Vic Balshaw
Major General
Hay Glen, that's an exciting looking choice, looking forward to you joining the GBs. Do you have a kit of the XF-85 or will it be a scratch build?
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Hay Glen, that's an exciting looking choice, looking forward to you joining the GBs. Do you have a kit of the XF-85 or will it be a scratch build?
Hm, I'm having troubles finding appropriate model for this GB...
Early on I've decided to do some JRV (Yugoslav Air Force) jet of Cold war period for this GB. MY first choice was 1/48 Academy MiG-21MF (that's what it says on the box, but the model is Bis variant actually). This would be my first time venturing into 1/48 scale. Alas, though I've got aftermarket decals for the project, I had no luck in finding this model in hobby shops around here. (Since I don't have credit card, online ordering is out of the question for me and I can only rely to the selection of models currently available in hobby shops in Belgrade.)
Then I thought of other Academy kits but in 1/72 scale this time - Sabre or Thunderjet (both types were operated by JRV). For Sabre I found the kit, but no aftermarket decals and for Thunderjet I found neither the kit nor the decals. In the end I got nothing...
To cut the long story short, since I was unable to get myself the kit I really wanted to do (1/48 MiG-21), I will probably skip this GB entirely. I might yet come up with something, but I seriously doubt it. Maybe a short brake before I get "burned out" from modeling isn't a bad idea after all. Last time it happened it took me almost 10 years to return to the hobby...
The next installment of the Academy MiG-21 family has now arrived! The MiG-21MF Fishbed J was one of the most widely exported variants of the venerable MiG-21 family and remains in service with many Air Forces around the world. Unfortunately, the only part of this kit that is a MiG-21MF is the boxart. The kit itself is the later model MiG-21bis Fishbed L.
This is my build of Academy's MiG-21MF, kit # 2171/FA147. The box top says copyright 1998, but it may have been issued earlier than that. As has been noted on numerous articles on this kit the model is rather a MiG-21 bis 'Fishbed L', rather than an MF.
Wojtek, I still haven't seen this kit myself, but I read a few reviews of the kit where is stated that this is Bis rather then MF variant.
Here are links to some of those reviews:
Academy 1/48 Mikoyan MiG-21MF Fishbed J
MiG-21 bis by Bob Aikens (Academy 1/48 )
When I get the kit, I'll take detailed photos and post them. Here's the kit in question...
Viet Nam and Middle East ain't .part of Cold War IMHO . WARPAC vs NATO.Not quite sure what you mean Neil? Those entered so far qualify for the Cold War period, although there might be a specific period here and there which should really be in a separate GB.
Viet Nam and Middle East ain't .part of Cold War IMHO...