Trumpeter Mig-3

Villiers de Vos
Coming along nicely.

Sebastian Meyner
Very nice start! Following 🙂 👍

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Tank you both! This kit is really very simple and quick to assemble. So far, it has a nice fit and is enjoyable to build.

Steve Desarzens
it looks really great 🙂

Alexander Perov
do not repeat the general error of the modelers. The frontal cover of the cab glazing is not painted there were two pieces of plastic overlapping

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Buckle up Roland!

Alexander, Can you elaborate? Just to be sure, you're talking about the area encircled on picture #7?

Nathan Dempsey
Watching. I literally just picked up one of these kits myself.

Alexander Perov
Good afternoon. no it's not that part. This is the front part in front of the sight vertical stripes .I do not know how to insert a photo here I will have to place in your branch

Sebastian Meyner
Guillaume, I think what he means is the wind shield. Consisting of (I believe...) three individual pieces of perspex, that were not framed individually, but overlaping and glued (?) together which resulted

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Thank Alexanderfor the pictures ( Mig -3 cockpit | Album by kadetka36).

Indeed Sebastian the front windshield consist of 3 pieces glued. It always foun to learn while building.

There is also a unpainted area at the rear of the central piece. I think I try to separated the central glued canopy part. I glued it for an easier paint job, but it has just caused me trouble so far since I found out after gluing, that I had forgot the aiming device in the box 🤔 ) Plus, I'll be able to open the canopy when I want to show the interior.

Michael Kohl
Nice cockpit. Count me in.

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Thank you Michael.

I done some correction on the air intake with styrene strips. It's a lot cheaper than resin kit 😉

Villiers de Vos
Lots of fine details.

Alexander Perov
👍🥂🤝

Jan Peters
Nice preshading👍🏻

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Thank you guy! The preshading worked well with the AK paint until I got a weird reaction using the AMT-7 Blue. In some area the black you rise trough the blue coat after 5 min. I waited 15 min to let everything dry. I then applied a clear coat and re applied the light blue over the damaged area. It seemed to resolve my issues.

Murad ÖZER
coming along great. the preshading and effects on the wings especially, they are showing just enough tru the basecolor. i guess it's even better up close in person than the images.

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Oils paint is done for the under carriage. I need a bit more clear cot on the top better I can finish it.

Hope you enjoy the show Nathan, You'll see It's a great lit for the price.

Villiers de Vos
Guillaume, your paintwork and weathering is top notch.

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Thanks Villiers , the experience is starting to sink in and I'm getting more confident to experiment with Oil. I must says that these technique (the Oils paints ones) are a true game changer.

Oils paint is done for the under carriage. I need a bit more clear coat on the top I can finish it.

Hope you enjoy the show Nathan, You'll see It's a great kit for the price.

AndreasK
Very nice so far! Looking forward to the rest.

Nathan Dempsey
That underside is looking great. 👍

Guy Rump
Looking great Guillaume. 👍

Timmie
Looking nice and dirty

Jim J
Excellent fading and shading. Looks sharp.

Rich K.
Awesome job!

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Thanks guys! Much appreciated.

I'm about to complete the upper side.

Dominik Weitzer
weathering is well made.

Mike Siemers
Nice mottling and shading on the paint job, especially like the cockpit work.

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Thanks Dominik & Mike. Oils paints rally made the trick for the interior.

Alexander Perov
Very nice painting but one mistake was not corrected I thought before the final coloring you will fix .Both ailerons should not be lowered down .one should be up

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
You are right they go the opposite way. I was mixing them up with flaps.

James C
Looking awesome 👍

Your project and album titles indicates that this is an Academy kit, but the Trumpeter kit is showing instead? Just curious as I also have the trumpeter kit and was wondering if it is the same etc.

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
You are right it is a Trumpeter kit. I tend to mix these to manufacturers. Thanks for waking me up 😉

James C
All good 😉👍

Rich K.
I TOTALLY would have made the same mistake with the ailerons! TOTALLY! This is turning out great! May I ask what oils you are using for your wash?

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
I used a set called LEATHER AND WOOD by Abteilung for the ''mains stains and dirt effects''. It consist of mostly brown shade with a red and orange one. For the other colors I bough a Oil paint beginner set at and art store (Micheal's). It's not as good quality (although I don't see much difference between the twos) as the first one, but I more than enough to create any shade & color I need for weathering.

amazon.com/AK-Intera..COLORS/dp/B074CDRHMV

michaels.com/36-colo..sities/10622009.html

Rich K.
Wow! Thanks for the links and awesome info! I can't wait to see your final pics! Love following your work.

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Your'e welcome Rich. Thanks for the nice comments, it's quite heart warming to me. I must say that you and your wife have some very nice builds too.

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
The project if finished! It is a nice kit to build. I barely added added details.

Thank for all the help during the build 🙂

Guy Rump
Very nice build Guillaume 👍

Nathan Dempsey
That's a great finish. I can't wait to get to my kit now.

James C
Very nice work 👍

Kyle DeHart
This turned out great!!

Alexander Perov
The work is just super and sorry that I am so nasty but the propeller blades should be turned in the other direction just change the screw by 180 degrees (yes I myself am such when in a hurry)

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Thank for al the nice comments guys! This was my first, but won't be my last, Soviet airplane.

As for the propeller they welded for good, but I always appreciate informations about the airplane I'm building.

Vincent
Nice work. I really liked this kit when I build mine. Great work on the Paint scheme looks really clean!!!

Guillaume Blanchet Autor
Tank you Vincent!