Here is the unconventional Mig-8 Utka (Duck in Russian) completed.
If the mythical Tour D'Argent restaurant in Paris produces arguably the best pressed
duck, the duck that Avis pressed in its molding machines is not so great.
If you would like to build or buy the kit I think it would
help if you read the review and step-by-step previous posting:
http://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2014/12/avis-172-mig-8-utka.html
http://wingsofintent.blogspot.com/2014/12/avis-172-mig-8-utka.html
There a few things that need correction, and some could
benefit from improvement, but even if you build it OOB it would be an
acceptable model (provided that you bend the wing down to achieve the necessary
anhedral).
This is a smallish but appealing subject provided by this triple-identity
manufacturer, which has a stamped manufacturer seal on one side of the sprue
tree that reads "AMODEL", and "MASTER 44" on the other,
whereas "AVIS" is nowhere to be seen in the sprues, but is featured
on the box. Mysteries of the Eastern European kit industry.
The parts are a tad chunky, there are no perks (no masks, no
decals, no P.E. parts, etc.) and you will need to exercise those modeling
skills, given the short-run nature of this release. And you will have to sweat
on your own to mask the model in order to achieve its painting scheme.
Summarizing:
a nice subject, of a welcome civil nature, a not so great molding and
engineering with the limitations of short-run technology, and some amount of work for
the modeler due to the lack of masks or even patterns to make the masks for the
complex decoration. No decals either, even if the prop needs some. I don't think the manufacturer did great regarding these areas.
You get interior details and to some extent exterior
details, reasonable, but not amongst the finest.
As said in the review, there is a resin kit of this same
plane issued by Jet & Prop that looks far better, but it is (alas!) far
more expensive too. And you have to deal with resin, which not all of us love.
Do not forget to put some weight inside the model's nose,
there is tail-sitting potential here.
This one will make you huff and puff and bit, but unless you
have the bucks for the other -resin- kit around, there is not much choice if
you want your duck.
Great job , as ever. Good to see you did not duck out of a plane with canard wings. C'est bien.
ReplyDeleteExcelente trabajo, felicitaciones, Armando Gil.
ReplyDeleteMuchas gracias, caballero Armando.
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