Alain Gadbois Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 The wing to fuselage joint is probably the worst part of the kit, and is the most difficult to fix. Of course, it does not look at all like the real thing. The boarding ladder is nice though (I had to find something nice in this kit!)! Alain mozart and Martinnfb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted April 6, 2020 Author Share Posted April 6, 2020 8 hours ago, Alain Gadbois said: The boarding ladder is nice though (I had to find something nice in this kit!)! Alain Mine came bent out of shape. Alain Gadbois 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Looks like a lot of work on a sketchy kit, IIRC it's the only kit done, though. Hard to believe within a short time they did the Avenger. You going to restore the panel lines and fuselage break point or are you going to fill in the rest? Don Martinnfb and BradG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdthoresen Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Brad- looks great, man. A tough kit to be sure. Looking forward to seeing what’s next..... THOR BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 Brad - you're courageous to take on this kit! And I thought my Revell MiG-21 build was a challenge. No doubt you'll whip it into shape. Mike BradG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1to1scale Posted April 7, 2020 Share Posted April 7, 2020 It can be fixed to make a nice kit, I did it with my MIG-15. This was just sanding and dry fit, no glue. Alain Gadbois, Daniel Leduc, Martinnfb and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 1 hour ago, Dragon said: Brad - you're courageous to take on this kit! And I thought my Revell MiG-21 build was a challenge. No doubt you'll whip it into shape. Mike Oh been there done that one too. I did the MF for the Vietnam Group Build a few years ago. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted April 7, 2020 Author Share Posted April 7, 2020 4 hours ago, dmthamade said: Looks like a lot of work on a sketchy kit, IIRC it's the only kit done, though. Hard to believe within a short time they did the Avenger. You going to restore the panel lines and fuselage break point or are you going to fill in the rest? Don Yeh I'll rescribe some of the lost panel lines, I don't need to rescribe the fuselage break point as it's wrong anyway. The panel line 2cm forward of the fuselage break in the kit is the actual break line for the MiG 17. Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted April 8, 2020 Author Share Posted April 8, 2020 Ok well things were looking a bit better with some sanding. This is not bad. Manageable. Oh yeh I think I've got this.... ....not I don't. Daniel Leduc, Martinnfb and mozart 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 8, 2020 Share Posted April 8, 2020 We won't tell anybody Brad, it looks good from above! BradG, Dutch Man and Martinnfb 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted April 10, 2020 Author Share Posted April 10, 2020 WHY MODEL, WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME!! *sigh.....You can see some of my rescribing there too. Gap plugging, I nearly shelved this model and broke out something else, but I will persist with it. Ok so I managed to rage sand most of the joints down and then mellowed out enough to finish off the scribing but stuffed up the nose...so that's filled with super glue for another attempt. The ailerons did not fit well, thus, I hacked at them until they did fit. It was agricultural, but it worked. I can see the light at the end here, but damn this was hard work. Still got more to go on the 37mm gun, but cutting the tabs off and gluing it limited the gap. Landrotten Highlander, mozart, Dany Boy and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alain Gadbois Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 Looks fine from here in Canada! Seriously, it looks very good, even if it needs rage sanding (I like that expression)! Alain Martinnfb and BradG 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted April 14, 2020 Author Share Posted April 14, 2020 I managed to clean up the 37mm gun with just a lot of sanding and super glue. This meant I could get some paint on this puppy. Although I did find another problem, the main attachment points for the drop tanks are too short. I've added some plastic card to the top and I'll sand it down to shape and fit. I also made a FOD cover for the nose. Martinnfb, Alain Gadbois and Landrotten Highlander 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradG Posted April 16, 2020 Author Share Posted April 16, 2020 A little blue on the undersurface. A bit darker than I was hoping for, but close enough. Well it's standing on it's gear, that went kinda smoothly, although there is some more work to do on the nose wheel strut. It also took a lot of weight to get the nose down, lucky that I left out the inners of the air intake as it was need to fit enough weight. I also masked up the lower surface but it's too late in the evening and I can't be bothered doing anymore on it today so it can wait till the weekend...well not that the weekend matters since we are in virtual house arrest with quarantine, but you know. Out2gtcha, blackbetty, Martinnfb and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted April 17, 2020 Share Posted April 17, 2020 You deserve a medal Brad! BradG, Martinnfb and Lothar 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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