MiG-29A "Luftwaffe Fulcrum"

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July 21, 2021
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July 21, 2021
Resin cockpit compared to the original plastic one
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July 21, 2021
Paint job completed, main blue gray color is a mix of 75% LP-36 & 25% C376.
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July 21, 2021
Dry fit assembly looks promising
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July 23, 2021
An oil based "Cold Gray" wash is used to highlight details
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July 23, 2021
Cockpit is now into place for good using extra fluid cyano glue
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July 30, 2021
Engraving is generally good, but some section need a re-engraving because of their shallowness
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July 30, 2021
Fuselage is now closed, fitting is correct, but some area will need some putty and sanding. Intakes fitting is not so good, sanding is required for a good alignment with the rest of the fuselage.
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August 7, 2021
Painting and detailling inside the air intakes
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August 7, 2021
Tiny errors and oversight in the Trumpeter mold engraving are highlighted in red
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August 7, 2021
PE parts are used on the intrados. There’s is some errors and oversight in the engraving too
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August 7, 2021
Transparency is not great on canopy parts, but Tamiya compounds and wax are dealing with this issue very well
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August 18, 2021
Air intake interior painted and weathered
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August 18, 2021
The APU scoop is drill a bit
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August 18, 2021
The front section of the airplane need some care to avoid gaps and "stairs" between parts. I used Mr. Hobby White Putty diluted with Levelling Thinner and Tamiya Surface Primer.
Air intakes are glued into place, such as the radome.
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August 27, 2021
I'm done with re-scribing
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August 27, 2021
Landing gear detailing
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August 27, 2021
I sprayed a Semi-gloss Grey for Primer, polished with sponges and microfiber cloth
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August 27, 2021
I sprayed a Semi-gloss Grey for Primer, polished with sponges and microfiber cloth
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September 17, 2021
I started the paint with a modular shading on a Gripen Grey base
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September 17, 2021
A more blueish grey (AMIG203) is sprayed, very diluted.
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September 17, 2021
First camo color is applied with a light brown (B306)
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September 17, 2021
Then the base color is lightened or darkened to give a first weathering to the surfaces, which, in real life, were pretty worned out in 1990, just before the new Luftwaffe paint job.
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October 3, 2021
Due to lots of issue, I've made my decision to restart the camo. It starts with a overall XF-65
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October 3, 2021
Followed by a smooth mottling with a bluish mix ( XF-65 / H325)
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October 3, 2021
Dark Brown camo (B087)
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October 3, 2021
Light Green camo (B091) , blutac and masking putty is used to avoid overspray
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October 3, 2021
Light and dark variations
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October 3, 2021
Light Green camo (B091)
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October 3, 2021
Light brown (B306)
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October 3, 2021
Small corrections and equalization using highly diluted base paints
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October 4, 2021
Radome and upper tails part are painted in Grey (B263)
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October 4, 2021
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October 4, 2021
"Ghost" of East-German roundel are made with a stencil
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October 4, 2021
Then painted with slightly darker tones
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October 4, 2021
Anti-glare surface are painted with Nato Black and German Grey
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October 17, 2021
I'm preparing surfaces for decals and weathering with a gloss varnish and polishing compound
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October 17, 2021
Decals application
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October 23, 2021
Cold Grey oil based wash on the intrados
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October 23, 2021
Green Grey wash on the light green camo
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October 23, 2021
Brown wash on the light brown camo
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October 23, 2021
Black brown wash on the dark brown camo
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October 23, 2021
Dark green wash on the dark green camo
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October 23, 2021
Cold Grey wash on the anti-glare surface, Dark Grey wash on the nose.
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November 4, 2021
Landing gear and doors, missile launchers, and training R-73E
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November 4, 2021
Resin wheel set painted and weathered
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November 4, 2021
Anti-fod folding
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November 4, 2021
Anti-fod painted and weathered
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November 8, 2021
Engine weathering using ink pen brush
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November 8, 2021
Resin exhausts painted with Ak Xtreme Metal and Clear blue
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November 8, 2021
Resin eshaust weathered using ink pen brush
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November 8, 2021
Resin exhaust darken with diluted Smoke paint
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November 8, 2021
Canopy painted, weathered and enhanced with PE parts
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November 8, 2021
Canopy painted, weathered and enhanced with PE parts
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November 8, 2021
Final assembly is near !
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November 13, 2021
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November 13, 2021
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November 13, 2021
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November 13, 2021
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November 13, 2021
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November 15, 2021
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Comments

96 21 July 2021, 10:17

Mark
👀

21 July 2021, 10:21

Spanjaard
really interested on this one 🙂

21 July 2021, 10:56

Alec K
Looking great 👍

21 July 2021, 11:12

Oleg Bogolei
very nice cockpit! Following

21 July 2021, 11:31

Ferenc Sarka
Following. Great looking cockpit. I am making the same.kit, but the hungarian version. Good luck!

21 July 2021, 20:29

Ronan
Following

22 July 2021, 08:34

Romain Sablou
Thank you ! 😉

22 July 2021, 08:45

Palo M
Very nice! How was the fit of the resin cockpit? Is it going to be a Slovak version?

1 August 2021, 06:11

Oliver Zwiener
watching 🙂

1 August 2021, 07:30

Pierre Pierre
following

1 August 2021, 08:12

Skyhiker
Looking good

1 August 2021, 11:46

Romain Sablou
Thank you everyone.
Hi Palo, the fit was nearly perfect, i'm really impressed ! It's going to be a Luftwaffe version 🙂

1 August 2021, 12:16

Palo M
Ah, the box of paints confused me. Good to know about the cockpit. Did you consider the Zvezda kit? Was the trumpeter better?

1 August 2021, 13:13

Romain Sablou
I read that both kit had their pros and cons, but both are a good base, I quote : "the Mig-29 Zvezda is the most accurate in terms of reproduction of shapes while the Trumpeter model offers a more complete engraving and more details overall but has some small errors in shape."

2 August 2021, 15:49

Palo M
👍 I might also go with surface detail over accuracy.

2 August 2021, 17:06

Alexander
Looks very good so far, definitely following. 👍

2 August 2021, 19:32

Maciej Bellos
Nice progress!

27 August 2021, 17:49

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
Cool ! I was in Luftwaffe Fulcrums' former airbase at Preschen last summer 🙂 Following !

4 October 2021, 11:27

Raphael Bernecole
Very nice painting and great editing so far! 🙂
Having these two kits to build (Zvezda and the Trumpeter) I completely agree with you on the pros and cons on these kits. 😉
Following ! 😉

4 October 2021, 12:37

Pierre-Christian Baudru
BRAVO !

4 October 2021, 12:51

Romain Sablou
Thank you guys ! 😄

4 October 2021, 15:14

Mark
Great progress. 👍

17 October 2021, 09:12

Alexander
Paintjob looks great, as does the decaling as well. Looking forward to the final reveal! 👍👍

23 October 2021, 01:05

Bernd Korte
Me too! And nice in progress photos!

23 October 2021, 06:37

Romain Sablou
Thank you mates ! new WIP photos are coming today (oil based washes)

23 October 2021, 09:27

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Magnifique ces jus BRAVO !

24 October 2021, 03:37

Romain Sablou
Merci m'sieu ! 😉

24 October 2021, 08:25

Raphael Bernecole
Très beau rendu ce camouflage ! Super ! 😉

25 October 2021, 08:57

Cuajete
Nice painting scheme 👍

25 October 2021, 17:51

Cuajete
Very nice result.
Congrats!

13 November 2021, 19:14

Romain Sablou
Thank you Cuajete !

13 November 2021, 19:18

Oliver Zwiener
Klasse Ding !

13 November 2021, 20:34

Łukasz Gliński
Beautiful. That ca.o looks grand. Nice touch with DDR tail number 👍

13 November 2021, 20:52

Konrad -
Very nice German MIG mate 👍! Great camo.

14 November 2021, 07:24

Raphael Bernecole
Superbe ce Mig-29 ! Excellent boulot 🙂

14 November 2021, 07:59

Mark
1:72 you say?! 1:1 I say! Some absolutely exquisite detailing. A beautiful result. 👍

14 November 2021, 12:03

Bernd Korte
Great looking model, I like your painting skills a lot!

14 November 2021, 12:10

Alec K
Excellent work indeed 👍

14 November 2021, 12:44

Romain Sablou
Thank you very much for all your appreciations guys ! Merci beaucoup 🙂

14 November 2021, 13:12

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Wow, this is simply beautiful! 👍

14 November 2021, 13:21

Alexander
Awesome reveal and superb work on the engine nozzles! Truly a great looking model! 👍👍

14 November 2021, 14:43

Maciej Bellos
Eye candy! Well done Romain!

14 November 2021, 15:23

James C
Fantastic looking Fulcrum 👍

14 November 2021, 16:37

Juskifo
superb model, well presented and Thank you for sharing the different stages of painting and weathering

14 November 2021, 18:46

Spanjaard
Turned out real good

14 November 2021, 19:22

Juskifo
petite question: j'ai un set similaire de peinture "water base" Hataka pour le camouflage 3 tons du Su 34, avec quel additif/liquide l'avez vous diluer ?
les feutres W.N utilisés pour les effets d'hydrocarbures du moteur sur la photo 49 donne un résultat spectaculaire (même si il y a certainement du métier dans l'application aussi) quelles teinte suggérer vous ?

14 November 2021, 19:23

Romain Sablou
Salut Juskifo, les teintes Hataka ont été diluées au X-20 Tamiya. Les feutres W.N et Faber Castell utilisés sont les suivants : Terre d'ombre naturelle, Cold Grey 233, green gold 268, raw umber 180, walnut brown 177. Les deux marques proposent des dizaines de teintes qui peuvent s'adapter à tous les besoins, il faut aller voir en magasins d'art et tester les teintes qui peuvent convenir au projet ou à l'effet recherché. La patine aux feutres doit s'effectuer sur une base satinée, les coulures peuvent être tirés ou fondu avec des pinceaux légèrement imbibés d'eau.

15 November 2021, 12:46

Juskifo
Merci Romain de votre temps accordé🙏

15 November 2021, 21:31

Ronan
Je pense que les autres camarades ont déjà tout dit, alors je dirai juste un mot : félicitations pour ce beau fulcrum 👍

16 November 2021, 10:26

Romain Sablou
Merci Ronan 😀

16 November 2021, 11:29