MiG-29SMT
Additional wiring and bottles in the right main gear well.
Extra detailing of jet intakes and front wheel well.
Riveting and rescribing in progress.
While Zvezda made nice over-exhaust plates on their 9.13 kit, they somehow missed this area when designing the SMT and made those plates without any details. While not perfect, simple scribing and rectangual pieces of Tamiya tape make quite a difference.
One of the reasons why I'd pick Zvezda over Trumpeter MiG-29 any day in 1:72 scale. Trumpeter completely simplified the shape of engine bulges; too narrow and without that inital curve that makes them look really beefy on real aircraft.
Really like this stage of model building when you put sub-assemblies together and the model takes shape of the aircraft you're building.
While I like using Eduard's photoetched parts, I really hate the fact that most often than not, their cockpits are painted in wrong colours and the flat surfaces appear really grainy. So what I did was cut thin strips of Tamiya masking tape and masked the
Cockpit installed and windshield attached. The assembly was pretty straightforward but I did manage to make a boo-boo out of a HUD. I've tried folding the PE part just with my tweezers but I didn't get nice 90deg angles and the end result was terrible. So
I intend to use Master brass pitot tube - you can see how much better it looks than its plastic counterpart. However the attachment point is much narrower diameter than the kit part, so I've had to attach the plastic one first, and filled the seam with CA
The result of over engine panels under a coat of primer - not perfect or 100% accurate, but still much better than just leaving them plain.
Just before installing the tail fins to the model, I noticed on my reference photos, that the aircraft I am building, has strengthening plates installed. creating a simple template, I made those out of Tamiya masking tape.
I've recently became a really big fan of One Shot primer by Ammo (also known as Stynylrez and Ultimate Primer).
Instead of using black basing, I have used the primer's dark grey colour as a base to show through the light grey of the underside.
Tracing the approximate lines of the splinter pattern, the upper light grey was applied. Also note the chipping on the left wing's leading edge.
Painting completed
Painting completed
Painting completed
Painting completed
Comments
1 26 September 2019, 08:52
DanielThis is turning out great! 👍 love the lines on those smts, def. need to get my hands on one of the gwh kits in 48 ...
12 November 2019, 15:57
Sebastijan VidecThanks, guys! Igor, yes I try to follow that weathering pattern.
4 December 2019, 20:46
Igor LyashSebastian, the entourage will be present - an airfield carrier and so on
5 December 2019, 12:27
Sebastijan VidecThank you, Spanjaard and Ronan!
Igor, I was thinking only a small airfield stand with engine covers next to or maybe 1 on of them on the intake and wheel chocks, ladder and a pilot standing next to the aircraft... not a diorama as such, but just a nice presentation.
5 December 2019, 22:02
