Looks good so far!
**** DONE: 1/48 MiG-3 "Black 12" - Allied Manufactured Aircraft
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Excellent work John.
Crimea_River
Marshal
I agree.
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Thanks gents! Thanks for the input on the correct location of the scoops, Wojtek, but I may leave them where they are just to keep this build moving along. I've STILL not jumped into the modeling room with both feet yet but aim to soon. I'll probably toggle back and forth between this and my Erla which should almost be ready for paint.
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Some more minor detail work to report. The opening in the fairing over the exhaust pipes needs a little work due to the thickness of the plastic. I bored it out from both sides using an X-Acto knife.
The representation of the fabric convered control surfaces is very hard edged and stands out too much so I've decided to shave/sand everything down to a more subtle level.
The kit prop is very thick and needs to be thinned down. There is also a subtle sink mark on the back of blades. I used coarse sandpaper to do the bulk of the thinning and then used finer grades to finish. I'll have to check the finish of the blades carefully to make sure that I have removed the scratching from the coarse sandpaper.
The representation of the fabric convered control surfaces is very hard edged and stands out too much so I've decided to shave/sand everything down to a more subtle level.
The kit prop is very thick and needs to be thinned down. There is also a subtle sink mark on the back of blades. I used coarse sandpaper to do the bulk of the thinning and then used finer grades to finish. I'll have to check the finish of the blades carefully to make sure that I have removed the scratching from the coarse sandpaper.
fubar57
General
Nice fixes John.
Geo
Geo
Catch22
Major
Looks good!
Crimea_River
Marshal
Nice improvements.
Good work so far!
Nothing wrong with that!
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Thanks guys! Tiny update as I've been concentrating on the 109G-10. Some more thinning of kit parts...
Crimea_River
Marshal
Good stuff John.
Catch22
Major
Looking good!
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Very nice work John!
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JKim
Senior Master Sergeant
Yes, Trumpeter provides grill faces for the fairing!
4bogreen said:
Any pictures of those struts? I am going about this build without any written references... just what I've been gleaning off the net. Not a definitive model by any means but I'd be happy to add details as I become aware of them.
