Hello,
first of all thanks for compliments.
Second, thank for your great help - without that help this kit would never be what it is today.
Now to the article - getting little complicated here. Of course, all what is already published here can be used without problems including pictures. But today contacted me editor of one Czech modelling magazine to write an article about this build. So until this article will be published, I will probably not write anything else on internet (but to be honest - there is not a lot to be added to the stuff already written here
On the other hand - can I use all those hints which were given to me here, Massimo (and others)? Of course, if yes, I will mention the name as well this web page (the link will be there anyway, because this webpage was in fact the first impulse to MiG-3 and not being Hobby Boss out there, I would build RPM instead anyway
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Well, the question about gunsight. As I don't plan to go into such details in the article, here is the answer:
1) Base of the gunsight is from square profile from evergreen. I cut the needle (used by doctors for vaccination-I have various diameters) cleaned and sanded its edges to be sharp. With this I pressed circle into the profile. Then I cut the profile of.
2) Long rod from stretched sprue was glued under the body
3) Side circle is cut of stretched sprue of circular diameter. It took me about three trials to get circle good enough. Again glued on the body
4) In the centre of the circle I glued small rod cut of the stretched sprue. On its end I put small drop of thick humbrol enamel colour.
5) The square thing in front of gunsight (will be painted brown) is cut of evergreen profile again.
And that's it
Jan