Marcel111 Posted January 21, 2021 Share Posted January 21, 2021 Nice cockpit work and wow, some inspiring work on the engine nacelles! Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 (edited) Thank you guys! i went for something funny, the external fuel tank PTB-1500... I never saw a fuel tank such "ugly" but at the same time is irresistible for me! So, the shape of the plastic parts are ok but I want to add more details. First job is to build the APU "hole" that goes through the rear part of the tank. Than I've added the welding lines along the fuel tank. Some other details like tubes, valves and access panels has been added too. After that a good layer of flat black has been sprayed overall, followed by some thin layers of various light grey to obtain a shade between 36375 and 36495. A gloss cote has been sprayed to prepare the surface for a dark wash. Now its time to paint all the details and a final matt cote to finish the job. CIAO! Piero Edited January 22, 2021 by Piero Brett M, R Palimaka, Starfighter and 24 others 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airea Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Great cockpit, really amazing. I would advice dropping just one drop of 2k car model varnish on each instrument bezel for a glass like look... Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nighthawk Calling 1 Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 On 1/21/2021 at 4:37 PM, Piero said: Thank you! It's time to work on the cockpit: the plastic part are ok, but some details can and must be added. The ejection seat rail has been built from scratch. The circuit brakers box has been cutted and rebuilt with plasticard, resin switch and cables. A pair of pre-coloured plates has been added too. The IP and consoles has been replaced with pre-coloured PE parts from Eduard set. Some resin switches and knobs has benn added too. Here the final result. The cockpit fit very well inside the upper fuselage part. CIAO! Piero Just stunning will follow with interest. Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted January 25, 2021 Author Share Posted January 25, 2021 Hello, last we i worked on the front wheel bay. The plastic parts are ok but can be detailed and so I did it adding some reinforcement plates, hydraulic tubes and valves. Dry fitting the wheel bay inside the lower fuselage part is ok. Now its time to work on the central undercarriage bays... CIAO! Piero CShanne, Landrotten Highlander, R Palimaka and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alain11 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 hi nice work so far , I am eagerly waiting to see how you will rework the main gear bays , if I remember , these areas are empty , and need a lot of "plumbing " Alain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Great work! I like the fuel tank and cockpit a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Hello, some update here. The main undercarriage wheel bays plastic parts has a good level of details but I've also added some details as a lot of hydraulics lines ,stiffener plates, fuel cap and so on. On the upper surface I've added some details around the auxiliary air intakes, using plasticard and PE parts. Also, I've opened a pair of oval air intakes and a circular inspection windows on the right side. ... johncrow, Alex, Greg W and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 ... looking at the ventral engines nacelles and at the main jet air intakes plastic parts, these has a lot of wrong or missed panels and also are missed some drain and pipes points. Along the jet air intakes there are two long molding lines... that needs to be removed. The FOD plastic parts are really bad... I don't like the way they fits and the grills are wrong too. For me here the better and easy job is to replace the plastic parts with the Eduard's PE pieces. Here're the ventral engines nacelles after the details job I've done. ... florin13, Kais, LSP_Kevin and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 ... some details has been added under the front fuselage part: these includes open some air intakes, antennas dishes, stiffener plats and a lot of panel lines correction. The ventral engines nacelles and jet air intakes fitted under the main fuselage part. Also here I've added some details as stiffener plates, PE parts, a lot of panel lines re-scribing and rivets too. ... florin13, Landrotten Highlander, themongoose and 12 others 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misha71 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 amazing work Piero I like builds with such attention to details and corrections Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusionreigns178 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Excellent work! I had the Mig-29K, but then sold it. Will have to buy the 29A at some point, to fill the gap. Thanks for sharing with us. Will keep an eye on your thread. Chris. Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcel111 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Really inspiring work on this Mig. And I love the work you did on the tank! Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Lovely detailing Piero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piero Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) Hello, I tried to dry-fit the submarine-tank between the engines nacelles just to have an idea of how it looks... Not bad, right? Ok, time to put the fuselage together: inserting the cockpit inside the upper fuselage is not a problem, the fitting is almost ok. As you can see the two fuselage halves are glued together and a Quickboost correct resin radome is already fitted... it looks really ok to me. What is not perfect is the thickness of the LERX: for me this part is a little bit "skinny"... but I decided to live with it. ... Edited February 18, 2021 by Piero scvrobeson, Greg W, Kagemusha and 11 others 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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