Good haul!
Pay attention to the ejection seat and compare to the kit seat.
Well, adding a resin tail does increase the likelihood that the model will be a tail sitter. In order to increase the weight within these parts, I decided to forgo the weight and add BBs instead. This allowed far more to be added and cyano-acrylate glue was used to secure them.
Here we see that I cut off the tail from the Tamiya kit and then glued the rear fuselage together. In the background, you can see the resin cockpit tub and the plastic one. To the right of that is the nose cone. I found this a convenient place to add more BBs. On the left side, there are two resin vertical tails. The one above has had the sprue gate cut to allow it to slot into the rear fuselage opening after cutting off the tail. To the right one can see the resin seat with the Tamiya headrest and the Tamiya seat it replaced. In the lower center one can compare the leading edge angles of the incorrect Tamiya parts to the resin ones.
Here, the resin tail has been glued on. Buffing the joint will allow for a shiny NMF. The horizontal tail surface mounting slots have been opened. The resin horizontal tails have had the tabs cut to size and they are marked "Lewej" (Left) and "Prawej" (Right). The weighted nose cone was glued to the secondary intake piece shown on the sprue before. I was using the clear version of the Tamiya MiG-15 which includes secondary trunking. In untypical Tamiya fashion, the new piece did not allow the lower gun panel to fit properly and the opening on this piece was widened a bit and the inner side of the gun panel trimmed (see the gun panel to the right).
I had the Aires set and gave it away because it is a good introduction to resin cockpits. Nothing wrong with it, simply keeping my Trumpeter kits with their aftermarket.
Regards,
