**** DONE: MiG-3 White 5 Alexander Pokryshkin Winter 1941/42 VVS/Eastern Front GB

[Airframes]

Wheels etc looking good Glenn. Nearly there mate.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

As you say Glenn, the breakable bits, always good to them out of the way. Coming along nicely as well me old sport.

 

[T Bolt]

Had a very bad day at work today followad bt a black Russsian and five Miller highlife's so I have wisely decided to suspend work on the MiG tonighjt.

 

[Crimea_River]

Same here. Having a pail of red wine as we shpeak.....

 

[T Bolt]

Just finished another and am going down in the basement to sit in my thuneerbolt cockpit. Boy it's going to be hard to get up for work tomorrow!!!!!

 

[N4521U]

My wife always tells me "if you drink water along with that booze, you won't have a hangover"!!!!!!!!!!!
I find Stoley the best for a Russian. In Oz a black russian is half as much Kahluwa as Stoley and a can of Coke! Still a killer.

 

[Vic Balshaw]

The water is a good idea...............after all beer is mostly water.................

 

[T Bolt]

I tried something different for the panel lines using a pencil. I'm not 100% satisfied with it though, the lines look somewhat shinny. I'm hoping that the dullcoat tones this down some. I also painted the prop shafts bare aluminum portion and will assemble it tonight.

 

[Wayne Little]

Don't forget to use a clean rubber to go over the lines a portion at a time and carefully, once you run a gloss coat over the lines and flat coat it they will lose the metalic shine.

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks Wayne, Ill do that.

 

[magnu]

Looking very nice Glen
What colour is the underside? In the first pic it looks, blue but the second makes it look grey

 

[T Bolt]

Thanks Lewis. That paint is Testor's Model Master Russian Underside Blue. I think the green background made it look gray in the picture. The pictures in post #143 will show you a better representation of the color.

 

[Crimea_River]

I like it Glenn. Looks great!

 

[Airframes]

Me too !

 

[Wurger]

Joining all.

 

[rochie]

very nice Glenn

 

[Vic Balshaw]

Nice work Glenn and that blue looks ok to me, it could well be the same as I've just sprayed on the Lavochkin, I used a Vallejo Model Air colour similar to RLM 65 which is as close as I could get to VVS AMT7.

 

[T Bolt]

RLM 65 is close, but the Russian blue is a little 'blue-er" maybe a little closer to RLM 78, but as you can see they're all pretty close.
I assembled the prop last night and will be putting on the gloss coat from a fresh bottle of Future.

 

[javlin]

Really looking sharp there Glenn!Nice Build Cheers

 

[Crimea_River]

I agree!