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Then .. other two kits started about two weeks ago .. also an helicopter two days ago but it's another story..

heres the kits, an old Mig-15 Uti from KP and a good Skyray from Tamiya (my first tamiya build!!)

box'n'sprues

The old Mig







decals not goog but in mind to do in finnish natural metal finish.. with scrap decals



the Skyray









At the next with the works

works on Skyray goes easy

office and seat



the only mod till now, a better seat handle



Inner details about the engine and gear wells walls glued



black and silverwhere needed after primer



After painted inner intakes in white glued the fuselage and pressed with some clip and tape



Nose section paint works











After added weight in the nose glued all the things





and painted canopy frames after sanded the plastic to improve the paint grip





Not so easy on the mig:

two bulkhead added, air intake drilled and a sort of conduct added , also replaced cloches with stretched sprue



paint !



Silver where needed



Office ready



office assembly and in place





under pressure



wings and nose added





and horizontal rudders



lots of improvements (putty sanding.. plastic..) needed!

At the next

You sir, are a master. Nice work, indeed.

Two great looking builds BSY

Two opposites... one high end, one vintage, interesting pair. Did the Ford (F4D) instructions say to paint the cockpit tub black.

Two really nice builds.

Thanks for comments

Stikpusher wrote: ..
.. Did the Ford (F4D) instructions say to paint the cockpit tub black.

Yes Stik, all black instructions says

Also seen on the web almost all other skyray builds shows black inner..
At the end not black/black used, but a mix of black with brack/grey

Interesting. I had not seen any US jets with black cockpits before. Especially from that era..

Someone advice me about a possible grey for inners and walls but too late... I painted and closed the cockpit in the same session :(

Yes, the standard color for US aircraft after the Interioor Green era was Dark Gull Gray. But some Navy types had Black cockpits during the post WWII/Korea era, so that could be the case here... something that I want to look into now. I like color schemes that vary from the usual...