Miles Magister, MikroMir 1/32

Started by Dmitry Stropalov · 70 · 1 year ago
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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Everything looks great indeed, my friend @starfar!

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Looks great, Dmitry (@starfar). Almost paint and decal time.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 5 months ago:

    Look very good indeed, Dmitry @starfar

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    Dmitry Stropalov said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Some updates.

    I've finished with the wings and landing gear. Tail wheel was improved to increase structural strength. Engine was painted from the front, because it's the only (small) part of it, which would be seen through the intake.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Nice steps, my friend @starfar!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Very nice progress, Dmitry @starfar
    Engine looks great like this.

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Nice work, Dmitry (@starfar). Everything is coming together. There is very little of the engine that will be visible, so good call not doing a lot of work on it.

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    Dmitry Stropalov said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    @fiveten @johnb @gblair Spiros, John, George – thank you! Yes, the engine is almost not visible:

    Wheels were "improved" a bit, so I can paint it separately:

    As a final touch I've installed the cowling, some other small parts, and that's it. Next is priming and fixing all issues I'll spot.


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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Nice progress and great trick with the wheels, my friend @starfar!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Great progress and indeed a great idea to mount the wheels this way, Dmitry @starfar

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    George R Blair Jr said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Great idea, Dmitry (@starfar). I try to do the same whenever the model has spats.

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    Dmitry Stropalov said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Before I'll start painting, I need to make a final decision about the scheme. And the major question for me was around serial number and will my cutter be able to actually cut it. I've spent some with that single photo trying to figure out actual size of the symbols on a fuselage. Looks like they was smaller than the standard tells, and I was trying to reproduce that. I'm not sure about rudder lettering – I think I will make it bigger, or maybe even the same size as on the fuselage. Anyways, as my cutter can do the job, I do with the RAAF scheme.

    Also, I did wheel painting masks:

    National insignia masks are also on its way.

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    Dmitry Stropalov said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    And the final checks.


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    Spiros Pendedekas said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    Looks like a very good approach, my friend @starfar! If it looks right, it probably is.

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    John vd Biggelaar said 1 year, 4 months ago:

    This does look indeed very good, Dmitry @starfar