MiG-8 Duck -- "Darkwing Duck"

TheChronicOne · October 06, 2020, 10:11:54 PM

Starting a new one. Again. The A-10 Thunderbrrrrrt (

) met with difficulties day one, then the realization I'd have to go to lengths to properly paint it has it back in the stash for the time being. It's not cancelled, just postponed. Strangely enough, I'm having more fun debating the merits of the Thunderbrrrrrt than I was working on it.

But.... damn... holy crap.. I need to build something and finish it (that won't take eons) so here's a MiG-8 Duck by Avis. Not the cleanest of parts.... fair amount of work getting rid of flash and attach points and all that but it's not bad and makes for a pretty simple, and quite small kit so it should be a relatively quick build.

Got the wheels and the cockpit floor with seats glued together. A lot of the other parts have been cut loose from the sprues and cleaned up with sprue cutters, files, and sand paper. Going to paint interior and cram some weight in the nose pretty soon.

Check it out!!! The fuselage like this looks sleek and futuristic.

It will be an East German border patrol aircraft painted some sort of black or black/dark grey. Might hang some spotlights on it. Of course... this is subject to change. I know I have East German roundels and stuff but I'm wondering after seeing the size of the fuselage if they might be too large.

So who knows, this could wind up being a Vatican City fighter plane or something in the end.

Mossie · October 06, 2020, 11:17:45 PM

Watching this with interest, always liked this quirky little thing.

Dizzyfugu · October 06, 2020, 11:47:24 PM

Holy guacamole, Batman...

Old Wombat · October 07, 2020, 02:05:02 AM

Good Lord! Those seats look like wooden park benches!

scooter · October 07, 2020, 02:09:00 AM

Quote from: Old Wombat on October 07, 2020, 02:05:02 AM
Good Lord! Those seats look like wooden park benches!

Comfort is bourgeois, comrade.

Tophe · October 07, 2020, 03:42:08 AM

Quote from: Mossie on October 06, 2020, 11:17:45 PM
Watching this with interest

I have the same feeling

zenrat · October 07, 2020, 03:58:47 AM

Looks pretty good considering it comes from the AModel stable.
I'm looking at it thinking "hmmm, wings and stabs on backwards, one of the rudders at the other end, tractor prop, and the pilot in an open cockpit above the wing centre-section.

rickshaw · October 07, 2020, 04:30:37 AM

Quote from: scooter on October 07, 2020, 02:09:00 AM
Quote from: Old Wombat on October 07, 2020, 02:05:02 AM
Good Lord! Those seats look like wooden park benches!

Comfort is bourgeois, comrade.

Indeed. This is the workers' paradise we are discussing...

NARSES2 · October 07, 2020, 06:38:18 AM

Looking forward to this

TheChronicOne · October 07, 2020, 11:12:36 AM

Quote from: zenrat on October 07, 2020, 03:58:47 AM
Looks pretty good considering it comes from the AModel stable.
I'm looking at it thinking "hmmm, wings and stabs on backwards, one of the rudders at the other end, tractor prop, and the pilot in an open cockpit above the wing centre-section.

Oddly enough, that's sort of what the Russians did with it, to an extent! The box says they used it for years to test all kinds of different wings and canards and stabalizers and stuff... and hell, being Soviet Badasses that they are, I wouldn't rule out forcing a commrade to ride on the roof to "observe."

Spey_Phantom · October 07, 2020, 12:30:03 PM

could be an interesting build, you're off to a good start.
when i first read the title, i thought if was nicknamed for this

i was first expecting to see this

ChernayaAkula · October 07, 2020, 06:35:50 PM

Same here, Nils!

The MiG-8 and the Thunderquack both look odd, but in a strangely similar way.

Dizzyfugu · October 08, 2020, 12:32:14 AM

TheChronicOne · October 08, 2020, 10:22:52 AM

Quote from: Nils on October 07, 2020, 12:30:03 PM
could be an interesting build, you're off to a good start.
when i first read the title, i thought if was nicknamed for this

i was first expecting to see this

Quote from: ChernayaAkula on October 07, 2020, 06:35:50 PM
Same here, Nils!

The MiG-8 and the Thunderquack both look odd, but in a strangely similar way.

lol Y'all right and it kind of was!!! It hit me right as I was about to submit the topic title.... "it's going to be dark, it's a duck.. it's like the cartoon!" ha!

TheChronicOne · October 10, 2020, 09:02:31 PM

Ready to button up the interior. I've also painted the engine and the base coat of the props. The engine has to go in before I close up the fuselage but it and all the rest of the interior is ready. I even added nose weight

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I dunked the clear pieces into floor polish. The wind screen actually looked pretty nice but the side windows had a weird bubbly look to them but it appears the "Future" has helped.

Lastly, the wing is together. It may look familiar; I read that one of the primary functions of this aircraft in its testing phase was to trial what would become the wing of the MiG-15.

I've still not checked on the roundels but I really need to soon... I still have plenty I can do before paint but I'm getting close. If the East German stuff doesn't work I will need an alternative but I hope it does!