Revell | H-237 | 1:48 | MiG-21PF Fishbed
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62 26 March 2021, 16:19
NeilThanks very much! You're very kind. Not historically accurate - but fun as a (sort of close to original!) project 🙂
26 March 2021, 17:57
Clifford KeeslerActually there were actual ones finished in red and silver. They were part of some Soviet acrobatic team back in the day.
31 March 2021, 23:31
Gary VictoryNeil Really Nice work on the MIG-21. Great presentaion of your work. I really like the effect on you NMF. Well done Sir.
1 April 2021, 10:49
NeilThanks Murli A - yes I travelled back in time to '77! Very kind of you to comment 🙂 👍
6 April 2021, 11:04
Giannis KaltapanidisDid it actually serve in red color? The instructions sheet is not very enlightening...
Because it looks dead cool!!!
13 May 2021, 17:00
NeilThanks Alex, Martin & Giannis ? Very kind of you. To answer your question @Giannis Kaltapanidis - Yes! ? It did serve in a red/metallic colour scheme as part of a Soviet aerobatic display team during the late 1960's - the kit gives that option... However I did my usual bending of the rules - used artistic licence and mixed Metallic Red Vallejo Premium Airbrush Colour 62.044R with a flat base red colour. It should just be a non-metallic red finish to be accurate. But I couldn't resist 'pimping it up'!
14 May 2021, 07:50
Slavo HazuchaAs was stated here earlier, a red MiG-21 is very real - there were several (min. 5?) in an aerobatic team from Kubinka in the 60´s and even Ace Combat 7 features one, so there really can be no doubt... 😄
Version seems pretty much +/- OK too, those I saw were PFM´s and had blue-color numbers - minutiae, really...
As for the upper red color - IMHO artistic license is more than granted, since the colors on Soviet and even recent Russian planes (esp. the "Eggplant" Serdyukov-era color) go through severe tonal metamorphosis depending on age, climate, type of maintenance & storage...
A pretty neat job on the metal too, really interesting technique and a cool looking result. However this may be more fantasy than any variations of the red, since AFAIK the red aerobatic planes appear to have had a light grey (or light blue in some cases, earlier MiG´s) paint on the lower half... 😉
Here is a nice example of one:
flickr.com/photos/aj..3425/in/photostream/
and a really huge pic here:
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All in all it looks great, you seem to have a heart for old kits, which is a trait to be admired in itself... the work with metal & weathering really pulls one´s eyes away from any "traits" of a seriously old and basic kit 😉 Would really like to see what you do to a modern kit too! 👍
10 August 2021, 09:47
NeilHi Slavo 🙂
Thanks very much indeed for your encouraging remarks (your work is of course awesome!) so any guidance and feedback is gratefully received. Glad you appreciate my artistic interpretation of the original colour scheme 😉 and helpful to gain feedback on NMF also.
Yes I do like the old kits - I'm (sort of) reliving my youth! HA! HA!
Really great to see that Flicker imagery also. 👍
10 August 2021, 10:57
Rowmk9Hi Neil, I took a trip over here after your comments on my Ju-86 build. That's a fantastic finish on a vintage kit. It's great to sometimes get the old kits out and build them right? They shouldn't all be fodder for stashes! I think you're done an excellent job with what looks like a kit with 'old school' fit 🙂 good work comrade!
17 August 2021, 20:56
NeilHi Rowmk9, that's very kind of you to take time out to check out my album also. I agree, I really enjoy the vintage build experience more than just stashing. More or less everything in my stash is old and if time let's me do it.. I'm gonna build em all!! Ha! Ha! Thanks everso for commenting ?
18 August 2021, 00:25
Ludvík KružíkVery nice MiG. He doesn't even want to believe it's built from old Revell. 👍
28 September 2021, 20:26
Simon NagorsnikNice job neil, i like the red color, it's something that you don't see to often!
Also the weathered look from the washing is great👍
4 October 2021, 04:28
NeilHi Clifford 🙂 I know for sure that you will do better, I've seen your builds mate. Very kind of you to comment on mine. Thanks 👍
10 October 2021, 10:12
Album info
Hi there,
Thanks for stopping by to view my latest vintage 1977 kit build #24 the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21PF Fishbed.
I build straight 'out-of-the-box' endeavouring to show the build journey in as few photographs as possible - this is my reason for utilising montage imagery to help reduce the image count of an album.
This build was uploaded on the 26th March 2021.
I hope that you find my build journey informative.
Group Build
Scalemates Mig-21 Group Build 2021
15. Mars jusqu'à 31. Décembre 2021
15. Mars jusqu'à 31. Décembre 2021