KP 1/72 MiG-17FP
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This is KP's old MiG-17PF, kit no.7 released in 1974. This was a semi rough build, fit was not the best, some light flash that needed cleaning. Wings to the fuselage and canopy fit had some pretty big gaps, nose inlet fit to the forward section of the fuselage was not the greatest. The kit's cockpit seat was missing so I had to scratch build one. I did not like the overall size of the tail-plane, it was too big, so I cut, trimmed and filed it to the size that looked correct to my eyes. The surface details were very fine with raised panel lines and rivets, some areas were wet-sanded down but I did not want to totally remove all of the details. After saying all this, this really was not a bad kit to build, I really enjoyed it.
After filing, blending and primed the model I airbrushed Tamiya's X-11 Chrome Silver. I gave this a few coats. I later highlighted the flight control lines using Black Tamiya's panel line Highlighter, the rest of the panel lines, access panels and larger panels were weathered by using a fine mechanical pencil and for a slight change of shade, I also used a fine black water color marker. After applying to the area I used a cotton Q-tip to soften the panel lines, fill in the access panels and spread the water color to fill in the larger panels.
I chose to go with the box art markings. The original decals were not good, so I ordered a set from this site:
hobbyshop.cz/shop/en/9_apc-decals
This was my second time ordering from this site and their decals do not cost much. I chose their APC line of decals, great for someone like me. They make replacement decals for the older Frog, Heller and KP kits.
This is not going to win any contest but all in all, I am happy with this build.
