Post by genosider on Feb 25, 2013 19:15:48 GMT 8
Huhu in time to support the upcoming Aviation GB, here' is the Mig-37 I've been building recently.
Dunno why I took so long but I can say since this is a raise panel line kit, rescribing and designing the new panel lines maybe took 30% of the construction time. Another 20% should be dedicated to the Splinter camo masking...
Earlier I did mention the Mig-37 having a strange design, but after seeing it completed, the design has grown on me and I think it's quite a sexy bird!
Unfortunately the same can't be said for the underside...
Pics are taken by a new DSLR,and although I appreciate the higher quality, for some reason the focusing is all over the place. I think I need a dedicated macro lens.
Without further ado, here come the pics!
For some reason it looks great with the two mickey mouse air brakes. Closed, it a bit unnatural. ;D
Nothing says it more like the 80's with that funny trapezoidal exhaust.
The gold triangle is supposed to be a laser range finder or something, painted it to resemble the F-35's EOTS.
Tons of stencils and good looking decals, but Italeri's decals are really translucent to the point of tranparency.
Screwed up a bit in the cockpit with the sparse detail. In hindsight I really should have put in more detail in there, never knew the canopy work would be so clear!
I managed to avoid the canopy residue problems that plagued me for the last two builds by not using Future at all! It seems the root cause of it was the incompatibility between the acrylic future and the lacquer paints.
More screwups abound on the underside... wrong color for the internals (not everything is interior green blue) and the two missiles are fixed in shittily due to me not calculating properly if they can fit inside.
But not really worried about it since they are on the underside of the build. ;D
As always, larger pics and more images can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/df0084/sets/72157632648480447/
www.flickr.com/photos/df0084/
Thank you for looking!
Dunno why I took so long but I can say since this is a raise panel line kit, rescribing and designing the new panel lines maybe took 30% of the construction time. Another 20% should be dedicated to the Splinter camo masking...
Earlier I did mention the Mig-37 having a strange design, but after seeing it completed, the design has grown on me and I think it's quite a sexy bird!
Unfortunately the same can't be said for the underside...
Pics are taken by a new DSLR,and although I appreciate the higher quality, for some reason the focusing is all over the place. I think I need a dedicated macro lens.
Without further ado, here come the pics!
For some reason it looks great with the two mickey mouse air brakes. Closed, it a bit unnatural. ;D
Nothing says it more like the 80's with that funny trapezoidal exhaust.
The gold triangle is supposed to be a laser range finder or something, painted it to resemble the F-35's EOTS.
Tons of stencils and good looking decals, but Italeri's decals are really translucent to the point of tranparency.
Screwed up a bit in the cockpit with the sparse detail. In hindsight I really should have put in more detail in there, never knew the canopy work would be so clear!
I managed to avoid the canopy residue problems that plagued me for the last two builds by not using Future at all! It seems the root cause of it was the incompatibility between the acrylic future and the lacquer paints.
More screwups abound on the underside... wrong color for the internals (not everything is interior green blue) and the two missiles are fixed in shittily due to me not calculating properly if they can fit inside.
But not really worried about it since they are on the underside of the build. ;D
As always, larger pics and more images can be seen here:
www.flickr.com/photos/df0084/sets/72157632648480447/
www.flickr.com/photos/df0084/
Thank you for looking!
