$50? That’s… a bit much! I was thinking along the lines of small sinkers (used for fishing, not hunting), as shown in the attached photo. Much cheaper!
The MIG is about ready to decal. I need to apply a gloss coat and spray the decals with Bonder before attempting to apply them (old decals so I really don’t trust them). Then finish up the canopy, apply the flaps, do some staining and hopefully wrap this (rather tedious) project up!
Gary
What is Bonder? Does it come in a rattle can or is ir for an airbrush?
Those sinkers are huge! birdshot is very fine, perfect for getting a lot of weight into a small space.
Paul
I use the wheel weights that come off tires when they get re balanced. the mechanics usually have a barrel full of used ones. just ask for a handful.
Joe
FINISHED!!! Mig 15bis
YAAAY!!!
cockpit painted russian underside blue- a light greenish blue, IP i first painted tamiya lp white then gloss black acrylic over that. after drying for about an hour or so i took a old brush dampened with water and lightly scrubbed the panel until the gauges were exposed. dabbed the switches with red and yellow to add some detail. did same for side IP. added a couple left over PE levers too.
Exterior i mixed alclad aluminum with tamiya lp white to look like white aluminum. about 10 drops alclad to 4 drops white and thinned with MLT. applied the decals (Illiad decals, very good decals, i recommend them) a coat of testors gloss lacquer and a panel line wash with flory black wash. I also replaced one gun barrel with a piece of hypodermic needle and used stretched sprue for the brake lines. painted medical tape for the harness.
finished off with a strand of my wife’s hair run under a black marker for the antenna. i had to glue the two halves of the fuselage together in order to add the antenna but the engine is painted and weathered inside.
I took First place in the category with it at the IPMS poughkeepsie ny show this past weekend, didn’t expect that so it was a pleasant surprise. I also took 1st place for box stock in the 1/48 prop for my Eduard FW 190 F and also 1st box stock competition for my budweiser Dale Earnhardt Jr Monte Carlo in those respective categories. So I had an unexpectantly good weekend.
I enjoyed this build and the campaign, thanks to all for running this campaign, there is some great work here!!
Joe
Looking great Joe and thanks for passing along some of the tips you used to make such a great looking MiG. That instrument panel one was particularly nice.
Paul
Yup, with the gear on we have a tail sitter.
Fortunately, when the nose was fitted with its BBs, it just tipped the balance in favor of the nose gear.
The next issue was the rockets. Airfix would have us paint the body flat black and the warhead silver. Not only did that not seem right, it was boring! I looked through my library and came up with two shots that decided the issue:
The warhead is decidedly a darker color and OD seemed right. The body might have been a grey but I had already painted it black. A yellow was added to the tailpipes also.
The noses were painted silver to look like the photos as shown in the following post.
Paul
With the addition of the canopy and a few other bits this one is now done. In spite of my building blunders, it looks pretty good to my eye and will have to find a place in the front row of the display case.
I really liked building this Meteor and have the Airfix Vampire that I can hardly wait to start. Too bad we don’t have an early jet’s campaign going now.
Paul
@Bomber14 & @hudson29 Both superb examples of the early jets, both deserving of awards. I can only give you 
.
Gary
Joe, Paul,
Great work !
I like a lot the fineness of your painting work.
The contrast between bright body color and dark recessed lines looks awesome.
I’ve almost finished the Monogram MIG-15, except for giving it a wash, some oil staining, fixing the canopy and a dullcoat to bring down the glossiness of the red. I’m not happy with the red of the decals, but it is what it is. I’ll post pictures once I’ve cleaned it up.
Thank you for the appreciations spoken about this model. Sometimes I feared I had really messed it up.
The Meteor is such an interesting aircraft and it just looks right to my eyes. This F8 version has to be the best looking of the line and Airfix did a great job with the kit. The plastic was nice to work with, the detail restrained and in scale and the kit was well engineered. Even the decals, but for the adhesion of the stencils, were great, well printed and with believable colors. Only the directions let the kit down. They were the pictograph style and had no color call outs outside of Humbrol numbers. Also, the building sequence was suspect but that it pretty normal. Almost all kits need to be studied to develop a realistic path to completion. Just now, comparing the kit air intakes with the pictures, I’m wondering if I have the correct ones on the model? I thought the destructions called for the large ones on this version but the photo of the Aussie Meteor being armed seems to show the small intakes . . .
Overall, I’m happy and any errors are mine due to ether inadequate research of just plain old blunders. Still. I like looking at it.
Paul
Those old Monogram kits can still look great as you have shown here, great job!
While waiting for paint to dry on other projects I just started on the Monogram AD-6 Skyraider. It’s a kit that is showing its age but has so far built well and will look good after being finished. Too bad this company couldn’t survive.
Paul
The Monogram AD-6 Skyraider, despite it’s age, is a great kit. In the hands of a skilled modeler, it can be built into a nice rendition.
Gary
What interesting box art! It shows a Chinese MiG shooting down a P-38! Where & when could these two types have encountered each other? Did Taiwan ever have P-38s?
Paul
So far, it looks pretty good. By the time my kit was shot the molds had become tired and there is a fair amount of fitting required but that’s just work. I have become a bit suspicious of the decals. Did the AD-6s fight in Korea? One book I have seems to say that this was a post Korea type . . .
Paul
Maybe. Apparently on 28 April 1950, a Captain Kalinikov shot down a ROCAF P-38 (an F-5E), in the first aerial victory for a MiG-15 pilot. Some sources claim it was an RT-33A, a recon version of the Shooting Star. It’s the F-5E that’s depicted. It was during the Chinese Civil War.
Gary
The AD-6 was post-Korea. AD-4s were in Korea (among earlier varients).
Gary
The Monogram and Tamiya kits can be backdated. Sand off the armor plates for earlier variants, remove a pair of the wing cannon, replace the wing pylons with the earlier type, swap out the pilot seat… most likely some antennas will need to be changed…
Wasn’t there an extra dive brake?
Gary
