Cheers paul , there was only scheme on the soviet airforce interceptors - the light grey blue. I think a few of the elint and recon birds had the occasional camo scheme but mainly they were the grey. Cheers tony
Yaks Cold War build -Condor MiG 25P Foxbat in 1/72
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The primer showed up a few areas that needed attention so they have been sorted and the areas misted over with primer again. its now had a coat of paint and is drying. I used model air 046 , which is RLM 76 which i feel gives a good representation of the colour. The panel lines are just visible but im not decided yet if im going to highlight them in any way. View attachment 285055View attachment 285056
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Nice work Tony, I think the panel lines should still show very nicely with a wash.
I tried the wash but I just couldnt get it to stay in a lot of the shallow panel lines plus the wash stained the paint in places so I cleaned it all off and re sprayed the whole thing! I dont know if im going to try again with the panel lines , after this second coat of paint theyre going to be even shallower! I thought about trying a sharpened 2H pencil to draw the lines but wondered if the silvery colour would look strange , anyone else ever tried this? cheers tony
Try using an oil colour pin wash Tony, then if there's any clean up to do just use odourless thinners.
I think I would try the pin wash as well. Not that I've ever done it mind. Good luck.
Glad it's not just me that happens to!
View attachment 286288 View attachment 286289 Well its had the decals put on,the instructions not showing any stencil placements so its just a bit of guesswork after looking at plenty of photos!next is just a few panels to do in dark grey then its on to the undercarriage. Im still undecided if im going to try and highlight the panel lines- they are too inconsistent and so shallow in places its impossible to get the wash to stay. heres a few pics cheers tony
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Looks great Tony.
I'm struck by how much aircraft there is too so little cockpit. The Foxbat has a sort of Thunderbirds styling to it or perhaps that should be the other way around.
I'm not sure you need the panel line wash. I suppose you could try the clay panel wash and if it doesn't work you can simply wipe it off?
Anyway, lovely looking Mig and really well put together (as always_.
Cheers
P
I'm struck by how much aircraft there is too so little cockpit. The Foxbat has a sort of Thunderbirds styling to it or perhaps that should be the other way around.
I'm not sure you need the panel line wash. I suppose you could try the clay panel wash and if it doesn't work you can simply wipe it off?
Anyway, lovely looking Mig and really well put together (as always_.
Cheers
P
Looking very nice Tony
View attachment 286311 View attachment 286312 View attachment 286313 View attachment 286314 Bit more done on the foxbat. Ive painted the anti glare panel on the nose and the dielectric panels on the fins and ventral fins. The metal sections on the rear have also been done , brush painted with vallejo model air metallics gunmetal. If i dont bother with a panel wash then the next step is a final coat of varnish then its onto the undercarriage
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View attachment 286511 View attachment 286512 Managed to get a wash to stay in the faint panel lines , and got a coat of matt on. Its also had the undercarriage fixed and all the knocky off bits apart from the pitot which is VERY delicate so thats going on at the very last. Theres just the last few bits now like the canopy seals , nav lights and maybe a bit of eye shadow round the exhaust area.
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That is looking great Tony. Can see how shallow those lines are from the photos, you did well to get a wash to stay in there.
Super work so far Tony
You are certainly capturing the look of an impressive aircraft Tonly..... great work
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That looks a fantastic model and you have built and painted a really wonderful example of the aircraft
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