ade rowlands Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Consider this post my placeholder for now. I was going to join in with a Tamiya F-15C but changed my mind. I’ll now be joining with this. To go along with it I have the full Zactomodels upgrade set, ColdWar Studios MiG-29 Cockpit set, Begemot Decals and full stencil set(I’ll be doing the Aggressor with Wasp/Hornet on the tail) Master Pitot, a Quickboost ejection Seat (the Cold War Studios one doesn’t have belts but the Quickboost one does) and in case the intakes probe to be a pain I have the Quickboost inlet and exhaust covers. Won’t be doing any work on it until next week. Then the Glacial progress will commence. johncrow, LSP_Kevin, Martinnfb and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Pulling up a chair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade rowlands Posted March 18, 2020 Author Share Posted March 18, 2020 2 hours ago, chrish said: Pulling up a chair Hope its comfy, you'll be in it a while waiting for me to progress much beyond a Snails pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 18, 2020 Share Posted March 18, 2020 Brilliant Ade - look forward to seeing this come together... Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I will watch carefully ...I'm very interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade rowlands Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 No progress as yet. But I’ve taken a couple of hours this morning to go through the kit. I’m no MiG expert in any shape or form. But I could say that yes, that’s a MiG-29 when it’s completed which is enough for me. So I’ve gone over the kit, looked over the instructions for the Coldwar Studios cockpit service and it will have you back and shave at the kit which at this point I’m not interested in doing. Plus I’m a canopy closed and inspection door closed modeller. So comparing what the kit gives you with the Coldwar set I’m going with the kit stuff and I’m going to concentrate on external details. The stuff you will see. I will use the Quickboost seat I’ve got. The kit cockpit is actually quite nice. Even the fuse box behind the seat is useable. So if anyone wants the cockpit set drop me a message and we can work out the details. I won’t be using the kit armaments though, the Zacto missiles and pylons are far far superior and well worth the cost. So today is about snipping things from the sprue and washing the resin I will be using. Still not decided on what I’m doing with the intakes and exhausts, using the intake and exhaust covers I have or attempting to make the intakes seamless. I believe on the ground and powered down the vents on the fuselage top should be closed and the internal FOD guards down. I need to read up a bit on this beast. Kagemusha, BradG, Daniel Leduc and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 The normal intake position with the engine not running is to have the internal FOD guards up. They drop down after engine startup. With the FOD doors up, the upper fuselage intakes are also closed. Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade rowlands Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 32 minutes ago, Dave Williams said: The normal intake position with the engine not running is to have the internal FOD guards up. They drop down after engine startup. With the FOD doors up, the upper fuselage intakes are also closed. Thanking You Sir. I did order the Yefim Gordon book this morning and that should be here Wednesday. Thought it was worth the cost (did buy a used version) as I’m quite impressed with this kit and can see myself getting the UB or SMT versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 FODs are closed until. when the nose landing gear relieves-at takeoff. When rolling, taking off and landing - up to 200km / h Out2gtcha, Uncarina, Lothar and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) Mig-29 engine start showing the FOD doors dropping and the fuselage doors opening. https://youtu.be/6uy0BdmL-Eo Edited March 22, 2020 by Dave Williams Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Mig-29 is open when FOD engines are open. Reason-check first stage compressor... Martinnfb and Kagemusha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 This video shows the upper fuselage intakes closing after takeoff. From the angle, you can’t see the FOD doors opening at the same time, but before that it does show the doors still closed with the nose wheel off the ground. BradG, Martinnfb and Michael931080 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 This video shows how is the left fuselage intakes opening after takeoff-when the nose landing gear relieves. Thank you for adding, Dave. Petr Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZPetrP Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Sorry- right intakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ade rowlands Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 Thanks for the info and videos. The intake doors on the fuselage topside are now glued in place in the closed position. As they should be when powered down. Lothar 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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