Double Trouble!
A few days ago, I thought I had my upcoming build lineup pretty well set. Then I stopped by King's Hobby yesterday, and they had this in stock... Well...hell. The…
Lead Sled or Iron Tadpole?
I'm torn. I've been gearing up to tackle Eduard's boxing of the Academy F-4B Phantom II...and then Hobby Boss goes and drops their beautiful A-6E Intruder... Which one should I…
Batter Up! (or…what’s next on the bench)
With the Trumpeter MiG-21F-13 and T-80BV off the bench and safely in the display cabinet, and the Hobby Boss T-26 well into the painting and weathering process, it's time to…
1/48 Trumpeter MiG-21F-13, Part IV
Part I | Part II| Part III | Part IV
Welcome to Part IV of the MiG-21F-13 build. At the end of Part III, the Fishbed was painted, chipped, and had just had the markings masked and sprayed.
Now, it’s time to continue the journey with some weathering.
Wash & Strut
Handling the MiG-21 with the nose strut only installed was becoming tiresome by this point, so I said f- it and installed the main gear struts as well. The fit of these into their mounts is frustratingly wobbly, but somehow my “CA-and-pray” approach worked just fine ,and the plane appears to sit level. Now…it does appear to sit taller in the rump than most images I’ve seen…but I think that’s a case of the oleos being at full extension or something.
In addition to strutting the MiG, I also applied Vallejo Light Gray Wash. Vallejo’s washes are something I’ve recently discovered, and used properly they are fantastic. The darker colors really have a much stronger effect, but the gray wash quite subtle and helps to bring some cohesion to a really visually disparate paint scheme like this one.
Like I said. Subtle. (more…)