MiG 21 MF | 1/48 | Eduard

[tigrazor]

[BlackSheep214]

Outstanding indeed!

[tigrazor]

Next stop: the body work. There are a lot of details here, especially in the wheel bay. Oxygen bottles, support pipes for several liquids, the so called "Willy can" in front of the windshield - its hidden under a small opening and contains pure alcohol to clean the front screen) etc.

Very well done Eduard, its a pure joy.








Original:






The kit parts:




PS: I removed the round part (a lamp?), because it seems its not neccessary for this variant.

[mostrich]

Good stuff, Lucas! Can't wait to touch one of my two MiG-21's.

Oh, and thank you so much for all the great stuff you sent me. The rats are fantastic, they'll fit perfectly!

[tigrazor]

Youre welcome!



Meanwhile, the body is assembled and the MiG got wings. Additionally, Ill add some AeroBonus UB-16-57 rocket pods and a pilot to the plane.

Pictures will follow later.

[tigrazor]

And there we are: The MiG got wings. A little bit of putty was needed, due to a small fitting problem in the front part of the belly - nothing too serious and not the mistake of Eduard.



Another bonus besides the very good fitting: the flaps. They can be installed in every position you wish (same for the side rudder btw). And again, I learned something in addition, for example that the inner side of the exhaust was partially covered by greenish teflon. Pure black, gun metal or similar would be wrong in this case.

So far so very good.

For its gonna be a GDR version, I got some AeroBonus rocket launchers (UB-16-57, Art.No. 480007) and a Soviet pilot (480143). GDR ground crews are VERY hard to find, this should be very close.

FYI:

I was told that PlusModel will bring a Multicar M-22 soon in 1/48 scale. This very... erm... unique car was quite popular here and was used in many variants.

http://ipmsdeutschland.de/FirstLook/Plu ... r_M22.html

[KSaarni]

- Kari

[tigrazor]

Troubled times at home these days, so theres only a smaller "Level Up" today.

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Main body almost done (the rear rudders will stay off so I can better paint them and the exhaust)


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Wheels and the figure are in progress. As always these parts are very detailed too, even two different wheel covers are included.


The base shows a picture of Preschen AB from above in 1989, and there will be a GDR medal as well saying "Für hervorragende Verdienste" [i. e. "For extraordinary achievements"].

[tigrazor]

Placing the PE parts can be a bit time consuming - its not much but looks like the real thing. With these (and some more) PE parts the fun part can begin: painting the MiGs body!

[mustang1989]

I'm in on this one! Watching the magic unfold..................