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Stikpusher wrote:
“Inspired by Actual (classified) Events”.... is the opening tag that Hollywood uses now... of course the fine print at the end says “any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental”...
as they used to say on the intro for Dragnet... “The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.” So we swap the Indian Ocean for the Adriatic Sea...

Yep - Albanian Mig-28's tangle with Italian Air Force fighters over the Adriatic. I feel a Whif coming on

In other news - I spent a happy lunch break doing some sanding of seams on the Mig-15 and nosing through some new purchases





Cheers!

And three more for the build.. (there's an Airfix Mig-15 in the Dragon box).

portman wrote:

Stikpusher wrote:
“Inspired by Actual (classified) Events”.... is the opening tag that Hollywood uses now... of course the fine print at the end says “any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental”...
as they used to say on the intro for Dragnet... “The story you are about to see is true. The names have been changed to protect the innocent.” So we swap the Indian Ocean for the Adriatic Sea...

Yep - Albanian Mig-28's tangle with Italian Air Force fighters over the Adriatic. I feel a Whif coming on

In other news - I spent a happy lunch break doing some sanding of seams on the Mig-15 and nosing through some new purchases





Cheers!

Italian Harriers off of the Giuseppe Garibaldi... but they edited out the part where Maverick’s cappacino spilled out while flying inverted over the MiG...

Stikpusher wrote:
Italian Harriers off of the Giuseppe Garibaldi... but they edited out the part where Maverick’s cappacino spilled out while flying inverted over the MiG...

I spent another few happy lunch breaks working on the Mig-15. I've finally got the seams sorted and have now moved onto getting the last main parts attached - it's starting to look the part now!





Not sure about the 'Easy Build' aspect of this kit, yes it has fewer parts, but none of them fit. The airbrakes were a bastard to get fitted with the fuselage and will now require a fair bit of filling.



The other thing I've noticed is that the canopy framing is missing the two windows in the 11 and 2 o'clock positions? (see above) I guess I'll have to mask those in!

Also started playing with the bagged Airfix Mig - parts breakdown is much more normal but the details not as good - it'll be interesting to see how it compares to the HB kit.



Cheers!

- Kari

OBOY YOU PICKED A GOOD ONE! I cannot wait to see this guy with paint on!

Once again I'm very late to the party. I've never really held much interest in the Albanian Air Force, but I have to commend you on picking this and trying to build one of every aircraft used by them. When it comes to building 'small air forces' I've been doing the same with my Egyptian, Iraqi, Syrian and Israeli air forces myself.

Everything is looking great Stuart. Keep it going man!

Duke Maddog wrote:Once again I'm very late to the party. I've never really held much interest in the Albanian Air Force, but I have to commend you on picking this and trying to build one of every aircraft used by them. When it comes to building 'small air forces' I've been doing the same with my Egyptian, Iraqi, Syrian and Israeli air forces myself.

Everything is looking great Stuart. Keep it going man!

to that Big Duke! I got me a Japanese Air Force going right now! Heh, one of the things I like about our pal Stuart, he does amazing work with his brushes on some of the most interesting subjects I can imagine. I’m really excited about what he’s cooking up with this project.