Friday 22 August 2014

Feeble Forbodian flying Fagot full of finely filed filler finally finished

Just in case you thought the Forbodian Peoples' Air Force would be a mighty organisation, here is their latest acquisition.
The tale of this nasty MiG-15 has been unfolding over a couple of earlier posts here and here.
Anyway, the bloody thing is now finished and I have to say it looks OK.



Even the vast quantity of filler has covered up tolerably well!

23 comments:

Robert (Bob) Cordery said...

Tim,

It certainly has the look of having been repaired with a sledgehammer!

All the best,

Bob

Robert (Bob) Cordery said...

Tim,

I have just remembered a story that I overheard whilst I was aboard the USS intrepid a couple of years ago. A guide was explaining to some visitors that the MiGs had a hole in the top of the air intake so that a tow rope could be fitted, and that a bullock could then be harnessed to it so that the aircraft could be moved. This was intended for use in areas of the world where motor vehicles were relatively rare ... but not - apparently - jet fighters!

All the best,

Bob

Pete. said...

Turned out nice in the end Tim.

Cheers,

Pete.

MSFoy said...

Flipping fantastic.

Peter Douglas said...

Tim
Farking Fantastic Forbodian Flying Fighter

It looks like it could deliver Flying Fickle Fingers of Fate
http://www.tvacres.com/awards_booby_flying.htm

Peter

Duc de Gobin said...

aaaah, I love the smell of unpainted dodgy mig aluminium in the morning...

Tim Gow said...

Bob Cordery
Thee were times during the build when, if I'd had a sledgehammer handy it might well have been used.
The towing arrangement sounds very sensible - after all, the less you spend on tractors the more you have for jet fighters!

Tim Gow said...

Pete
Yes, I was surprised too!

Tim Gow said...

M S Foy
Fairly friendly of you to say so.

Tim Gow said...

Peter Douglas
It's main weapon will be bits of filler dropping off...

Tim Gow said...

Duc de Gobin
Enjoy the smell - it's better than looking at it!

Robin Sutton said...

Nice piece of alliteration too.. :-)
Kind regards
Robin

Conrad Kinch said...

I don't know what you're talking about - it looks like a triumph of people's engineering.

Tim Gow said...

Robin Sutton
One tries....

Tim Gow said...

Conrad Kinch
Quite right Comrade! We will sweep the evil capitalists from the sky. If we can find a broom with a really long handle.....

Paul Foster said...

Smashing sliver sheen.

Top notch boggin' Tim.

Tim Gow said...

Paul Foster
I really must try to get more of that shiny silver spray paint!

Mad Padre said...

Fine fanatic fiddling fairly finalized for Forbodian flying forces!

Archduke Piccolo said...

Fabulous!

Milgeek said...

That does look nice Tim. I really like the polished aluminium effect you got with your paint. I have failed on both occasions when I tried to get this effect. Well done.

Tim Gow said...

Michael Peterson
I knew this would run and run!

Tim Gow said...

Archduke Piccolo
Not perhaps the first f-word which springs to mind!

Tim Gow said...

Stephen Beat
The silver was sprayed on from a very small can of chrome effect paint. I bought 2 of them a couple of years ago in a sale and have never seen any since!