Happy New Year George, your off to a good start. I will be starting on the ML variant later on this year. So I will watch with interest and taking notes as you progress.

Thanks, Chuck. Happy New Year to you, too. I look forward to seeing your creation on these pages soon.

My Mig-23 build continues. The KM-1 ejection seat is finally done after 12 hours of work.

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Making steady and speedy progress on my Mig-23. I have to say that I am pleasantly surprised by this Trumpeter kit. Everything is fitting really well and there have been absolutely no problems at all. The moldings are very precise and crisp with fantastic panel and rivet details. I was worried that this was going to be of similar horrible quality as in the Su-15 that I started a few weeks ago.

These are the Eduard resin wheel wells and they are beautiful little models in and of themselves. They fit perfectly into their corresponding places in the fuselage.

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George, really looking good throughout. The seatbelt looks good! I haven't tried them, would you recommend them?

Almost done with my 1/48 Trumpeter Mig-23. Should be finished with it tonight. I still have to install the landing gear doors, canopy, pitot tube, ejection seat, and missiles and pylons. They're all finished so that shouldn't take too long. Also have some paint touch-ups to perform and a little more weathering- all minor stuff. Pretty pleased with the way it's turning out. Just hope that I don't drop it.

You can see some WIP photos here: http://imodeler.com/groups/work-in-progress-aircraft/forum/topic/148-trumpeter-mig-23-mf/