Ark Model MIG-3

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Ark Model MIG-3

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Here's the MIG-3 kit and it contents:

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The legendary white 5! I have a 1/48 HitKit MiG-3 on my shelf of doom..... I hope yours will be a more pleasant build.
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nice little fighter. little being key word! :guitar:
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Gonna build it as Red 02 of the 12th GvAIP (ex 120th IAP). Got to do further research between the early and late series Mig-3.
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Ah, a russian single prop. Very nice. I like the Eastern Bloc-style box art.

Curious how the quality is. I'm watching.
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I'll post close up pics of sprues later tonight. To be honest, some of the tiny pieces looks like they will break off easily from the sprues. Should be a fun to do without a little :scream: involved in the process. LOL!
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BlackSheep214 wrote:Gonna build it as Red 02 of the 12th GvAIP (ex 120th IAP). Got to do further research between the early and late series Mig-3.
Here is all you need to know:

http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/short.html

And are you going to build it with red or green wings?

http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/red02.html

http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/mymodel.html
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Borg -

I am a member of their forum and Massimo Tessitori has been very helpful to me in the planning stages last fall. I'm going with the green wings instead of the red ones. Gonna order some acrylics from Linden Hill Imports for this build. ( http://lindenhillimports.com )
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The sprues from the kit:

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These are the small thin pieces I'm going to need to be careful with:

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Other than that, there are some minor flash but doable to fix.
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Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney

“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
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That looks quite nice. I have an early run of the icm spitfire and the moulding quality is bad. This mig looks much better.

Massimo's website is a great reference. I recently build the "charkov spotted mig" using his website. I love the MIg-3, got one build, one partially build and three more in the stash. I wil probably build a HB mig-3 for the this GB.
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