I love the Mig-25. It screams SPEED and fuel inefficiency.
I am working on making custom Bulgarian soviet era decals for it. But first I have to build it.
I managed to get a few kits, one is the original 70s release kit, though I will not build that one as its pretty cool as a cold war story relic.
I have hit a wall on some seams, normally I would use a ton of liquid cement to melt the seams and use Gap superglue. The fuselage upper areas need work and the nose area too.
I have build a Kitech copy of that kit, that was the worst fitting kit I have ever build!
Putty is the route to go on thise seams. Use masking tape next to the seams to limit the amount of putty you put on. And use a Q tip soaked in nailpolish remover (with aceton!) to smooth the seams before the putty is dry! Those two tips will save you a lot of sanding.
I think all there early MiG kits seem to build up the same. I have the later release of this kit in the stash and also recently built the MiG 23. This built the same way and had the same problem. Yep. fuller is the only way to go, followed by very carfeul sanding. The hard bit is trying not to erase any raised panel lines that are close to it.
another tip was (was because you used already ca glue) to place pieces of extra thin plastic to follow seams areas , glued with normal tamiya or other plastic cement, used in more than normal quantity, to melt the two plastic areas, this help for after scribbing panels.
As i say i build the old one from hasegawa, need to take a look as they glued at the time.
Masking tape around the putty area…WHY have I not thought of that in the 30years I have been doing this? It seems so obvious.
I usually apply putty carefully but DO wind up getting a mess here or there and sanding off surrounding detail. I am excited to try this now. Will go bang my head on a door now
Remy, i’ll tell you a secret, just don’t tell anyone else. I hadn’t thought of that either in nearly 30 years of modelling. leave some space on the door for my head will you.
LMAO. The obvious is usually the first thing we miss. Luckly i always remembered what was the right part to throw after pulling the pin from a grenade, but only just.
as you see the parts in my copy was not so bad, probably mine was printed when moulds was newest.
At the time i build it i never used the putty [:S] and resolving with CA glue.
I actually have a similar problem with the hasegawa f-104 mould, i take one in the same period of mig-25 and he fit perfectly and free of flashes. Recently find the G version of same kit and with my disappoint the sprues comes with lots of flashes and pieces not fit perfeclty as the first i build.
keep on the wip [Y]
ps [whstl] never me use tape to save near part that need sanding…
I like the dirty streaks. and oil marks, thats a good idea. Did you make the rear exhaust area INSIDE the airplane with extra detail? It looks like it.
Here is step one, next I have to sand the area and not take off the tape while doing so.
(my wife even thought that idea was obvious and is giving me puzzling looks[:@] )
