MiG-21 SMT, 144th DONE!

[wing_nut]

Haven't gone tiny for a while.

Nose weighted with tungsten powder.



Textured some lead foil for the seat back





1 of the seat restraints. To those that have mentioned how much they dislike 1/72 scale PE... Sorry, no sympathy here










The PE set came with a nice engine exhaust 

[deafpanzer]

PE in 1/72?!?!? No thanks... you have my respect! The interior looks great by the way

[wing_nut]

I WISH that PE was 1/72. That would seem HUUUUGE!

[Leon]

WOW....That is SMALL! i'd go crosseyed working with that .Your doing a great job Marc.

[Wes]

My eyes hurt looking at those pics

[adt70hk]

Wing Nut

Now that is small!!!  Hats off to you, I don't think I could do it!!  

I went to my first ever model club meeting a few weeks ago and the guy sitting next to me was working on some 144th F86 Sabre resin kits of for a review and spent most of the evening masking the cockpit with the kit supplied masking kit - I have absolutely NO idea how he did.

And I have NO idea how you're doing this!

Well done.

Andrew

[plasticjunkie]

I thought it was smaller than 1/72. My eyes hurt thinking about that tiny pe.

[wing_nut]

Thanks guys. I am down to just 1 now. Busted a windscreen and lost 1 of the nose cones

[Rick]

Wing, that's too tiny for my comprehension. Can't wait to see you take on the weathering. I'm working on a 1/144 tomcat and PE never crossed my mind in that scale. Wishing your eyes a quick recovery!

[M1Carbine]

Wing - thats nuts, looks awesome....but nuts

Bob

[wing_nut]

Rick, Bob... wish I could say it took the 4 days since you fellas commented before I could see my keyboard again but I can't Thanks for stopping by.

I've been playing around withy a technique seen on Plastic Pix used Wally in a post back in late Dec. Link below. He's done a great job of capturing the subtle tonal various in the NMF that just aren't there in Alclad etc.

www.network54.com/Forum/47751/thread/1482825706

Since I've lost one nose cone and broken one windscreen I've only got parts to finish one diminutive MiG. Decided to use the other airframe as a test for the buffed Tamiya Silver Leaf finish and I am not at all unhappy. It's shiny enough the decals didn't need a clear coat and the sheen on the details are almost an exact match for the sheen of the "metal".

Wally also figured out how to photograph the models so you can see the effect. It's there on the MiG but it just doesn't show well in my photo. May be due to the teeny size

[wing_nut]

Did you ever notice the things we do are sometimes twofold? Achieving the desired result and redefining "Tedious". I know I've done the latter ... the next coat of Silver Leaf will go to the former.

[dierk]

Respect! I've been known to struggle with 1/48

[wing_nut]

Thanks Dierk. I would have responded yesterday but I kept walking into the walls


More Silver Leaf and some hand applied MM Metalizers and rebuffed

[dierk]

I'd heard that people who stare at goats sometimes try to walk through walls - didn't know the same applies to builders of tiny MIGs
Stunning paint!

[adt70hk]

Sorry I'm a bit behind with this it looks great. The paint job is stunning at such a small scale.

Well done.

Andrew

[Leon]

Nice work on the paint Marc! MiG is looking good.

[dupes]

I would get mad at this project when the little PE bits went flying and I spent more time looking for them than doing any actual building.

Looks great Wingy!

[wing_nut]

Thanks a lot fellas. So close to working on something normal size.

[wing_nut]

Ok, it's done. 144th MiG-21 SMT. The kit is pretty amazing. But sadly I think the 61 years hands may not be able to hack 144th. I did however manage to mask the inside of the canopy as well with the extra set from the unfinished MiG. I used the decal seals on the canopy but too wide. No way i was gonna try to paint those.Photos are crap too.
It looks a a heck of a lot better from a normal viewing distance. Too close in this scale makes every little schmutz out of scale. Yeah, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I do like that PE exhaust though.

[Leon]

Great finish on the MiG Marc!

[TRM]

Outstanding! LOL...just catching up and you're done! Seriously? 1/144? Well done all around my friend!

[jpc1968]

wow. I think that may be too tiny for me, awesome job with the metal finish.

[wing_nut]

Thanks guys. My eye are just about back to normal.

[deafpanzer]

Great finish!!! I love seeing old Migs at museums... it will remind me of your builds every time I see them.

[dierk]

Great job Marc! Mini Mig turned out lovely!

[wing_nut]

Thanks fellas