Post by doogsatx/ on Oct 26, 2013 1:51:32 GMT -5
Last year around this time, I needed to recharge from HK's big 1/32 B-25, so I decided to build two of Eduard's 1/144 MiG-21MFs on a lark. They turned out to be a blast, a nice break from the big stuff, and the tiny size (that's a business card they're sitting on) forced me to think on my feet when it came to masking and painting.
This year, I've decided to turn this into a tradition - the 2nd Annual Eduard Mini-MiG Double Build if you will.
This year's subject? The brand new 1/72 MiG-15.
I don't really work in 1/72...ever...but even so, the MiG-15 is a seriously nice kit. Easily the best MiG-15 in any scale. This initial Czech Service release comes with two kits, the usual PE + mask, as well as some pylons, adapter racks and Czech-designed rockets for the late-model MiG-15bisSB options. There are also some crazy colorful schemes, but they're all demonstrators and air show queens, which I personally find lame.
I'm currently planning on using these two schemes. The first is a MiG-15 from 1953, which shot down a USAF F-84 that crossed into Czech airspace that March:
The second is a MiG-15bisSB equipped with wing pylons for tanks, bombs or rockets. This one dates to very late in the MiG-15s service career, from 1975-83. I'm hoping to give it a rather worn-out, tired look. I'm not sure what it anything I'm going to hang from it yet. Maybe the rockets, or maybe I'll splurge for the OFABs Eduard is releasing.
So far I've only glued the forward and rear cockpit bulkheads in place and done a test-fit. Tomorrow will be lots of painting in the cockpit and intake.
This year, I've decided to turn this into a tradition - the 2nd Annual Eduard Mini-MiG Double Build if you will.
This year's subject? The brand new 1/72 MiG-15.
I don't really work in 1/72...ever...but even so, the MiG-15 is a seriously nice kit. Easily the best MiG-15 in any scale. This initial Czech Service release comes with two kits, the usual PE + mask, as well as some pylons, adapter racks and Czech-designed rockets for the late-model MiG-15bisSB options. There are also some crazy colorful schemes, but they're all demonstrators and air show queens, which I personally find lame.
I'm currently planning on using these two schemes. The first is a MiG-15 from 1953, which shot down a USAF F-84 that crossed into Czech airspace that March:
The second is a MiG-15bisSB equipped with wing pylons for tanks, bombs or rockets. This one dates to very late in the MiG-15s service career, from 1975-83. I'm hoping to give it a rather worn-out, tired look. I'm not sure what it anything I'm going to hang from it yet. Maybe the rockets, or maybe I'll splurge for the OFABs Eduard is releasing.
So far I've only glued the forward and rear cockpit bulkheads in place and done a test-fit. Tomorrow will be lots of painting in the cockpit and intake.
