Bilek/DML/Dragon MiG-17G

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savage-rabbit - 10 May 2006 17:51 GMT

I just bought a copy of the Bilek Mig 17F in 1/72 scale which turned
out to be the same kit as the DML/Dragon offering. It's a nice model
although one could probably nitpick at a few points about accuracy. The
only real problem with it, that I have spotted so far is that the kit
has the antenna wires moulded as raised lines to the inside of the
cockpit canopy and the lines are a bit over-scale.

Does anybody have any experience with how to paint these things?
Alternatively,does anybody know of an aftermarket canopy for this kit?

Cheers
R

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Mad-modeller - 11 May 2006 04:25 GMT

> I just bought a copy of the Bilek Mig 17F in 1/72 scale which turned
> out to be the same kit as the DML/Dragon offering. It's a nice model
[quoted text clipped - 8 lines]
> Cheers
> R

I'd let them as they are. That's probably closer to prototype.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

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Greg - 14 May 2006 23:19 GMT

>>antenna wires moulded as raised lines to the inside of the
>cockpit canopy

Seems like a silly place to put an antenna. But, it's a great place to
put explosive charges to shatter the canopy during an ejection.

When you want to get out of an airplane, you want out NOW and
milli-seconds count. Getting the whole canopy out of the way takes to
long. Modern ejection systems use explosive cord to crack the canopy
and the seat & pilot go right through it.

But the MiG-17 is a pretty old bird, Anyone know for sure what those
lines are?

Greg Reynolds, IPMS

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mike - 15 May 2006 04:59 GMT

> But the MiG-17 is a pretty old bird, Anyone know for sure what those
> lines are?

MiG-15 were known for fogging the canopy badly with fast altitude
changes. Defrost grid to fix that in the 17,IIRC

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