KIT DETAILS

RUSSIAN MIG-31B/BM FOXHOUND

MANUFACTURER: HOBBYBOSS

SCALE: 1:48

KIT TYPE: PLASTIC INJECTION MOULDED

WITH ETCH

KIT NUMBER: 81754

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Danumurthi Mahendra show you how to paint and

weather the HobbyBoss MiG-31B Foxhound using AK

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T

he MiG-31 Foxhound is the

ultimate development of its

Cold War-era predecessor,

the MiG-25 Foxbat. It is bigger,

louder, more sophisticated and

more capable than the latter. Like

the interceptor itself, the box was

large and gave a good impression

of the size the actual kit once

assembled. The kit is filled with

lots of goodies, including metal

landing gear, etched parts, rubber

tyres, lots of stencils, and a huge

array of underwing missiles.

The MiG-31’s cockpit had

some very nice raised

details and

construction was a pleasure,

however, the canopies are a

bit more complicated, and

were more like small kits in

their own right, each having

a frame and etched parts,

together with the clear parts.

I painted the instrument

panels AK799 NATO Black and

added the decals. Next, a thin

wash with AK677 Neutral Grey

Panel Line Wash brought out

the details. There weren’t many

interior parts to deal with so I

Rescribing some lost detail

88 • MARCH 2018 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

BY SACCO DE VRIES

MIG-31B FOXHOUND

BY DANUMURTHI MAHENDRA

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