Yaks MiG 21 Eduard 1/48 slovakian air force

[Guest]

That cockpit looks the business tony, very high end.

[yak face]

Well its starting to look like an airframe at last, i got the wing problem sorted by running hot water over the wing bottom section and gently bending the port side up till it was level . The wing tops went on no probs , just a tiny gap easily sorted with some vallejo acrylic putty and a cotton bud. 

[rickoshea52]

What paint did you use for the radome Tony?

[yak face]

What paint did you use for the radome Tony?

Its an old pot of citadel miniatures ( games workshop) paint that i acquired when my son grew out of GW stuff, its called ' snot green' but i think theyve changed all the names now. Its a good match though and looks very much like the green seen in photos. Sorry its not much help unless you know the name of the colour now, cheers tony

[rickoshea52]

Its an old pot of citadel miniatures ( games workshop) paint that i acquired when my son grew out of GW stuff, its called ' snot green' but i think theyve changed all the names now. Its a good match though and looks very much like the green seen in photos. Sorry its not much help unless you know the name of the colour now, cheers tony

Cripes! That's even more vague than the paint guide!


Off to SNMstuff tomorrow morning for me then.

[flyjoe180]

Sorry its not much help unless you know the name of the colour now, cheers tony

Well, it's now called Warpstone Glow if that helps? 

http://www.dakkadakka.com/wiki/en/Paint_Range_Compatibility_Chart

[rickoshea52]

Thanks Joe.

[yak face]

Paint is starting to get splashed about now . It had the all over sky grey applied a week or so ago, so today ive been masking up and spraying the white areas using the blu/white tack sausage method. Its a very fiddly time consuming job but its simply the best way of getting a nice feathered edge. next job is to mask the grey and white and apply the black bits. Heres a few pics , cheers tony

[yak face]

Black and white are both now on  , more pics tomorrow, cheers tony

[papa 695]

I was going to say it looks good Tony, but with all that bluetac and masking tape it looks like it's just come out of the fire.


cracking work really Tony.

[dave]

Making good progress, need to get back to mine now I have finished travelling for a couple of weeks.

[yak face]

My missus just said the same thing Ian! she says it looks like its been on fire! big reveal tomorrow when i'll see if the masking worked or if i need to start touching up, cheers tony

[rickoshea52]

You're a little further ahead than me Tony. I have the first coat of primer and filler touch up done to mine today.

[Guest]

Great work on the cockpit Tony, very detailed. The seat looks awesome too. 

[yak face]

Well im quite pleased with the result after taking off all the white tack and masking tape. Theres just a few tiny areas where the black has crept through gaps in the tape but they should be easily sorted. After that the next step is clear coat ,decals and weathering, then its onto the final stages such as undercarriage , jet exhaust and dielectric panels . Heres some pics and one of the pattern as shown on the instructions, cheers tony