Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Completed GBs => Group and Themed Builds => "Anything Goes"/"Strut Your Stuff"/"Introductory" GB => Topic started by: taiidantomcat on February 02, 2012, 08:21:47 PM
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Built by somebody else "once a upon a time" and in a bad state, got it from Evilbay. 1/72 Hasegawa (?) MiG-25
I often buy built kits and then "refurb" them into Whiffs. Also for once I am fashionably early. 8)
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Interesting approach.
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New "Plastic :icon_ninja: Origami" Fins
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Sanded down, Seat and Console Removed along with Canopy (which will simply be painted black on the inside. Nothing to see here! Move along :icon_swat: )
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I would have left this but it was broken on the other side and the piece is long gone so I removed this side as well. Wingtip Missiles to come >:D
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Removed the stubs for the horizontal Stabs. Then I had an idea... Kind of a gamble but I decided to try it.
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Tore the old engines off. and cut through these walls in the back
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oops this was the only part that broke- though I did pop some seams, easy fix.
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1/48 F-110s!!!
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Interesting....very, very interesting. The "plastic origami" fins have me wondering where this is going.
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Cut a notch in some Sprue.
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And fit it onto the intake. I could have just measuered and cut but I like using the excess as a handle, to position it easier.
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Tada!
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Cut off the handle and repeated for the other side. I did this So I have more surface to glue the Intake covers onto
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Cleaning up the Origami fins! They have not been cooperative! :-\ good thing this GB is going to the end of march!! :icon_crap:
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This has not been an easy build! Racing to the finish >:( Going to put everything together tomorrow, gloss coat and decal to follow.
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Lookin' good, I like the stripes. :)
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Yeah love the stripes ... and the origami fins came out really well :)
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Coming along nicely.
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Kinda looks like something Darth Vader would find himself flying. The Gloss coat is on, so tomorrow is decaling, and then Thursday weathering, and finished Friday! I put the wings on upside down because they are flatter that way which I feel blends them better with the flat sided fins. You can see the four light gray pieces I used to cover up the holes.
I planned on challenging myself by doing a Taiidan scheme with nothing but rattlebombs, but I didn't plan on it being this one! :o The time crunch demanded it though, and so far, so good. :icon_music:
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Hmmmmm, looks a bit Macrossnikov! or GundamGurevich... ;-)
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The build and workmanship are excellent.
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Interesting ;)
I like the look of it by far!
The GE nozzles also enhance it.
Good luck!
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Very pleasing to the eye. :)
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That "Rescue" decal is a disaster that silvered badly and NEVER settled no matter how much solution it tried. I ended up scraping it off, which I really think helped. I had a lot of decals jam packed on there and it looked like NASCAR!!
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Tail fin meant to look like this:
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With a VMFA-121 twist:
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And finally:
FINISHED!!
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Flat coated then lightly weathered with pastels.
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Overall I give this a grade of about a C. I did OK but there are certain things I would like to do better :icon_meditation:
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And he slides into home...safe!!!! ;)
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Bravo! Your "C" looks pretty good to me. :)
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Looks mighty good to me-well donr!
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Most excellent, Mr Tomcat! Your "C" is an A-plus-plus with extra credit in my book!
Brian da Basher