Mig-19 salvaging old kit - during Covid 19
after removing the paint big cleaning in soapy water
here what is now what I could recollect from various pieces old decal and i found the notice. several small pieces are missing.
the glue did not really hold and attack all the joint on the fuselage damaging raised pannel lines and rivet.
same here some pieces were glued in wrong position apparently. Some tentative to fill in some areas but look messy. need to be redone
view of the above nice raised old fashion detail I tried to preserve them. not very good filling to be redone.
the KP kit is basic in detail (wheels, seat, rocket pods but propose a pilot (not sure it is at scale)
a lot of filling and sanding
... still filling and sanding
very simplisitic representation of the rockets...
chaising for imperfection. i will not get all of them but I will try
masking the canopy
still the closure of the landing gear is not perfect but I did not manage to get better.
still a lot of imperfection but I cannot sand too much without removing the raised details and going on massive rescribing. I hope I will do better with the next one.
redoing the wings and nose guns
gluing the guns....
... with very bad effect on the first metalic layers due to the masks
redoing the nowe
final coat for the metallic effect. the bottom is not very nice and neat but it is the max I could get of this model with my skills.
Comments
32 9 August 2023, 07:38
Pierre PierreDuring in Covid time I was confined back to my home. I looked back at my old unfinished modelkit, abandonned 20 years ago and broken due to different moves.
I took the decision to finish them.
here is the state I found this old Mig-19 : unfinished, dusty, brush painted silver, no filling, the huge gap, large thick glue spots, fuselage and wings large seamline, several broken and lost pieces.
9 August 2023, 10:42
Pierre Pierrethe kit date back back tot he 70's, raised panel line and a nice hedgehog riveting style. so the first part was to remove dust (dead insect inside !) and the uneven initial enamel paint. of course a lot break in the process.
9 August 2023, 10:45
Pierre Pierrehere is the follow up : after removing the paint and cleaning in soapy whater some close pics on how messy it is. To preserve some raised detail (rivet and pannel line) it is not possible to sand.
15 August 2023, 16:46
Pierre Pierreas the wheels were in very bad shape I decided to fill in to present the plane in flight
18 August 2023, 14:38
Pierre PierreThank you David, here is the canopy preparation and the first coat of gloss black. revealing all the imperfection of the kit, the assembling and the replacement. I fixed them as much as I could but far from perfect.
11 September 2023, 12:11
Pierre Pierrepics showing scratch build guns and metallic coating (not the best...)
18 September 2023, 09:52
Pierre Pierrehere the pictures of the final model. a lot of work far from perfect in particular in metallic shine but look like a Mig-19. Despite multitude of boxes, only 2 mold on the market all pre date 80s. I will definitively try another build. this time with brand new kit.
26 October 2023, 14:11
