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The kit recommends Revell and

Tamiya acrylic paint reference

numbers for each colour. The

nose wheel bay is metallic steel

(as are the main wheel bays), and

the cockpit is MiG’s trademark

Blue Green. I used my own mix

for the latter: Mr. Hobby Aqueous

H25 Sky Blue and H46 Emerald

Green in equal amounts. Once dry,

I painted some of the panels on

the side consoles in (ironically for

a Soviet aircraft) Tamiya NATO

Black. This colour is actually a

very dark grey and gives a better

scale effect than pure black. I then

dry-brushed some white or black

as appropriate, to bring out the

moulded detail on the panels.

The instrument panel consists

of a clear part which is fitted behind

the pre-painted panel, with clear

instrument dials showing though

cut-outs in the panel. Leaving the

clear part out, I painted the part-

assembled panel as described above

for the side consoles. This was

followed by a coat of black on the

back of the clear instrument panel;

when fitted, this produces an effect

of black glazed dials. Whilst there

are no dial markings, it looks quite

effective – but many modellers

will probably wish to add some

Airscale instrument dial decals.

I now moved to the ejection seat.

The seat’s construction is slightly

unusual in that the seat pan is added

to the cockpit, then the back and

headrest is added, together with an

ejection handle. The headrest (Part

F15) proved quite tricky to clean up

due to the location of the sprue gate,

but eventually it was installed.

Unusually I did not bother with

a seat harness, either from scratch

or from the aftermarket. The

canopy is quite small in proportion

to the aircraft, so I reasoned that

Test-fitting the central bulkhead. Sub-assemblies: lower fuselage (centre) with wheel wells, cockpit module, and intakes.

Intakes in place and taped.

Nose wheel bay painted.

Central bulkhead – that pin is very slightly

off-centre longitudinally, so make sure to get it

the right way round.

Cockpit module in place.

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