A pair of Migs. Mig-27 started.

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August 11, 2020
Finally Finished.
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July 30, 2020
Paint done, decals in progress.
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July 30, 2020
Close up of left side of the nose.
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July 30, 2020
Still need to add all of the stencils to this side.
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July 30, 2020
Left side decals finished.
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July 30, 2020
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July 26, 2020
Undersides painted with Vajello Russian underside blue faded.
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July 26, 2020
Primed, marble coated and pre-shaded.
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July 26, 2020
Lower surfaces painted, light blue.
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July 26, 2020
Primed, marble coat applied, along with some contrasting pre-shading.
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July 26, 2020
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July 26, 2020
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July 23, 2020
Primer started. Added some filler around windscreen, as I was not happy with the fit.
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July 23, 2020
Exhaust painted. Once good and dry, will mask it off for painting,
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July 23, 2020
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July 23, 2020
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July 23, 2020
Wheel well's painted.
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July 17, 2020
PE and more PE. Underside of nose.
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July 17, 2020
Right side of nose.
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July 17, 2020
Top of nose.
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July 17, 2020
Right main wheel well.
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July 17, 2020
Left main wheel well.
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July 17, 2020
Top of fuselage.
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July 17, 2020
Aft lower fuselage.
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July 17, 2020
Bottom of fuselage.
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July 17, 2020
Belly view.
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July 10, 2020
Started adding exterior PE parts.
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July 10, 2020
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July 10, 2020
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July 10, 2020
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June 4, 2020
Intakes finally faired in. Now I can start adding Photo Etch details.
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June 4, 2020
Lots of putty.
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June 4, 2020
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June 4, 2020
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June 1, 2020
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June 1, 2020
A complete airframe. Intake fit on this one is crap, will require large amounts of putty and elbow grease.
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June 1, 2020
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May 28, 2020
Nose will require some card shims and alot of putty.
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May 28, 2020
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May 28, 2020
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May 28, 2020
Need to finish IP and HUD.
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May 22, 2020
W.I.P. Cockpit.
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May 22, 2020
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May 22, 2020
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May 22, 2020
Mig-27 on left and Mig-23 on right.
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May 17, 2020
A start on the Mig-27.

Comments

10 17 May 2020, 00:53

Clifford Keesler Author
Cockpit finally done. Pictures soon.

21 May 2020, 02:20

Nathan Dempsey
Ooh another oldie that Clifford will turn into a goldie.

11 July 2020, 00:51

Clifford Keesler Author
Thank you Nathan. Your kind words mean a lot.

11 July 2020, 02:14

Clifford Keesler Author
Photo-Etch marathon begins on this one. Will require a little filler around PE parts.

17 July 2020, 20:43

Clifford Keesler Author
I finally got all of the photo etch installed. Spent 3 hours just building the PE exhaust nozzle. Would of been easier to put a resin one in I think. I did order resin bombs and resin AA-2 Atoll missiles for it. The kit ones were way over sized and poorly detailed. I used the PE aft fuselage bomb racks, and then found a resin set, that would of been much nicer. OH well will remember it for the next one. It is primed back to the exhaust nozzle. will finish painting the nozzle tomorrow and finish priming it. Will take some more pictures then.

23 July 2020, 01:35

Clifford Keesler Author
Made some progress today Hope to finish primer tomorrow, and paint over the weekend.

23 July 2020, 22:02

Clifford Keesler Author
I got a lot of work done on this today. Hope to get upper sides painted tomorrow.

26 July 2020, 00:41

Nathan Dempsey
Nice pre-shading. It's going to be sweeeeet.

26 July 2020, 01:18

Clifford Keesler Author
Thank you Nathan. I got the upper camo painted today. Tommorow I will try and get some post-shading and minor touch ups done.

27 July 2020, 21:45

Jos Jansen
Nice couple Clifford...also nice progress, lots of PE 👍!

30 July 2020, 22:19

Clifford Keesler Author
Thank you very much Jos. Hope to finish the decals tomorrow.

30 July 2020, 22:24

Nathan Dempsey
Still looking nice Clifford. You're making me want to pull out my kit and start on it.

30 July 2020, 22:57

Clifford Keesler Author
Thank you very much Nathan, your kind words mean a lot.

31 July 2020, 03:37

Clifford Keesler Author
Finished the decals today.

1 August 2020, 02:06

Gareth Windsor
Seriously Clifford. You are belting these models out while I'm struggling for bench time. I have spur envy. Looking like another great build.

10 August 2020, 23:24

Clifford Keesler Author
Thank you very much Gareth. This one is almost finished. Just need to finish the seat.

11 August 2020, 00:07

Clifford Keesler Author
Finally finished this beast.

11 August 2020, 20:48

Michael Phillips
Man that turned out NICE Clifford! You really flogged out some nice Floggers! (haha)

11 August 2020, 21:16

Nathan Dempsey
Just lovely work Clifford. I know what a basic (& old) kit this is and you've made it look great. That's one to be proud of.

11 August 2020, 22:26

Clifford Keesler Author
Thank you very much for your kind words Michael and Nathan, they are most appericated.

12 August 2020, 21:31

James C
That's a cool looking MiG-27 Clifford and I love the camouflage 👍

12 August 2020, 21:35

Clifford Keesler Author
Thank you very much James.

12 August 2020, 21:38

Slavo Hazucha
Ah, managed to discover the second MiG!😉 Looks like this one spent some out-of-shelter time under the elements - very nice job indeed 👍

13 August 2020, 11:16

Alexander
That is one heavily weathered MiG - I like it😉. Turned out very nice.

13 August 2020, 15:54

Clifford Keesler Author
Thank you very much Roland, Slavo and Alexander. Your kind words mean a lot. I personally think I over weathered it a bit. But did not want to take the chance of trying to re-paint areas to tone down the weathering. Although I did see some pretty beat up ones in my reference phptos.

13 August 2020, 23:50

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ESCI 1/48 scale Mig 23S/Mig-27D

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