Wednesday, 28 November 2012

Fresco painting

I picked up this Hasegawa MIG-17 (NATO codename 'Fresco') in a batch of kits last year.  For reasons I can't fully explain I recently decided to knock it together.  It was the usual story - rummaging in a box looking for something else and there it was...
I can't say how old this kit is but the parts were very crisply moulded and it certainly went together well. 
After a bit of research I decided to finish the MIG in an overall silver ('bare metal') scheme, applied over a base coat of matt black.  More news when it's finished.

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10 comments:

  1. Broeders28 November 2012 at 19:44

    Looks good so far.

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  2. Tim Gow28 November 2012 at 22:24

    Phil Broeders
    Things are generally OK until I start painting.....

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  3. Giano28 November 2012 at 23:40

    Nice! I like the way you painted the silver colour, it's so hard to paint it this good.
    May be a coincidence, but I'm working on a silver MiG-15 at the moment...

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  4. Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.com29 November 2012 at 01:38

    So it started silver and then you painted it black and now you're going to paint it silver. This is a great hobby isn't it?

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  5. AlFront29 November 2012 at 08:12

    To paraphrase Sgt Wilson, 'Was a black undercoat wise?'

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  6. Tim Gow29 November 2012 at 08:27

    Giano
    That's the silver/grey plastic in the photos. Pics of the finished version coming soon.

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  7. Tim Gow29 November 2012 at 08:28

    Ross Mac
    Exactly! If I'd wanted to do something useful I'd have a different hobby...

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  8. Tim Gow29 November 2012 at 08:30

    AlFront
    It was suggested by another reader a while back and successfully tried on my 1/72 Sukhoi 'Flagon'. I quite like the finish it provides.

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  9. Giano29 November 2012 at 12:00

    I've just broken my rule n° 1, never comment when dead tired :D

    Though I'd love that silver plastic, it would spare me the pain of painting endless hands of silver to achieve only a half decent result :D

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  10. Tim Gow29 November 2012 at 12:53

    Giano
    Leaving plastic unpainted never seems to work in practice. I look forward to seeing your MIG15

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