and finally paint it: Edited October 24, 2015 by Gelerth Zero77 and Lars Befring 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelerth Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 I had a little time on weekend to paint, so first "belly" - half done: And with sides painted: Gear flaps and fuel tanks painted: scvrobeson, Zero77 and Lars Befring 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr b Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Very nice work.....and a great idea for display Rgds Mr b Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero77 Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 This diorama is really a good idea. The model and the base look great, and this uncommon "post service" blue scheme fits nicely to the Mig-23. I just wonder how will you be able to use all this great armament on a single aircraft ! Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelerth Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Very nice work.....and a great idea for display Rgds Mr b Thank you Mr b. This diorama is really a good idea. The model and the base look great, and this uncommon "post service" blue scheme fits nicely to the Mig-23. I just wonder how will you be able to use all this great armament on a single aircraft ! Zero77 - thank you. I was a little affraid of painting plane with such colours, they fit more to Su-27. I can't recall MiG-23 in blue-grey 4 tone camo but hey, why not. And it seems it was a good choise. As for armament - it will all be revealed soon (I hope) while posting the ready for inspection photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted October 26, 2015 Share Posted October 26, 2015 Love this, if you look on Russianplanes.net there are quite a few old Russian birds laying around like this, I've always wanted to do a Mig-15 in a similar way but not if that makes sense... maybe one day I can find the time... Look forward to seeing it complete!! Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelerth Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 Love this, if you look on Russianplanes.net there are quite a few old Russian birds laying around like this, I've always wanted to do a Mig-15 in a similar way but not if that makes sense... maybe one day I can find the time... Look forward to seeing it complete!! Thank you. I will take a look at this website. I hope I will be able to finish it this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelerth Posted October 28, 2015 Author Share Posted October 28, 2015 Doors of front gear were corrected (I fill the wrongly drilled holes) and repainted: Time has came to paint the upper part. This came scheme is very unique, it is probably fiction as I didn't found any photo to such pattern or colors on MiG-23. Let's say that this is my vision of monument plane camo and real planes attached by Trumpeter to the kit. Colours are total craziness. I had to mix a lot of colours (and thus waste some) to get the shades I wanted. You can see the result on last photo. Preshading with gray, black and white: Masking for dark grey:: And grey is ready: Masking for blue: 2 of 4 colors ready: Masking for light blue: And ready: Last masking: And finally camo ready: jgrease, Radders and Lars Befring 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Outstanding!!! Wow!!! Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Beautiful crisp paintwork Gelerth. You've got a great pre shading effect without overdoing it. Rock on!! Jim Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brenhen Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 I love the preshading pilot you painted on the canopy! Really interesting and unique paint scheme on it. Keep up the great work Gelerth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gelerth Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 Outstanding!!! Wow!!! Thank you very much. Beautiful crisp paintwork Gelerth. You've got a great pre shading effect without overdoing it. Rock on!! Jim Thank you Jim. I tried not to over done it as i was worried that it will looks like a toy. The hardest part was to keep all colours at the same level of coverage. I love the preshading pilot you painted on the canopy! Really interesting and unique paint scheme on it. Keep up the great work You've noticed it - good eyes. Thank you very much. Yeah, camo is quite unique - finger crossed I won't mess it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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