[Kit Review] - Revell 1/144 - Dassault Rafale M -

The next build, bought after seeing Wiseman_lego's nice looking build on flickr. A very sleek looking French fighter jet developed after droping out of the Eurofighter program. One of the best revell kits available and with no any aftermarket decals available that i can find.

Great amount of detail, the panels and all the screw holes are looking good for the wash.

Looks like the kit could become a two-seater with the single seater sprue being separate but this is an 10 years old release so i don't see that happening  any time soon. But there is the aftermarket, Senworks the only one to do a resin upgrade duel-seater for this with Retrowings meant to be  coming in the future.



Should get this built in no time.
Ian

Revell 1/144 Sukhoi S-37 Berkut - Completed

Completed Revell 1/144 Sukhoi S-37 Berkut, i think this is one wicked looking jet, big deadly looking fighter. Same level of detail as the Mig MFI but fits better while the MFI has better jet nozzles.

Really like the decals on this, simple but really effective.









Ian

Revell 1/144 MIG 1.44 MFI - Completed

The Revell 1/144 MIG 1.44 MFI built straight out of the box, nothing added except plenty of putty. For a fighter jet this bird is massive, bigger than some WW2 bomber i reckon.








Next up the Berkut.
Ian

Revell 1/144 - Sukhoi S-37 Berkut + MIG 1.44 MFI - Wip - Decaled

The MFI 1.44 and Berkut almost completed, been decaled, landing gear added and a repainted the cockpit on the MIG 1.44.

Quickest decaled aircraft ive done, hardly any markings on Soviet jets, usually red stars and a few warning decals.

All that's needs doing is one last clear coat and add the canopy and antenna.

Ian

Revell 1/144 Sukhoi S-37 Berkut - Wip 2 - Paint

Berkut being all black is a bit of a pain to keep nice and clean, already after 1 day there little white dust marks which my eyes home in on and every time i touch her a finger print is left. But luckily once i glossed the surface ready for decaling they all disappeared.

Decided to cover of the white parts with masking tape to keep them clean and as something to hold on to so i don't leave any more marks on the birds.

Ian

Revell 1/144 MIG 1.44 MFI - WIP 3 - Paint

The MFI all painted up yesterday, looks like i annihilated the under shading again. Upper surface is standard light grey and the belly is this cold looking Russian blue which i i like on the Flanker and Backfire.

Had been glossed today and ready for all 10 decals or so to be applied. No weapons which makes this model finishing very easy.

Ian

F-toys 1/144 Star Wars Collection 4

From 3 collections all in 1/144 scale to the 4th being a mixed bag. As cool a the Slave 1, Imperial Shuttle and Star Destroyer are im gong to give them a miss and get me a few Tie Bombers, that looks very sweet. Got to keep to one scale or im domed to have a antic filled with randoms.

Y-wing is a reissue which has hardly changed, why not a Clone Wars TV version, Hope the secret item is also 1/144 V-19 Torrent, Cloud Car? But reckon it will be a Jango Fett Slave 1.

Revell 1/144 MIG 1.44 MFI - WIP 2 - Built and ready to be primed.

Took a few attempts to get the massive gaps between the seams looking good. Kept ruining the rescribing of the panel lines. Scribe, scribe, scribe, slip, ahh! repeat.

Should be able to get her painted by the weekend if all goes well.
Ian

Remodeled and repainted F-toys 1/144 - RAF Spitfire Vb - Completed

The  F-toys 1/144 - RAF Spitfire Vb from the wing legends collection which i remodeled and then repainted. Took apart, built a new cockpit then glued back together, seams filled then repainted and decaled using spares from a Minicraft kit. Spitfire depicted is from a Polish squadron which i quite like the look of.

F-toys spitfire is a fine kit but really am looking forward to a proper injection or resin kit instead of this display toy, wings look far to chunky and could do with finer details. Still great to get a spitfire in the collection as its the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain where the Spitfire became a British Legend.

"Designed by a Genius, Built by Craftsmen, Flown by Heroes"








Looking at the photo, i realised i forgot to do some weathering with the Tamiya set.

 Ian

Mighty Space Miners

Something i watched last night which i really enjoyed but sadly never got an ending. Ends on a cliffhanger because of bad sales when it was released i think, only 2 episodes when there should have been 3 or more maybe.

Really like the concept, in the future a company in Earths orbit captures meteors and then mines them and ships the resources back to Earth. Really liked the designs in the show, all seemed very plausible. My favorite design is this massive flying aircraft carrier which space shuttles are sent out to space from Earth, no need for massive rocket if your so high up in the sky for shuttle launches.

Main story about this kid who wants to pass hi astronaut tests amongst a big disaster while the company trys and captures some Hailey's comet. A very funny show as well, shame it left on a cliffhanger, i thought it was quality,guess with the many OVA's released during the 80's this on just got missed.

Ian