Airfix Mikoyan Guryevich MiG-17F Fresco 1/72 model kit review and build - HD 1080p

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In this video I'm building the Mikoyan-Guryevich MiG-17F Fresco from the Dogfight Double set in 1/72 scale. Is it easy to build and is there anything special you need to know? Watch and find out!
00:00 - Introduction
00:49 - History of the MiG-17F
03:30 - What's in the box?
05:02 - How to build it
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27 июл 2024

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@HerrSwede 2 месяца назад

Good work Gary!

@AndyK-qh4gs 2 года назад

Just bought this kit from the Airfix site (along with the 1/72 Vampire) so will find this guide invaluable.

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Glad to hear it. The only real issue is the nose weight. Do check out some earlier responses below to help. Good luck, it is a lovely kit!

@jonathanhudak2059 Год назад

Nice build and end result! Love the spotted camo over the nmf! Want to do a Vietnam era MiG-21 like that eventually. BUT have just started this Airfix MiG-17 as my next build. Thanks for the great video, nicely done!

@garys_stuff Год назад

Thanks Jonathan, my pleasure!

@ChannelClosed1346 2 года назад

Exellent work as always! 👌👍

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Thank you so much 😀

@jetsofthecoldwar1149 2 года назад

Nice looking build and finish. 👍

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Thanks!!

@BobMuir100 Год назад

I think the Migs are lovely looking aircraft. Nice work Gary and your skills in video production have increased since! Your maths well Gary disappointed you stopped at so few decimals! But how correct you are….naughty Airfix! Bob England

@garys_stuff Год назад

It's my thing, science!

@tomroland2315 2 года назад

Just doing my Airfix MiG 17 now and it your video has proven to be very useful. It will be interesting to see how it compares with the Zvezda MiG 17 I built a few months ago.

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Cheers Tom, glad it helped. It is a lovely kit in many ways.

@hansjakobli78 2 года назад

Amazing build! Love the scheme. This is one of my favourite Airfix kits.

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Glad you like it!

@johnaldred6864 2 года назад

Excellent video.....very enjoyable .!

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it!

@Sintesi. 8 месяцев назад

regarding the 24 yellow. it is for a stripe on the mk 82 bombs on the a4 skyhawk. it shows you on the decal page for the a4. youre welcome.

@garys_stuff 8 месяцев назад

I would have thought a red for the lining of the A-4 gear doors, airbrakes and flaps/slats would have been more useful than a tiny bit around a bomb that won't even show because yellow acrylic is so weak.

@Sintesi. 8 месяцев назад

@@garys_stuff that would have made more sense, the yellow stripes should have been decals. it took me about an hour over the course of a month to find the yellow in the assembly book. this kit was supposed to be a re-introduction to a childhood hobby. i bought the starter kit so i didnt have to buy anything else. all of the paints were rock hard so i had to buy paint. also over 5 hundred dollars worth of tools and stuff. the kit cost $55 australian money.

@ThePlasticModeler 2 года назад

As far as the weight is concerned, there's room. The outer sides of the cockpit have square holes in them (see 6:25) on both sides which I used to add some crushed fishing weights, and once the cockpit is glued into place, there's room between the wall and the inside of the fuselage to slide in even more :)

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Excellent tip, thanks! I will investigate alternative weights as the lead shot isn't the best use of volume. However, even with one lump of hole-fitting lead it wouldn't have been near 20g, so well done for finding those alternative spaces and thanks for passing them on!

@Reactordrone 2 года назад

4g in the nose compartment is enough to keep it from sitting on its tail. I made a plaster mould and cast a lead weight that fits into the space and that's only about 5.5g so it's a bit of a squeeze if you're using lead shot.

@ljscalemodels526 10 месяцев назад

Hi Gary, nice video, im about to build the same kit, however, i dont have any lead shot :)

@garys_stuff 10 месяцев назад

I'm told liquid gravity helps, but I still don't know how to easily get the right amount of weight into the nose. Probably why they supply a big oil drum to rest the tail on!

@michaelabraham9233 2 года назад

nice

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Thanks Michael!

@seantaplin581 2 года назад

Very nice build. How about building some 1960s airfix kits?

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Thanks Sean! Vintage kits are on the list - although I’ve already done the original E-Type! Got the Whirlwind helicopter on order but will look into some others very soon. Anything in particular you’d like to see (budgets are limited, of course!!!)?

@seantaplin581 2 года назад

1960s lancaster, i have one in my pile of kits, along with 1950s tooling spitfire IX from 1960s red stripe bag (airfix)

@orbitalair2103 2 года назад

I would have taken a piece of the clear sprue frame and used that as a post at the rear. Nice looking model tho.

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Good idea, never thought of that one!

@Reactordrone 2 года назад

There's a little barrel in the kit that you can shove under the back end if you've forgotten the ballast.

@kennethjames9416 2 года назад

Well tidy Mig,well tidy indeed.

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Cheers Kenneth!

@julianmhall Год назад

Lovely job.. especially the blurred edges of the olive camouflage! Thought for /all/ tricycle undercarriages. I watch a TV show called Forged in Fire and they use powdered metal to fill gaps, such as in a Damascus billet. I don't know how expensive that would be, or how heavy, but could a nose for example be filled with a mix of powdered metal and PVA?

@garys_stuff Год назад

I love Forged in Fire - "It will Kiiiiiillllll" - amazing skills on show and some of the blades produced are works of art. Powdered metal in a fluid matrix is what is sold as Liquid Gravity, I believe, not something I have yet used but i hear very good things of it. I did a calculation and even using a solid block of osmium (the densest element, denser even than depleted uranium!!!) there is not enough room for enough mass in the space suggested by Airfix.

@julianmhall Год назад

@@garys_stuff Drat.. oh well, just an idea :)

@alessiodecarolis 2 года назад

Nice & tidy model, very different from early '70s ones, these early russian jets were from my favourites. P.s. aren't you afraid that with all this ballast the undercarriage could end crippled?

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

No, it isn't THAT much ballast. I was just surprised Airfix hadn't done the calculation properly, or had figured out alternatives as TPM has in his comment beneath...

@BIGM-gg9ln 2 года назад

More painting information please.

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

Can do. For this one I brush painted the fuselage using Vallejo Model Air aluminium, the airbrushed on the olive green.

@chrisdoney8578 2 года назад

Great 2 reviews. No i can't see any mention of yellow 24 anywhere in either instructions 🤷‍♂️

@garys_stuff 2 года назад

I may have found it - the ejection seat uses two stripes of 168 hemp, possibly as straps, and the colour on the Humbrol chart is very yellow indeed. A pot of paint for literally two vertical lines on the ejection seat?

@chrisdoney8578 2 года назад

@@garys_stuff maybe, or perhaps more likely a translation error that inadvertently went into production 🤔

@charlesscott5076 Год назад

Sad that you had to.do the math to prevent a tail sitter 😢😭😭😭😭

@garys_stuff Год назад

It's a real issue with this kit. But it can be overcome...

@kittyhawk9707 Год назад

@@garys_stuff it is an issue with all Mig 15/17 .. nature of the aircraft .. I did a 1:48 HobbyBoss Plaaf J5 (Chinese copy of the Mig17) and yup mine is a tail sitter. not enough weight .. I currently have to stick the nosewheel down with bluetac .eventually I am going to make some sort of prop for the rear.. :(