Phantom2 1,190 Posted November 23, 2020 Author Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Hi All! The wheel wells repainted in a nice, bright red color )Hu.19); I primed the metal nose cone with Alclad Black Microfiller and then I painted it Wood Tan (Hu.110) Some of the instruments were missing so I used some from an old Mike Grant sheet; Much to choose from, but I tried to follow my references as far as I could; I painted the instruments gloss black (Hu.21) and then i placed the individual decals with micro-set and -sol, then I topped it off with some gloss varnish; Front cockpit; Rear cockpit; As You can see, I have done some detail painting with red, black and white knobs and handles. The sight was painted silver (Hu.11) and then clear orange (Hu.1321),,,, More to come soon! Stefan Edited November 23, 2020 by Phantom2 Isar 30/07, LSP_Kevin, Rick Griewski and 10 others 13 Link to post Share on other sites
Neo 1,556 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Looking good MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 15,904 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 Stefan, The cockpit looks very nice. Great looking instrument panels. Link to post Share on other sites
Confusionreigns178 209 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 As I'm sure folks on here know, Russian cockpits are that weird blue/green colour because the colour is considered "relaxing". I reckon if I had to stare at that colour for several hours in the air, I would probably have a massive headache... Chris. Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom2 1,190 Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 (edited) Chris, I agree, I can´t stand that color myself! Thanks all for the comments! Cheers! Stefan Edited November 29, 2020 by Phantom2 MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
mozart 12,660 Posted November 30, 2020 Share Posted November 30, 2020 I think the colour is lovely.......but in a cockpit? Yuk!! Funny people those Ruskies. MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 15,904 Posted December 7, 2020 Share Posted December 7, 2020 (edited) I have been reading a book and Russian pilot and defector states that The cockpit in MiGs were painted green color for its soothing effect. Extract from the book below: : Soviet defector and MiG-25 Pilot Viktor Belenko claimed that this was done because it was found to be more soothing and relaxing for the flight crew to operate in a blue-green painted cockpit. This color was very common in both Russian military and civilian aircraft during the Cold War era. Edited December 7, 2020 by MARU5137 Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom2 1,190 Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 (edited) Hi All! The seats painted, only a wash to go…. The seats test fitted in the cockpit and more detail painting done…. Now I feel that the cockpit is almost completed and I´m satisfied with it… Morer to come soon! Stefan Edited December 15, 2020 by Phantom2 KiwiZac, Kagemusha, Rockie Yarwood and 9 others 12 Link to post Share on other sites
BradG 4,531 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Looks really nice mate. Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom2 1,190 Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 8 hours ago, BradG said: Looks really nice mate. Thanks, Brad! Stefan Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom2 1,190 Posted January 11 Author Share Posted January 11 The metal nose cone filled with more weight…. Engine, cockpit, nose wheel well, and nose cone glued to the right fuselage side… I started gluing the long fuselage halves from the tail and worked my way forward until I had it completely glued. The fuselage went together nicely, but I got a few minor gaps, I filled them with plasticard strips…. More to come soon! Stefan LSP_Kevin, MARU5137, johncrow and 6 others 9 Link to post Share on other sites
mgbooyv8 919 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Nice progress, looks very good! Cheers, Peter MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom2 1,190 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 On 1/11/2021 at 9:17 PM, mgbooyv8 said: Nice progress, looks very good! Cheers, Peter Thanks, Peter! Stefan Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 15,904 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Cockpit looks great. its coming along real nice. Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom2 1,190 Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 (edited) Hi all! In this kit the only option for the wheels was plasic hubs with vinyl tires, which I HATE! I bought a new set of resin wheels from HAD; Cleaned up; The instrument hatch glued; The wings are glued on, the fit was so-so, some sanding and fettling was needed to get an acceptable join; The exhaust ring added; I kept danging the rod antennas on the fin while building, so I cut them off and drilled three holes. I will make new rods from some metal stock or plastic rod later. The under side of the wings needed a thin (0.5mm) strip of plasticard and some filler, and a 1x1mm square rod piece in the wheel wells; Now it´s coming together to a MiG! More to come soon! Cheers! Stefan Edited January 27 by Phantom2 BradG, johncrow and themongoose 3 Link to post Share on other sites
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