Saab 35 Draken MikroMir-kit
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Aligning parts is tricky.
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Left one is from Hasegawa, right one from MikroMir.
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I need to get the cockpit fit between the fuselage halves before painting anything.
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More dry-fitting
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More dry-fitting.
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I had to add one missing part from scratch. The white one.
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Cockpit painting ongoing. I'm also building Hasegawa's kit in the same time.
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Afterburner was really a challenge. I managed it by using Ammo's Ultra Glue an thin black CA-glue.
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Afterburner completed.
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Cockpit painted and ready.
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Comparing Hasegawa and MikroMir
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One of the most interesting and rare details: the air intake.
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Comparison of Hasegawa's and MikroMir's afterburners.
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Fuselage details need a lot of fitting. Here i one of the lower airbrakes.
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The air intake painted.
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This kit requires a lot of dry fitting and fixing. Just noticed that the front wheel bay and the cockpit couldn't be put in place the way suggested in the instructions.
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Placing of the parts is very complicated.
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Wing root was very challenging.
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Opposing to instructions it was better to glue wing roots to the upper frame.
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Frame halfs help aligning wing roots.
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Air scoop comparison: from left Quickboost, Hasegawa and MikroMir.
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MikroMir's IRST was a disappointment. It has clear parts and one PE-part, but the body of the IRST is too bulky and lacks panel lines.
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500- and 1500-surfacers applied. Tape protects the small opening.
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The insides should be ready for joining the fuselage halfes.
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Front landing gear bay glued to the nose part.
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Notice the alignment pin in the nose part joined to the air intake.
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Lot of pressing.
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The canopy still shows a good fit although there is a big gap between the nose and the fuselage. Dryfitting!!
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Nice progress. Next is filling gaps and smoothing joints.
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Gaps filled with styrene sheets.
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The air intake was damaged so it needed fixing.
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The inlet fix is okay-ish.
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Rudder in place!
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I'm making a late Finnish J35XS Draken so it needs chaff and flare dispensers. Maestro Models' resin parts needed some uppgrade . That's why I made this easy hole punching tool in about 15 minutes just to get 0,8mm diameter plastic circles. Just some leftover wood, a toothpick and 0,8mm drill bit.
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Left one is a Falcon missile from MikroMir kit. The right one is RB27 AIM-26B Falcon by Maestro Models. Just for comparison, because I'm not going to arm this kit with missiles.
Комментарии
37 26 February, 21:28
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Very cool, I'm getting the Mikro Mir kit, interested to hear how it goes together
27 February, 00:22
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True! Joining in as well to see how this builds up. Enjoy the build! 👍🏼
28 February, 00:28
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Welcome, mates! I'm building also a Hasegawa kit alongside with this for comparison and for testing painting.
29 February, 06:24
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Łukasz, I was thinking the same. That 'old' Hasegawa kit isn't that bad after all. The MikroMir kit is only marginally more refined as it seems.
4 March, 14:38
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Hasegawa has only 60 grey parts and 3 clear parts, but it is pretty smartly made and easy to build. MikroMir has 150 grey parts, 5 clear parts and 67 mandatory PE-parts. Being a short-run kit its parts need more work to fit. Still MikroMir contains more details (and Falcon missiles) than Hasegawa so it's comparatively cheaper.
4 March, 16:18
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OK, so you do think the MikroMir kit is the more detailed one? Good to know when I get to my Austrian Draken project (sometimes this century.... )! Following your build with interest! 👍
4 March, 21:00
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Well my background research is still going on, but atleast the cockpit is more detailed.
4 March, 21:19
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I have to update that MikroMir's IRST is not as good as Hasegawa's. The seeker head is a clear part and there is one PE-part fin, but the two-part frame is bulky and doesn't have panel lines. Luckyly the Draken version I'm goingt to make doesn't have an IRST so I used the clear part and the PE-part to improve my Hasegawa-Draken's IRST.
7 April, 15:44
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Slow progress, but I'm very proud of this simple tool that I made in 15 min to make 0,8mm diameter styrene circles.
5 June, 17:38