Gazzas Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Hi everyone, When I built this kit I was having a difficult time taking decent photos. So, I'm learning to use this camera, here are some recent pics: Thanks for looking! Gaz Squizzy 78, Tony T, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Gaz, Beautiful result to this epic build! I know the kit isn’t the easiest to assemble, but you made it excel. Cheers, Tom Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Wow, cool! How was the fit? Isnt this the same company that put out the excellent fitting Mig-31? Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 19, 2019 Author Share Posted June 19, 2019 Hey guys, Thank you! Brian, The fit was pretty good though it's modular construction makes mistakes possible. The MiG 31 you're thinking of is by AMK, and an amazing kit to have. The missiles in this kit are appalling. But the A/C itself is not too bad. The sprues are packed in a single bag causing some bending of small protuberances. Most of the minor fit issues can be solved by trimming the inside of parts before gluing. And for some reason some of the detail on the dorsal area between cockpit and rudders is raised where it is recessed on the rest of the kit. So... scribing is required. But I am told it's still the finest MiG-25 kit available. Gaz Tony T, Out2gtcha and Alain Gadbois 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squizzy 78 Posted June 19, 2019 Share Posted June 19, 2019 Very nice looking Mig Gazza, I love the exhaust and the weathering. That's also a good looking garden and pool you've got there too! Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Jennings Heilig said: What's wrong with the missiles? I haven't heard anyone say anything bad about them... OK... The outer shells of the missile tube are textured like you'd expect to find on a larger scale tank turret. All of the four front vanes/fletches are thick and untapered/block-ish at all of the edges. The rear vanes have a fine edge at the front with heavy block-ish detail at the back with a square trailing edge. The main/rear vanes have no feature to help with straight and or perpendicular alignment. Both missile rail and missiles have raised features which must be removed to make the missile fit to the rail. I had to pin the missiles. That's it... They looked like 1970 missiles. Even the Russian Sidewinder copies are thick and chunky/unrealistic looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 Great model Gazzas. I built the RBT, and found what you did: good fit if you work on it. How did you get on attaching the cockpit module to the main fuselage? I found it impossible without cutting the lip of plastic off the bottom of the main fuselage, as did a fellow club member (so it wasn't just me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted June 28, 2019 Author Share Posted June 28, 2019 31 minutes ago, MikeC said: Great model Gazzas. I built the RBT, and found what you did: good fit if you work on it. How did you get on attaching the cockpit module to the main fuselage? I found it impossible without cutting the lip of plastic off the bottom of the main fuselage, as did a fellow club member (so it wasn't just me). Thank you Michael! Yes, this kit also has issues behind the bottom of the cockpit module. The part went together fine, it's just there was a noticeable step to remove. But the whole modular concept I found annoying, and due to a mistake on my part early on, there were huge consequences later. It's one of those things where you wish you had the time to do another one. Gaz MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 On 19 June 2019 at 3:55 AM, Gazzas said: Hey guys, Thank you! Brian, The fit was pretty good though it's modular construction makes mistakes possible. The MiG 31 you're thinking of is by AMK, and an amazing kit to have. The missiles in this kit are appalling. But the A/C itself is not too bad. The sprues are packed in a single bag causing some bending of small protuberances. Most of the minor fit issues can be solved by trimming the inside of parts before gluing. And for some reason some of the detail on the dorsal area between cockpit and rudders is raised where it is recessed on the rest of the kit. So... scribing is required. But I am told it's still the finest MiG-25 kit available. Gaz Thanks for the tips. I botched an RBT by being too clever (or very stupid). The raised lines are prolly representing weld lines. The real thing used a lot of stainless steel. Great model with a lovely finish. Tony Gazzas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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