DONE +++ MiG 'Izdeliye 33' a.k.a. MiG-33SE (ASCC code 'Foghorn') of the VPAF

[overscan]

Rockwell F-15 ? Wha ? Googlin' we go !

Start here with Rockwell NA-335 F-15 topic

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,519.0.html

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While there check out the Fairchild F-15 (2nd placed finalist above Rockwell)

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,15663.0.html

Other designs :

General Dynamics

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,16158.0.html

Lockheed

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,16662.0.html

General F-15 competition topic including Grumman 399, Nasa studies

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,14895.0.html

And certainly don't miss

Model 199 - Evolution of the F-15 from a VG F-111-alike to final form

http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,23622.0.html

[overscan]

And back to topic - the intake design is fine, the Mikoyan 1.44 MFI used a splitter but had two engines, no reason to do that for a single engine design. Single MiG-29 style intake makes perfect sense.

I believe there were were two 'single engine MiG-29' projects, one from the 70s and a later one (Izdeliye 41) from the early/mid 80s. This was superseded by the LFI, which was planned as a single engine MFI.

[Dizzyfugu]

Just to move the topic back to its core (and keep the audience entertained), here's a pic that indicates what paint scheme will be applied.

Blue!



From http://www.hollilla.com/reader.php?action=thread&thread=2982619&offset=3030

Muahahaha! 

[Dizzyfugu]

Progress, progress... time for the small things like antennae, pitots, canopy, pylons... Starts looking like an aicraft!         

1:72 Mikojan-Gurevich MiG-33SE (NATO code 'Foghorn', a.k.a. 'Izdeliye 33'); VPAF, late 90ies (WiP) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

1:72 Mikojan-Gurevich MiG-33SE (NATO code 'Foghorn', a.k.a. 'Izdeliye 33'); VPAF, late 90ies (WiP) by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

[DogfighterZen]

Looking great!

[Dizzyfugu]

Agree. Pretty sexy - screams F-16 all over the place, but it isn't. 

[NARSES2]

To my mind it's got an A4 and the Brazilian/Italian Embrae whatever somewhere in it's lineage as well. Real good looker

[Supertom]

I'm so jealous of your putty courage.

[Dizzyfugu]

Yes, it takes some self-conviction. But once you "cross the line" you cannot go back... 

[Dizzyfugu]

Painting started. With BLUE!

1:72 Mikojan-Gurevich MiG-33SE (NATO code 'Foghorn', a.k.a. 'Izdeliye 33'), '8703 Red' of the 931st Fighter Reg., 371th Air Div., Vietnamese People's Air Force (Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam, VPAF); Yên Bái Air Base, summer 1989 (Whif) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

1:72 Mikojan-Gurevich MiG-33SE (NATO code 'Foghorn', a.k.a. 'Izdeliye 33'), '8703 Red' of the 931st Fighter Reg., 371th Air Div., Vietnamese People's Air Force (Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam, VPAF); Yên Bái Air Base, summer 1989 (Whif) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr


Yes, it's a rather simple livery, but the blues (the lower side is slightly lighter than the uppers) are really bright - the pics hardly do it justice. Base tone is Humbrol 44 (Pastel Blue), on the upper surfaces a little of 144 has been mixed to it for a slightly darker tone. Should look cool with the red and yellow VPAF markings (just check the Su-22 above), and the weird interior colors from the cockpit and the landing gear wells stand out well, too.

[Logan Hartke]

Man, that is already looking fantastic.

Cheers,

Logan

[PR19_Kit]

Looking VERY much like a Soviet F-16. 

[DogfighterZen]

  Excellent choice of colors!
This could very well be the perfect matching opponent for the Viper, i bet the 2 would also be very similar in a performance comparison.

[Dizzyfugu]

Thank you. And, yes, in my personal incarnation, the MiG-33 appears really like a Viper counterpart on eye level. What amazes me most is how much F-16 is actually hidden in the MiG-29, once you trim things down to a single engine. And while both look similar, it is only superficially. Really cool and interesting.

[Dizzyfugu]

Full force ahead... Adding a thin black ink wash, less for weathering but more for depth of color and contrast.

1:72 Mikojan-Gurevich MiG-33SE (NATO code 'Foghorn', a.k.a. 'Izdeliye 33'), '8703 Red' of the 931st Fighter Reg., 371th Air Div., Vietnamese People's Air Force (Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam, VPAF); Yên Bái Air Base, summer 1989 (Whif) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Detail painting continues, including highlighted panels and painted panel lines, created with a very soft pencil. Since hald of the kit's surface consists of rather soft and brittle putty I did not dare any engraving, and what's left from the original panel lines was/is raised, anyway. So, the drawn solution is most convenient and sufficient.

1:72 Mikojan-Gurevich MiG-33SE (NATO code 'Foghorn', a.k.a. 'Izdeliye 33'), '8703 Red' of the 931st Fighter Reg., 371th Air Div., Vietnamese People's Air Force (Không Quân Nhân Dân Việt Nam, VPAF); Yên Bái Air Base, summer 1989 (Whif) - WiP by dizzyfugu, on Flickr

Decals soon/next, in the meantime I also paint the ordnance, Alamos and Aphids from an Italeri MiG-29. Better option than the OOB stuff from the Nakotne kit...