Mig-37 splinter camo WIP

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June 1, 2014
Check how air intake fits the body. You can see big seems..
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June 1, 2014
My first experience in cockpit weathering.. Could be better 🙂
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June 1, 2014
Painted air intake "floor" and vents
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June 1, 2014
Start filling the seems. I use CA superglue and accelerator
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June 1, 2014
Then add regular filler and apply Mr. Surfacer on the top. Still a lot to do
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June 1, 2014
Check how cockpit fits. Also that glass "opener" is painted "red". Just for fun 😉
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June 1, 2014
Start riveting the bottom of the body
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June 1, 2014
More rivets
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June 1, 2014
Cut the "lights" away - gun barrels will be there...
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June 1, 2014
Add pipes to make at least something there...
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June 1, 2014
Pipes and receiver tank are on place
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June 1, 2014
I put that white plastic to protect front mirrow from falling down into labyrinths of fuselage during installation.
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June 1, 2014
And paint everything in black.
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June 1, 2014
I got wings! I can fly!!! May be... 🙂
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June 1, 2014
Sand down the back - there will be another drawing there
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June 1, 2014
Now the tails are also there
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June 1, 2014
And notice that I removed all the seems in tail-body connection
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June 1, 2014
And this is example of bomb bay cover. Note how much putty were used.
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June 1, 2014
And then after magic click I got all covers done and even add some drawing on that
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June 1, 2014
And here are my magic wands with flash of Mig 🙂
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June 1, 2014
And I use steel wire to connect all the covers
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June 1, 2014
This approach made it easy final assembly later on. And painting itself
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June 1, 2014
Wheel and bomb bays painted
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June 1, 2014
And front as well
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June 1, 2014
Pre-shading on the bottom
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June 1, 2014
Still fight with covers to get straight rectangle inside
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June 1, 2014
Top is pre-shaded as well
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June 1, 2014
Masking canopy.
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June 1, 2014
This stuff is cool!!! Leave no traces, cure transparent, easy to apply
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June 1, 2014
Another look on white masking liquid
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June 1, 2014
Cured mask on canopy
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June 1, 2014
And barrels custom made by huge military factory by my request.. Or may be just from a needle? 😉
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June 1, 2014
Add "basement ring" for barrels
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June 1, 2014
In the mean time... Front canopy masked as well
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June 1, 2014
Add some salt on the wings. My first try
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June 1, 2014
After salt removed... Aught.. Looks ugly :-/
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June 1, 2014
Let's cover ugly salt traces over. And in the same time add panel effect
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June 1, 2014
Another way to use instead of salt - masking tape.
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June 1, 2014
And the result after taking masks out. The border of mask has less angle and is more round-shaped. But still ugly 🙂))
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June 1, 2014
Bottom first layer is done.. Pre-shading almost gone 🙂
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June 1, 2014
Remove mask from canopy inside
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June 1, 2014
And check how canopy fits the body
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June 1, 2014
Mask the bottom before. White mask makes a good coverage.
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June 1, 2014
Next step: choose colors. Ambition is not to match Viggen paints 100%, but to find a right balance
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June 1, 2014
Most challenging task done - custom camo drawn.
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June 1, 2014
First step - sand color
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June 1, 2014
Then put the masks on.
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June 1, 2014
And add middle green color
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June 1, 2014
Masking. WARNING! Never use Humbrol masking here on acrylic paints - it will leave traces!
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June 1, 2014
Dark green is done
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June 1, 2014
Ops, that's just a picture how I manage all the masks - everything on it's place!
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June 1, 2014
Last masking step
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June 1, 2014
And light green applied
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June 1, 2014
Light-green re-applied after additional pre-shading
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June 1, 2014
Now let's paint the nose and small sections in the front a'la Mig-29
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June 1, 2014
"Draft" paint job is done. There are some errors that need to be fixed. To be continue...
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June 2, 2014
And then I applied wash on the bottom and got some traces on the top. I have to say my first German word I learned - scheisse
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June 2, 2014
Ok. Stay calm. Sand it a bit
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June 2, 2014
And repaint. Also I fixed other places
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June 2, 2014
It was useful to keep all the masks so I can reuse them
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June 2, 2014
Or you can use liquid masking tape. This time I use "right" one - White Masking liquid - great stuff!
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June 2, 2014
And if you use leg, do not loose your mind - use this metal wire to fix it.
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June 2, 2014
Done. CA glue forewer
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June 2, 2014
And this is how my bird looked on the show in Stockholm.
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June 2, 2014
Looks nice and neat. But it's too clean
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June 2, 2014
Note, that I use a bit other barrels (cause I forgot right one at home before the show - shame!)
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June 2, 2014
And this thing.. painted with Mr. Color 212 looks nice. But is too new
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June 2, 2014
And the bottom is too clean as well. Lite weathering will not hurt. To be continue 😉
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June 3, 2014
After Stockholm show I found my canopy blury a bit and..
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June 3, 2014
Yes, take it away. Luckily - with no incidents, paint around stay untouched. Thanks to Microskale Kristal Klear
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June 3, 2014
Not 100%, but good enough
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June 3, 2014
And the back canopy
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June 3, 2014
And if you but it back, then almost not traces of "surgery" can be seen.
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June 3, 2014
This was my last enhancement.
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June 3, 2014
And put it on place. DONE! 😄
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June 3, 2014
DONE 😄
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October 1, 2014
Show in Dublin 2014

Comments

1 1 June 2014, 06:45

Michel Huijghe
That's a model I've never seen being built so I'm curious at the result.🙂
Splinter camo?

1 June 2014, 07:44

Roland Roth
The airplanes or models thereof will be always futuristic. Even if there are only planned things.
I'm anxious to see how you're going to implement this with the camouflage😉

1 June 2014, 08:57

Nikolajs Negeriss
Thanks for your interest, Michel and Roland! You'll the the pictures soon (project is already done)😉

1 June 2014, 09:34

Augie
Excellent work 🙂

1 June 2014, 13:04

Nikolajs Negeriss
Thank you Augie. I do my best 🙂

1 June 2014, 13:20

Christian Ristits
Crazy! Awesome Work!

1 June 2014, 13:28

Michel Huijghe
Big 👍

1 June 2014, 18:20

Gábor Bélik
Just love the paintjob. Great work!

1 June 2014, 18:28

Roland Roth
Amazing paintjob! 👍
And a convincing finish ...

1 June 2014, 22:20

Choppa Nutta
👍 good work !!

1 June 2014, 22:26

Alan Rush
Congratulations! The paint job looks great.

1 June 2014, 23:34

scalemates
👍

2 June 2014, 04:47

Günther Debiscop
👍 nice work. I'll maybe including some of your ideas in my F-19 kit 😉

2 June 2014, 07:51

Nikolajs Negeriss
Hello guys! Thanks a lot for kind words and following on this project. I have added more pictures, including few pictures of "almost" done model. Will add more pictures later with weathering and other steps.

@Günther, you are welcome to reuse whatever looks cool for you! F-19 looks boring in black... so, digi camo will push that one dancing!😉

2 June 2014, 12:50

perry leung wai ho
Brilliant. I knew the Sweden Camouflage hard to done it. You should be spend a lot of time. Very good!

3 June 2014, 10:16

Ray Seppala
👍 lovely paintwork Nikolajs

4 June 2014, 11:39

Nikolajs Negeriss
Thank you, Ray! Do my best 🙂

4 June 2014, 11:42

Jeremy Wiltcher
That is beautiful, I love it!

4 June 2014, 12:09

Bernhard Schrock
Absolutely spectacular finish! Which paint do you have used Nikolajs?

4 June 2014, 20:56

Stefan Schacht
good idea and a wonderful paint job

4 June 2014, 21:07

Jens
👍 nice work

5 June 2014, 00:33

Nikolajs Negeriss
Thank you for lovely comments, comrads 🙂
@Bernhard, for camo I ' ve been using mostly Tamiya acrylic and a bit Mr Hobby (which is very similar to Tamiya acrylic - some times I mix Tamiya and Mr Hobby to get semi-tones, like I did for camo brown and light green). Also the model was polished before weathering. This step improved final finish as well. But it is dangerous, do not try it at home 🙂

5 June 2014, 04:20

Christian Keller
Wow Nikolajs, superb Version of this MIG Viggen .. ahem Saab-37.... who cares 😉 Love these Waht if's

5 June 2014, 04:33

Nikolajs Negeriss
Hehe, nice comment, Christian 🙂 And yep, after some break on Sabre Dog, will get back to my Sweden Thunder 🙂

5 June 2014, 05:50

Bart Goesaert
very nice work...

1 October 2014, 08:35

Nikolajs Negeriss
Thank you Bart!

1 October 2014, 19:11

Vincent Murphy
I did see that in the flesh @ the IPMS Ireland competition last weekend where it won gold in its class.
A real eyecatching model wihch was well deserving of the gold, congratulations.,

2 October 2014, 20:14

Kerber
Great job!

2 October 2014, 20:44

Nikolajs Negeriss
Hej, Vincent! Nice to see you here! Was a great weekend in Dublin, was a good show. It was a bit of surprise for me about the gold medal.. But anyway, I am glad you like it, Vincent 🙂

Warm regards to Serbia, Kerber! Thank you for the comment 🙂

6 October 2014, 19:57

Ulf Petersen
What an amazing paintwork, absolutely stunning!
Congrats, the models deserves its decoration! 👍

7 October 2014, 05:11

Nikolajs Negeriss
Thank you, Ulf! It's not too bad, still have a lot to learn...

7 October 2014, 19:58

John Van Kooten
I'd say you've got your techniques well under control😉 👍 that Gold medal is well deserved, Nikolajs!! Well done!! 👍

7 October 2014, 20:06

Nikolajs Negeriss
Well, just some basics, John. I want to get more contrast weathering on the next model, but not too much... Looking for my own balance 🙂 But thanks for complements anyway 🙂

7 October 2014, 20:38

John Van Kooten
Yeah, weathering is a constant balancing act and indeed it's easily overdone😉 I'm sure you'll find your way 👍

7 October 2014, 20:46

Nikolajs Negeriss
Thank you for support, John 🙂

7 October 2014, 20:47

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