Academy 1/48 MiG 21 MF

[rochie]

My next build is a bit different.

Polish Air Forcs MiG 21 MF, No 9111.

The kit

Off now to do some research on interior colours !

 

[fubar57]

Got something similar in the stash.... Perhaps some well-liked Polish chap will know about the innards

 

[rochie]

From wiki ?

Next question.

Insides of wheel bay doors and airbrakes colour, white, green silver or grey ?

 

[fubar57]

Purty

 

[Wurger]

The cockpit interior - the emerald ( turquoise)

These colours below ... no rule ( all depended on time and available paint ) :
the wheel bay door - silver , olive green ( Humbrol 226 ) , grass green or grey.
the front airbrakes - silver , olive green ( Humbrol 226 )
the rear airbrake - silver, grey,

 

[rochie]

Thank you Sir !

 

[Wurger]

My pleasure.

The paint for the cockpit can be :

Vallejo Model Air - Cockpit Emerald Green Faded 71.331
AK Interactive RC206 - Russian Cockpit Turquoise
Xtracolor X629 - Soviet Interior Blue/Green
MIG 223 - Interior Turquoise Green
MRP 001 - Russia Turquoise Cockpit
Modelmaster 2135 - USSR Interior Blue-Green
AeroMaster 1270 - Warpac Cockpit Blue Green

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Most of the MiG-21s I seen brought into the US had the wheel bays gray, all door and speed brake interiors silver as mentioned by Wurger. Cockpit turquoise. I guess it varies by operator as well and any field maintenance done on the aircraft by the operator.

 

[Wurger]

Also it depended on sub-variant of the MiG-21. Eg. MiG-21PF and PFM had the cockpits, wheel bays and doors of the grey basicly.

 

[rochie]

Thanks Joe / Wojtek

 

[Airframes]

Good one Karl.
It's a nice kit, although I built their PF version, which is basically the same kit with different parts for the nose section, and it went together without problems from what I remember. It's the one in the cabinet in the bedroom you use when you visit.
When you come to paint the model, a good way to simulate the "aluminium" paint finish used is to mix a little gloss white with the silver, which gives that "coated silver" appearance, as shown on my model below.

 

[Wurger]

And here is a clipped enlarged shot of the cockpit hood of the Polish MiG-21 PFM nr. 6913. It can be noticed that the primer was of the "dirty" yellow tone. Then the Grey colour was applied. And finally the hood got the Turquoise coat after overhauling of the plane.

the pic source: Witamy na naszej stronie! - Mój MiG-21

 

[rochie]

Thank guys.

on the fuselage colour is it not just light grey ?
look at the first pic i posted, the fuselage looks a light blue grey but the drop tank looks silver ?

 

[Wurger]

Yes , that's the grey coat there. At that time the paint of a couple of different tones ( from light grey to almost white ) was used for the general overhaul. The second pic of the kite posted in #1, shows the grey colour clearly.

 

[rochie]

Thanks Wojtek.

Makes the painting easier than a brush painting a metallic silver colour

 

[Wurger]

Here is the 9114 seen in the full sun. The appearance of the paint can be noticed. The paint was fading quickly and peeling off easily as well.

the pic source: MiG-21PF Innex 1/72

A couple of suggestions for the paint...

FS 36375 or FS 25526 or 35550

Humbrol 147 or 127,
Model Master 1731, 1728, 1732.

 

[Airframes]

Ah, my error. I hadn't realised they'd been re-painted.

 

[Crimea_River]

Nice one Karl.

 

[rochie]

Ah, my error. I hadn't realised they'd been re-painted.

To be totally honest mate, i wasn't a 100% sure myself, i knew much later on they were definitely painted grey but wasn't sure if they were during this period.

 

[rochie]

Thats great, i have vallejo model colour light grey FS36375