Portman Productions 2020
- tempestjohnny
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Re: Portman Productions 2020
Look how weighted the tires are
Re: Portman Productions 2020
They're feeling deflated...
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: Portman Productions 2020
Today's lunchtime modelling session saw yet another new kit hit the front seat, Zvezda's Mig-21BIS. The boxes for the 1/48 kits are a tad too bulky for my car, so it's back to some 1/72 Jets.
It's not a bad looking kit, plenty of parts in the box.
So far I've assembled the cockpit tub, mounted the sidewalls and main u/c bays into the fuselage halves, and them slapped lovely green paint over everything.
After that I have a rather tasty vegan curried pie and some hash browns
This kit will soon be joined by another -21, although the level of detail might be a bit lower...
Cheers Comrades
It's not a bad looking kit, plenty of parts in the box.
So far I've assembled the cockpit tub, mounted the sidewalls and main u/c bays into the fuselage halves, and them slapped lovely green paint over everything.
After that I have a rather tasty vegan curried pie and some hash browns
This kit will soon be joined by another -21, although the level of detail might be a bit lower...
Cheers Comrades
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
Re: Portman Productions 2020
Nice work from the front seat! Lunch sounds good, too!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
Re: Portman Productions 2020
Thanks Lyle - it was rather tasty.
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
My blog: https://stuartsscalemodels.blogspot.com/
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Re: Portman Productions 2020
I'm going to have to source some colours for the scheme as I want to do a camouflaged but know nowt about Russian Air force Colours - I'll be going with the 'close enough' principle.
The painting guide in this kit is the rather old fashioned black and white kind which is no help. I did find this on line that looks rather funky.
The painting guide in this kit is the rather old fashioned black and white kind which is no help. I did find this on line that looks rather funky.
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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- Stikpusher
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Re: Portman Productions 2020
For Soviet camo colors, close enough will work. Standard patterns are pretty much non existent. Late models and some earlier export models were camo painted at the factories in semi standardized colors and patterns. But early types like your kit were built in NMF, and if they received a camo scheme, it was done locally, with colors available and the pattern at the whim of the paint crew.
There used to be a great site that had various Soviet aircraft types camo profiles and color call outs using Humbrol paints, but it shut down several years ago. Fortunately some folks have saved some of those profiles online on other sites. Here is a Mig-23 pattern with those Humbrol color call outs. So using those colors, and the explanation of Soviet camo practices, you can do as you like on your Mig-21 Stuart.
There used to be a great site that had various Soviet aircraft types camo profiles and color call outs using Humbrol paints, but it shut down several years ago. Fortunately some folks have saved some of those profiles online on other sites. Here is a Mig-23 pattern with those Humbrol color call outs. So using those colors, and the explanation of Soviet camo practices, you can do as you like on your Mig-21 Stuart.
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Re: Portman Productions 2020
Thanks for the info Carlos - that's a great help! good to know nothing was standard!
Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Re: Portman Productions 2020
Unfortunately the quality of Cold War Soviet Color photos is widely varied. I suspect that like US FS colors or U.K. BSC colors, the Soviet Air Force had a wide palette of paint colors to choose from. Soviet Aircraft based in Eastern Europe wore darker, more temperate color schemes, while those based in their Southern and central republics wore lighter color schemes suited for those more arid environments.portman wrote:Thanks for the info Carlos - that's a great help! good to know nothing was standard!
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- Duke Maddog
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Re: Portman Productions 2020
Stuart, looking great so far, Nice choice on the latest models. That Airfix one will bring back memories for me as I built a few! As Carlos said, "close enough" is just right; that's the way I always painted my Soviet aircraft.
Looking forward to seeing more.
Looking forward to seeing more.
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"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.