A Mig-21MF Fishbed from Vietnam - Trumpeter kit in 1/32

al49 · Oct 20, 2019

Hello everybody, about a year ago I completed my replica of a famous Phantom of the Vietnam war, so I thought to build a subject taken from the other side, a Mig-21MF. But with a little poetical licence, this was a 1972 plane while the US one dates back in 1967.
The profile that I will very likely try to replicate is the following:

Furthermore some images from my w.i.p.

dirkpitt289 · Oct 20, 2019

Awesome work. The level of skill on this forum is freakin off the hook.

Crimea_River · Oct 20, 2019

Looking very good Alberto.

Wurger · Oct 20, 2019

Airframes · Oct 20, 2019

Nice work Alberto. Which kit is it ?

Wurger · Oct 20, 2019

Trumpeter , 1/32 scale, Terry....

Airframes · Oct 20, 2019

Oops !
I had the page slightly scrolled down, and missed the header title !!
Must pay more attention, must pay more attention, must ..................

Gnomey · Oct 20, 2019

Good work so far!

al49 · Oct 22, 2019

Many thanks for all your comments.
I did a dry fit placing the tub inside the fuselage, seems good.
For cockpit colour I used "391" Turquoise Green from Mr Hobby, it's an enamel base colour and works well. I would've preferred an acrylic but I didn't found one suitable.
From the following pictures you will see that I decided to put a wall behind the nose cone, it will be painted Turquoise Green and will prevent seeing thru.

I also have a question, landing gear legs, seems to be painted light grey, does anybody have a suggestion on the correct hue?
Many thanks in advance
Alberto

Crimea_River · Oct 22, 2019

Looking good Alberto. I'm sure Wojtek will have an answer fr you.

Wurger · Oct 22, 2019

Sorry for the pic quality but couldn't find the better copy of the movie I grabbed the shot from. But it should be fine to get the correct grey tone of the landing legs. The equivalent can be the FS 36320.

al49 · Oct 22, 2019

Many thanks.
I also found these pictures on a book mostly dedicated to Czech Republic Mig-21MF:

Wurger · Oct 22, 2019

It is the same colour. The very light ( almost white ) tone is the light trick because of using the flash and also the matter of scanning. I have seen the grey also with the bluish tinge. So, its appearance depends on the light. When I was getting my training as a naviagator in the fighter regiment all our MiG-21s, it doesn't matter of the type , MF or Bis , had just the grey there.

Gnomey · Oct 22, 2019

Nicely done so far!

fubar57 · Oct 23, 2019

Nice looking innards Alberto

al49 · Nov 5, 2019

Hi everybody.
Since last time I went a bit forward with my build.
The seat supplied with the kit was a bit too rough, so I replaced it with a resin piece from True Details while the control stick is a mix of pieces from various origin.
Finally, I assembled all mail components.
Here some pictures.

Foot-note: after gluing the front part of the canopy, I realised that I forgot to add the gun sight glass! I think that now I have a problem!!!

Wurger · Nov 6, 2019

fubar57 · Nov 8, 2019

Nice work

Gnomey · Nov 9, 2019

Lovely work so far!

al49 · Dec 23, 2019

Hello everybody! After more then a month I'm ready to post some picture of my model painted and ready for decals, but the first photo concern a conflict: if the ventral speed break is in the open position, it's impossible to install the central auxiliary tank! Therefore, after spending some time to paint and weather it, I had to glue it in closed position.

May be I'm wrong but that means that had to be ejected in any circumstances before landing.
Merry Xmas and Happy New Year

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