Eduard 1:48 MiG-29UB

Thank You Eduard!

You can make the case that a lot of the extras available to today's kits can be excessive. Ultra tiny details that no-one can see once a model is built. I have to say in the case of the Eduard offering here, all the extras made the difference! 

Soft-edged free-hand camo shown well here. Overspraying along demarcation lines helps enhance to look.

Eye Candy! Good details thanks to Eduard

My customer wanted an accurate MiG-29UB and unlike some customers, left the model choice up to me. Now, in 1:48 scale there are not a lot of options, but after seeing all the extras that eduard packed into this model, and reading reviews of the original Academy kit, I knew this was the way to go. 

Good resin seats and Photo-etched harness

Nice wheel guard, and some details I added

The Academy kit is externally o.k. (I'm not a rivet counter...I do however try to correct blatant errors) but the cockpit was horrible and featured Barco-Lounger couches for ejection seats...yuc!

The eduard kit provides excellent seats as well as pre-painted consoles for the cockpit. I had never used the pre-painted stuff before, but I'm sold!

There were over 200+ stencils that covered the plane, pylons missiles etc.

Long nose of the UB

Subtle weathering on the underside along with details of the missiles.

Check out that HUD!

Main canopy details. The photo etched details of the periscope is excellent. IT's hard to see but the rear-view mirrors are there too!

APU exhaust that goes THROUGH the external tank! 

The canopy details are outstanding and the HUD and periscope detail are simply awesome. I did add a little of my magic with the missile lenses and HUD glass, and it looks like a winner. 

The camo was unique to the Czech version (and later Polish when they bought this plane), and I used some thinned overpainting this time and was very pleased with the result. Esp. the underside where dirt and grime collect near the back of the plane. The engine exhaust was painted with a combination of acrylics, RUB-N-BUF silver, and Tamiya clear blue, to help with the burnt engine look so familiar with Fulcrum engines.

Please Note: There are some tiny details like the AOA sensors, anti-static wicks, etc. left off for shipping.