1/72 Hasegawa/Minicraft
Lim-5M Fresco-D  

by PS

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This is my interpretation of the Lim-5M Fresco-D, Polish alias of MiG-17PF, radar equipped version of this aircraft. This Hasegawa tooling is very old and not very accurate, the decals in it (North Viet-Nam, East Germany and Indonesia) were unusable. That's why I used the Hi Decal sheet n°72-035.

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My goal on this kit was to try to represent a sun passed camouflage, so I didn't mind making an inaccurate scheme. In fact, the scheme I did was used on Fresco-C, but on Fresco-D ??? Dunno ! Never found any pic of it...

Talking about it, I used Humbrol enamel paints : dark green (195), olive green FS34255 (83 + 120) and light grey-green FS34226 (78) for the extrados, light blue FS34325 (65 + 120) for the intrados. The whole thing is lightened 10 % inside the panels to obtain the sun passed effect. The weathering consists of a dark brown juice and a silver drybrush on the panel rivets The finish is matt, I used a mix of Gunze flat base and Future/Klir. I think I didn't mix it enough because I obtained white marks. Anyway, this is a tip for those who build hydroplanes to represent the salt traces on the floats.

This kit built very well, I finished it in three days, mainly OOB, except for added scratch things like copper wire for brake cables or my girlfriend's hair for antenna wire... I wasn't searching perfection, but I like the result.

As I didn't use penciling, I got an almost complete decal sheet and hope to build another MiG-17 (or more... I love MiG, and Sukhoi too, no jealous) very soon...

PS

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