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Old 03-30-2021, 08:37 PM
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Gary's recoloring skills are simply amazing!
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Old 03-30-2021, 08:50 PM
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Exclamation Inlet section

First a technical term :
The Mig-17 uses what is called a bifurcated or split inlet. Another words, there is one circular inlet in the nose that is immediately separated into a left and a right air duct for the centrifugal flow compressor jet engine in the center fuselage. The reason the inlet is bifurcated is to place the nose gear and the cockpit in between the air ducts. This was common for mostly early jet engines having a centrifugal compressor that did not care much about smooth airflow to the inlet.

The model struggles in assembling such a splitter primarily because the splitter itself is a 3D surface that is rendered here in 2D. The assembly technique I used was to assemble the inlet in pieces while in the nose. The result was less than desirable.

here are the parts
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3987.jpgMig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3988.jpg


insert a frame for the two ducts to go thru
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3990.jpg

install the ducts
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3995.jpgMig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3996.jpg


notice the nose gear bay inserted from the inside
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3997.jpg


glue the splitter ( not the best of fits.
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3998.jpg


insert nose weights to prevent a tail seater.
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3999.jpg


add more sections going aft
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_4000.jpgMig-17F Gary's repaint-img_4001.jpg


lastly, I added pieces of wood to better support the nose gear strut.
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_4002.jpg


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Old 03-31-2021, 04:43 AM
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Thank you for the detailed instructions, and the detailed photos. The air intake splitter definitely isn't as easy as you make it look. Excellent result, Isaac.


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Old 03-31-2021, 02:26 PM
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Exclamation Aft fuselage

Start from the rear and go forward
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3982.jpgMig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3983.jpg


add the frame including support for vertical fin
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3984.jpg


here is the exhaust duct
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3985.jpg


insert into place
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3986.jpg

continue forward
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3992.jpgMig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3993.jpg


exhaust in place.
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_3994.jpg


A technical note : The Mig-17 had an afterburner ( or Reheat in British English ). This was an improvement over the Mig-15 which had a straight exhaust.

An afterburner is a simple devise inserted in the exhaust duct of a jet engine that introduces added fuel vapor which is ignited again and when lit, the exhaust gasses expand rapidly aft and produce an apposing thrust of an added 30-50% more thrust for short duration ( usually take off when heavy, or escape during combat ) There is also the addition of an exhaust variable area devise such as petals .



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Very nice work Isaac. Thanks for the information on the afterburner.


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Old 03-31-2021, 05:17 PM
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Very nice work Isaac. Thanks for the information on the afterburner.


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In some circles the afterburner is also called an "augmenter".


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Exclamation Aft end

The sections for the aft end continue till the middle section


here are all the fuselage segments
Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_4003.jpg



aft end with the wing spars inserted ( this will be beefed up later on ).
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Old 04-01-2021, 11:22 AM
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Exclamation Cock[it tub

Here is the nose section along with the cockpit tub.

Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_4008.jpg

Tub is now mated. Insert and glue from the rear opening.

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Thumbs up Fuselage joined

Here are the two sections to mate

Mig-17F Gary's repaint-img_4011.jpg


and joined

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Beautiful looking fuselage, Isaac. Keep up the great work.


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