Nice build and end result! Love the spotted camo over the nmf! Want to do a Vietnam era MiG-21 like that eventually. BUT have just started this Airfix MiG-17 as my next build. Thanks for the great video, nicely done!
Just doing my Airfix MiG 17 now and it your video has proven to be very useful. It will be interesting to see how it compares with the Zvezda MiG 17 I built a few months ago.
I would have thought a red for the lining of the A-4 gear doors, airbrakes and flaps/slats would have been more useful than a tiny bit around a bomb that won't even show because yellow acrylic is so weak.
@@garys_stuff that would have made more sense, the yellow stripes should have been decals. it took me about an hour over the course of a month to find the yellow in the assembly book. this kit was supposed to be a re-introduction to a childhood hobby. i bought the starter kit so i didnt have to buy anything else. all of the paints were rock hard so i had to buy paint. also over 5 hundred dollars worth of tools and stuff. the kit cost $55 australian money.
I'm told liquid gravity helps, but I still don't know how to easily get the right amount of weight into the nose. Probably why they supply a big oil drum to rest the tail on!
I think the Migs are lovely looking aircraft. Nice work Gary and your skills in video production have increased since! Your maths well Gary disappointed you stopped at so few decimals! But how correct you are….naughty Airfix! Bob England
Lovely job.. especially the blurred edges of the olive camouflage! Thought for /all/ tricycle undercarriages. I watch a TV show called Forged in Fire and they use powdered metal to fill gaps, such as in a Damascus billet. I don't know how expensive that would be, or how heavy, but could a nose for example be filled with a mix of powdered metal and PVA?
I love Forged in Fire - "It will Kiiiiiillllll" - amazing skills on show and some of the blades produced are works of art. Powdered metal in a fluid matrix is what is sold as Liquid Gravity, I believe, not something I have yet used but i hear very good things of it. I did a calculation and even using a solid block of osmium (the densest element, denser even than depleted uranium!!!) there is not enough room for enough mass in the space suggested by Airfix.
As far as the weight is concerned, there's room. The outer sides of the cockpit have square holes in them (see 6:25) on both sides which I used to add some crushed fishing weights, and once the cockpit is glued into place, there's room between the wall and the inside of the fuselage to slide in even more :)
Excellent tip, thanks! I will investigate alternative weights as the lead shot isn't the best use of volume. However, even with one lump of hole-fitting lead it wouldn't have been near 20g, so well done for finding those alternative spaces and thanks for passing them on!
4g in the nose compartment is enough to keep it from sitting on its tail. I made a plaster mould and cast a lead weight that fits into the space and that's only about 5.5g so it's a bit of a squeeze if you're using lead shot.
Thanks Sean! Vintage kits are on the list - although I’ve already done the original E-Type! Got the Whirlwind helicopter on order but will look into some others very soon. Anything in particular you’d like to see (budgets are limited, of course!!!)?
Nice & tidy model, very different from early '70s ones, these early russian jets were from my favourites. P.s. aren't you afraid that with all this ballast the undercarriage could end crippled?
No, it isn't THAT much ballast. I was just surprised Airfix hadn't done the calculation properly, or had figured out alternatives as TPM has in his comment beneath...
I may have found it - the ejection seat uses two stripes of 168 hemp, possibly as straps, and the colour on the Humbrol chart is very yellow indeed. A pot of paint for literally two vertical lines on the ejection seat?
@@garys_stuff it is an issue with all Mig 15/17 .. nature of the aircraft .. I did a 1:48 HobbyBoss Plaaf J5 (Chinese copy of the Mig17) and yup mine is a tail sitter. not enough weight .. I currently have to stick the nosewheel down with bluetac .eventually I am going to make some sort of prop for the rear.. :(
Wow, great job on that. Really loving this aircraft at the moment. Thanks
Just bought this kit from the Airfix site (along with the 1/72 Vampire) so will find this guide invaluable.
Glad to hear it. The only real issue is the nose weight. Do check out some earlier responses below to help. Good luck, it is a lovely kit!
Nice build and end result! Love the spotted camo over the nmf! Want to do a Vietnam era MiG-21 like that eventually. BUT have just started this Airfix MiG-17 as my next build. Thanks for the great video, nicely done!
Thanks Jonathan, my pleasure!
Good work Gary!
Just doing my Airfix MiG 17 now and it your video has proven to be very useful. It will be interesting to see how it compares with the Zvezda MiG 17 I built a few months ago.
Cheers Tom, glad it helped. It is a lovely kit in many ways.
Amazing build! Love the scheme. This is one of my favourite Airfix kits.
Glad you like it!
regarding the 24 yellow. it is for a stripe on the mk 82 bombs on the a4 skyhawk. it shows you on the decal page for the a4.
youre welcome.
I would have thought a red for the lining of the A-4 gear doors, airbrakes and flaps/slats would have been more useful than a tiny bit around a bomb that won't even show because yellow acrylic is so weak.
@@garys_stuff that would have made more sense, the yellow stripes should have been decals. it took me about an hour over the course of a month to find the yellow in the assembly book.
this kit was supposed to be a re-introduction to a childhood hobby. i bought the starter kit so i didnt have to buy anything else. all of the paints were rock hard so i had to buy paint. also over 5 hundred dollars worth of tools and stuff. the kit cost $55 australian money.
Hi Gary, nice video, im about to build the same kit, however, i dont have any lead shot :)
I'm told liquid gravity helps, but I still don't know how to easily get the right amount of weight into the nose. Probably why they supply a big oil drum to rest the tail on!
I think the Migs are lovely looking aircraft. Nice work Gary and your skills in video production have increased since!
Your maths well Gary disappointed you stopped at so few decimals! But how correct you are….naughty Airfix!
Bob
England
It's my thing, science!
Nice looking build and finish. 👍
Thanks!!
Lovely job.. especially the blurred edges of the olive camouflage! Thought for /all/ tricycle undercarriages. I watch a TV show called Forged in Fire and they use powdered metal to fill gaps, such as in a Damascus billet. I don't know how expensive that would be, or how heavy, but could a nose for example be filled with a mix of powdered metal and PVA?
I love Forged in Fire - "It will Kiiiiiillllll" - amazing skills on show and some of the blades produced are works of art. Powdered metal in a fluid matrix is what is sold as Liquid Gravity, I believe, not something I have yet used but i hear very good things of it. I did a calculation and even using a solid block of osmium (the densest element, denser even than depleted uranium!!!) there is not enough room for enough mass in the space suggested by Airfix.
@@garys_stuff Drat.. oh well, just an idea :)
Exellent work as always! 👌👍
Thank you so much 😀
Excellent video.....very enjoyable .!
Glad you enjoyed it!
As far as the weight is concerned, there's room. The outer sides of the cockpit have square holes in them (see 6:25) on both sides which I used to add some crushed fishing weights, and once the cockpit is glued into place, there's room between the wall and the inside of the fuselage to slide in even more :)
Excellent tip, thanks! I will investigate alternative weights as the lead shot isn't the best use of volume. However, even with one lump of hole-fitting lead it wouldn't have been near 20g, so well done for finding those alternative spaces and thanks for passing them on!
4g in the nose compartment is enough to keep it from sitting on its tail. I made a plaster mould and cast a lead weight that fits into the space and that's only about 5.5g so it's a bit of a squeeze if you're using lead shot.
Very nice build. How about building some 1960s airfix kits?
Thanks Sean! Vintage kits are on the list - although I’ve already done the original E-Type! Got the Whirlwind helicopter on order but will look into some others very soon. Anything in particular you’d like to see (budgets are limited, of course!!!)?
1960s lancaster, i have one in my pile of kits, along with 1950s tooling spitfire IX from 1960s red stripe bag (airfix)
I would have taken a piece of the clear sprue frame and used that as a post at the rear. Nice looking model tho.
Good idea, never thought of that one!
There's a little barrel in the kit that you can shove under the back end if you've forgotten the ballast.
Well tidy Mig,well tidy indeed.
Cheers Kenneth!
More painting information please.
Can do. For this one I brush painted the fuselage using Vallejo Model Air aluminium, the airbrushed on the olive green.
nice
Thanks Michael!
Nice & tidy model, very different from early '70s ones, these early russian jets were from my favourites.
P.s. aren't you afraid that with all this ballast the undercarriage could end crippled?
No, it isn't THAT much ballast. I was just surprised Airfix hadn't done the calculation properly, or had figured out alternatives as TPM has in his comment beneath...
Great 2 reviews. No i can't see any mention of yellow 24 anywhere in either instructions 🤷♂️
I may have found it - the ejection seat uses two stripes of 168 hemp, possibly as straps, and the colour on the Humbrol chart is very yellow indeed. A pot of paint for literally two vertical lines on the ejection seat?
@@garys_stuff maybe, or perhaps more likely a translation error that inadvertently went into production 🤔
Sad that you had to.do the math to prevent a tail sitter 😢😭😭😭😭
It's a real issue with this kit. But it can be overcome...
@@garys_stuff it is an issue with all Mig 15/17 .. nature of the aircraft .. I did a 1:48 HobbyBoss Plaaf J5 (Chinese copy of the Mig17) and yup mine is a tail sitter. not enough weight .. I currently have to stick the nosewheel down with bluetac .eventually I am going to make some sort of prop for the rear.. :(