elkhart

Looks good, would love to see more pictures!

Very nice! I like the metal finish, really shows off the sleek lines of the aircraft.

For an airplane, I suggest the 1/48 scale Curtiss P-40B. The exterior colors are just olive drab and neutral gray, and spray can paint will give him an excellent finish. Craft paints can be used for interior colors if needed. Humbrol tube glue will work, but Tamiya extra thin will make life so much easier! Also consider a tank, in the 1/35 scale. One can of olive drab spray paint will be about all he'll need.

She looks fantastic! And nice photography

Looks fantastic! What did you use for the rigging?

My biggest gripe with the starter kit pots is that I'm constantly spilling them! As a side note, this drawing is a nice reference showing the various finishes on a Mustang. I've mixed silver in with light gray (about 6 parts light gray, 4 parts silver) and got a nice effect on the wings. Rattle can silver for the bare metal. /media/tinymce_upload/4c5961a71e755ef1ddb12720ca1f653c.png

Agree, priming would prevent that. Also, rattle can silver will give you a nice finish.

I had a hedgehog on reserve, cancelled it a bit ago. I'll wait until it comes out, I don't like having orders in limbo. Not the best business model. I don't see anything on the Airfix 2020 products???

She turned out great! Thanks for posting the build log

Ratch, she's looking great! I'm no MiG expert, have only built three of them, but they required the builder to bend the landing gear covers. I'm glad to see Airfix has taken care of this, I was never sure if the angle and placement was correct.

Nice write up, thanks! Looks like a quality kit, standard Airfix. I know you plan on building it in flight, but how does the landing gear look? Does it have solid attachments, do you have to bend wheel covers? I couldn't enlarge the instructions enough to see the details. Is there an option for an open canopy? Looking forward to your progress!

I don't know. I have the A02063 version and it just shows one option. No A or B options?

I'm not buying anymore kits until I reduce the stash, but this one is the exception. Just finishing up the Dragaon double boxing of the Ji-2 and Ji-5, esentially Chinese versions of the MiG 15 and 17. The Ji-2 has problems. Istarted it but it's not worth the time and materials to finish. Major warpage, looks like it was in a rivet epidemic, very lacking in detail. The Ji-5 is ok, nothing to write home about. The new Airfix kit will be so much better. I'd like to finish the Airfix kit with the decals from the Dragon kit. A North Vietnamese Ji-5, the camo is eyecatching. "Eyecatching camo", hmmm, that doesn't sound right. I think Zvesda is re-popping the Dragon MiG-17/Ji-5. Save your money, wait for the Airfix offering! Looking forward to more Soviet and Russian aircraft from Airfix, good affordable kits in that genre are lacking out there.

Really nice! I like the in-flight planes