Wish I had an imperative to be in Fla. I'd like to see that first hand....maybe touch it! I don't know how you sleep at night with that thing in the same house!
John,
Your always kind with your replies and that is funny.
Look at it like this, the Mig-3 and I, the Old Gal, are still on our honeymoon.
You do handle a model a bit more when it has extreme detailing on it.
The model is actually viewed in small areas where you may be doing a spicific detail like a fairing, and interestingly, I will be doing a few fairings next. Trying to anyway.
Quite different than painting a solid color, pulling tape then walking away, done!
The Mig-3's solid yellow underside was just the beginning. Billions and billions, oops, I mean thousands of rivets had to be detailed to make them look alive. "It's ALIVE!." Well, make them look obvious anyway. Without the detailing you really wouldn't see the rivet.
"Scale." Can't loose sight of the fact that this model, the Mig-3, isn't really scale at all and in no way is it meant to be.
The Mig-3 has just been a fun build which I'm enjoying, and a model that has undergone a considerable number of great design changes along the way. "Great," if I can say that, because I think the Mig-3 has evolved nicely.
I sometimes wish I could pass the buck to someone else for the design of the Mig-3, because it hasn't been well received by many. I can't because I did the design and drew the plans. As the model progressed I redrew the changes plenty of times, tiny works of art actually, for every small change along the way. I even drew plans for the scratch built exhausts, didn't know I could buy exhausts from Brodak.
Just like I wish I could give credit to someone for making and providing the cockpit detail.
Same with this stupid bent strut. Can't give anyone credit for doing it because, good or bad, it's my work.
I really wish I had a few modeling friends that could supply items like this to me. Early on I could have used a good instrument panel.
The time it takes to make all these extras, it adds up, getting items from other people can save a great deal of time and they might even do better work! All the extras are worth it though, because these extras add to the appearance of a model, just like they add weight.
"Wow! Look at all that heavy detail."
Today I will experiment with a few fairings for the stab to fuselage area. See how that goes.
Here's the "off the shelf" Robart strut I had from my R/C days. Yea, yea, I know the Mig's gear leg is straight, but I didn't want to spend the money, I had these.
I believe I posted a photo of the strut before in the building stages, the soldering and all and a bit less detail, well now they are done!
Thanks for the reply John. Hey! and thanks for that great Ringmaster!
Charles