Phantom2 Posted December 1, 2024 Posted December 1, 2024 (edited) I´ll build this Trumpeter MiG-21 MF; It will be a machine from either India or North Vietnam, can´t decide.... Slightly started, but not much at all, well below 25%. More to come soon! Edited December 10, 2024 by Phantom2 Alain Gadbois, LSP_Kevin, Kagemusha and 11 others 14
dutik Posted December 3, 2024 Posted December 3, 2024 India with stripes? India with fin flashes and snakes? Vietnamese in 3 blues? Might be Zotz decals today. Very colorful, have both in the stash for another day. Regards - dutik Alex 1
alain11 Posted December 3, 2024 Posted December 3, 2024 hi maybe you should need a nice resin cockpit ?? Cutting edge did a nice one ............. Alain
Phantom2 Posted December 3, 2024 Author Posted December 3, 2024 Yes, Dutik, they are both my options and so are the three-tone blue one from the same sheets! I haven´t decided yet, but I have begun building. I bought this kit from a friend to a more then fair price and he had started the build. More to come in the next part, then I will show some more pics and what acessoires I have! Stefan Alex and Alain Gadbois 2
Phantom2 Posted December 10, 2024 Author Posted December 10, 2024 (edited) Hi all! Time for the” Asia” GB! The kit I choose for this build is a Mig-21MF “Fishbed J” from Trumpeter, a quite old kit (2001), one of their earliest and this is a straight copy of the Academy 1/48 kit! Too bad Eduard´s splendid kits were way in the future then! Academy´s kit was a nice and easy build and Trumpeters MiG-21UM Mongol in 1/32 was not that bad either, so I expect (hoping…) this kit will go together quite nicely too. I bought this kit, slightly started, from a modeller colleague for a more then fair price. It´s not much done, only the cockpit and some tanks. I bought these decal sheets from Albatross many years ago and they live up to the title “Weird MiG´s” indeed! Here You get markings for 6 aircrafts on each and man, are they colorful! Part 1; …and Part 2; These are the aircraft options I have for this build; North Vietnam; India #1; India #2 and #3; I have already done the three-tone blue N.V. machine in 1/48thscale (Yes, I have these sheets in 1/48th scale too) and the last two options are a bit bland (even tough I like the stripey one!). I landed in this option, I love the cammo colors and the all black tail with big bold Yellow lightnings! Top view of N.V. and India #1; More to come soon! Stefan Edited December 10, 2024 by Phantom2 Telepatu, LSP_Kevin, Alain Gadbois and 7 others 10
dutik Posted December 10, 2024 Posted December 10, 2024 (edited) Nice choice of the aircraft livery! - dutik Edited December 10, 2024 by dutik Martinnfb 1
Phantom2 Posted December 10, 2024 Author Posted December 10, 2024 (edited) Thanks, Dutik! It was a hard choice, but I will build almost all of these in 1/48th scale as Eduard´s MiG-21 line is marvellous! There´s so many cool and weird schemes out there, and I want to build all of them! Stefan Edited December 10, 2024 by Phantom2 dutik, Martinnfb and MikeMaben 3
Phantom2 Posted January 6 Author Posted January 6 (edited) Hi All! This kit was, as I mentioned earlier, already started when I got It. The engine was assembled but luckily not painted…. …but the cockpit was assembled, painted and glued to the starboard fuselage part. Usually, I don´t like to get a model already painted, but this was so well done, I couldn’t have done It better myself! The instrument panel was also very well done… The only thing I don´t agree with Is the color choice, a bit too dark, but that´s too late to change now. Luckily, my predecessor had the good taste to use a Cutting Edge cockpit, the best You can get for your kit and rare as hen´s teeth today! If you can find a CE cockpit, it will cost you a lot of money! The first thing I did was a dry fit with the fuselage parts and the cockpit was exactly where It should be! As usual with this type of fuselage breakdown, I glued the two sides together, to get two “normal” sides. Trumpeter have a quite large “lip” for gluing the rear section and the fit is perfect! I taped the fuselage halves together while the glue cured to avoid any problems with the fit later. As the fuselage halves dried, I assembled the nose wheel bay. I really don’t like it, but I have to screw/glue the nose wheel leg now. The nose gear leg (and the main gear legs) is made from a type of white metal, but not from the soft crap metal SAC uses, this is very hard and will not bend over time. Nose wheel bay is glued to the fuselage. More to come soon! Stefan Edited January 6 by Phantom2 Memphis, Alain Gadbois, Martinnfb and 12 others 15
Alex Posted January 9 Posted January 9 On 12/10/2024 at 4:02 AM, Phantom2 said: It was a hard choice, but I will build almost all of these in 1/48th scale as Eduard´s MiG-21 line is marvellous! I've had one of those 1/48 Eduard MiG-21s in the stash for years. I really ought to dig it out and build it soon. Enjoying watching your 1/32 MiG go together. Martinnfb 1
Phantom2 Posted January 9 Author Posted January 9 Thanks, Alex! Same here, I have bought the Eduard Mig´s as they came and have at least 10 in the stash, but never have gotten around to build any of them, but everyone I know says they are superb builds! THIS year I will build at least ONE... Stefan Martinnfb 1
Phantom2 Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 (edited) Hi All! The Instrument panel was already painted when I got the kit. Very nice seat, this will be a blast to paint! The armament is built, you get more “bang” then You´ll ever need! The fuel tanks are built… Wings and stabs glued together… The fin glued… The engine is done, quite detailed, but you´ll won´t see much of this… My best reference book on all things MiG-21, over 700 pages and 4Kg. (approx. 8 lbs.) you won´t need anything else then Yefim Gordons fantastic books! The inside of the air intake and the exhaust part painted with UMP Black primer and then Alclad White Aluminium in the nose and Alclad Steel in the engine section. As I had the Alclad Steel in the airbrush I painted the bomb shackles(?) too…. …and the exhaust ring. More to come soon… Stefan Edited January 27 by Phantom2 Alain Gadbois, DugyB, dutik and 8 others 11
dutik Posted January 27 Posted January 27 The Gordon book is a gem. And useful to flatten warped parts too To have a CE cockpit included is like winning a lottery, not to mention getting it for cheap Regards - dutik
Phantom2 Posted January 28 Author Posted January 28 Hi Dutik! Yes, I was VERY happy when I saw the CE Cockpit! Only thing needed now is a set of new wheels, I´ll get them from Reskit (they are on the way!). I have several of Yefim Gordons books in this series, Su-25, Su-27/33, MiG-15/17 and -19 and more... Stefan
Phantom2 Posted February 2 Author Posted February 2 Hi all! The tanks are painted Alclad Dark Aluminium…. The seat and the stick are painted with that lurid WEM Soviet Interior Turquoise green I primed the metal nose cone with UMP Black Primer and then I used WEM Russian Tractor Green (as I´m out of the “real” color…). Slightly too light, but that´s good enough for me… I painted the ”cold” part of the engine Alclad Aluminium…. …and the “hot” end Alclad Steel. The engine glued to the rear fuselage, also painted with Alclad Steel. Everything is painted and glued to the nose section… As You can see It´s a Cutting Edge cockpit that´s been used here. My predecessor did a very nice work in the cockpit! The nose cone (radome) glued to the fuselage, but I fear this won´t hold together too long. Ready for marriage! A few (lousy) pictures on the cockpit before I close it up. The fuselage glued together, a very good fit indeed! This is all You can see of the engine, and there will be a hatch covering this hole! More to come soon! Stefan Memphis, Shoggz, denders and 7 others 10
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