Year of the cat: tiger on the tail
Here’s my second contribution to this great group build, it’s Great Wall’s 1/48 Mig-29 limited edition kit Slovak Air Force 2014 Special Painting “digital camouflage with Tiger on Tail” 2014/2016. Jack Mugan posted a similar model a while back, and, like he said, I couldn’t wait to get on with the decalling. I took Jack’s advice and cut up some of the larger decals making them easier to apply and didn’t really have any problems. The kit included some etched details, but I couldn’t fathom out the seat harness so I rigged one up using masking tape. Any other errors are down to me (and I know there’s at least one big one!). For the photographically minded I took the pictures using natural light in my kitchen on my Sony a6000 camera, then wi-fi’d them to my iPhone. I adjusted the brightness and contrast a little, did some trimming and posted them here, so easy thanks to iModeler. Thanks again for looking, George
P.S. I’ve added another picture, is the next iModeler T-shirt? You saw it here first.
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Louis Gardner said on October 21, 2017
Beautiful work George !!!!!!!!!! The decal work is simply amazing. Bravo Sir, well done…………..
George Williams said on October 21, 2017
Thanks, Louis, I just love this group build.
Louis Gardner said on October 22, 2017
Thanks my friend. I have been enjoying it too. Thanks for participating. There’s still time for another one or two or…….. 🙂
I like your shirt too.
Craig Abrahamson said on October 21, 2017
Love that scheme, George….very nice result. And where can I get one of those cool shirts? 🙂 🙂
George Williams said on October 21, 2017
Thank you very much,Craig, I think the T-shirts are already sold out.
Craig Abrahamson said on October 22, 2017
Yeah, but where, George? They may get some back in stock. 🙁
Terry Schuler said on October 21, 2017
George, Very nice scheme (my wife likes it too ! — only because it has a cat on it). Very well done.
George Williams said on October 22, 2017
Cheers, Terry, and to your wife, too.
Chuck A. Villanueva said on October 22, 2017
Incredible job well done George. The GW MiG-29 is one must have kit I wish to get soon. Builds up quite well and yours shows the end result. thanks for sharing
George Williams said on October 22, 2017
I appreciate your generous comments, Chuck, it’s certainly a nice kit.
Ferry Dierckxsens said on October 22, 2017
Fantastic work George! Quite a challenge with the pixel camouflage and it looks great. And offcourse the cat is there too, very well done.
George Williams said on October 23, 2017
Thanks, Ferry, I think the tigers add a bit of colour.
Richard Mcstay said on October 22, 2017
Yes the tiger definitely qualifies! Nice build mate, I love a bit of digital camo. Nice T-shirt as well!
I’ve got a 1/32 Mig-29 in the cupboard, but it looks big even in 1/48.
George Williams said on October 23, 2017
Thanks, Richard, looking forward to seeing your XJ when it’s finished.
Tom Bebout said on October 22, 2017
Gee that looks great George. Nice job on the digital camo, I’m sure placing those down would make my eyes cross.
George Williams said on October 23, 2017
They were easier than I thought, cutting them into smaller sections definitely helped, though. Thanks for looking, Tom.
Tom Cleaver said on October 22, 2017
Nice work. I have yet to figure out “digital camouflage” as to whether it actually works or just “looks cool.”
George Williams said on October 23, 2017
With today’s sophisticated tracking systems I would suspect camouflage is obsolete but it does look cool. Thanks for your kind comment.
Rob Pollock said on October 23, 2017
A striking build, George. I first saw these digi-camo decals three or four years ago at Telford as aftermarket sets, and now they seem to be more mainstream. MiG-29s always a good modelling subject in my view.
George Williams said on October 23, 2017
Cheers, Rob, it was the tiger that made me go for this particular kit, but the MiG-29 is a pretty plane.
Hongseob CHOI said on October 23, 2017
A really handsome cat on the tail! and looks like your camo T-shirt really works, It’s hard to find you under your neck
George Williams said on October 23, 2017
Ha ha, thanks, Choi.
Greg Kittinger said on October 23, 2017
Very nice – quite the scheme!
George Williams said on October 23, 2017
Cheers, Greg.
Roberto Colaianni said on October 23, 2017
Nice bird and fantastic camo. Did you paint your T-shirt too?
George Williams said on October 23, 2017
Hi Roberto, the t-shirt was given to me by one of the classes that I teach who adopted it as their summer uniform. The teenagers looked much better than me.