MiG-21MF-75
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Cockpit
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Cockpit
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Cockpit
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Cockpit
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Cockpit
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Maybe not a Quickboost nozzles, but... 😉
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Cowl walls a little sanded
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Engine elements painted.
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Fuselage ready to assembly.
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Narrow ring inside exhaust casing and sharp end of cone added.
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0,2 mm gap cancelled by adding PCV plate at the end of wing part (end not front !)
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Everything fits great now!
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First layer of paint.
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Wash
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Imitation of tanks (oxygen and ???) added
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Tanks are visible 🙂
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Very little gap between parts appeared - see small, thin (0,1mm) white line. On both sides so I think it's a project's problem. Filled with Tamiya PLA Paper 🙂
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Some other parts (flaps, stabilizers)
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And even smaller parts with drilled holes
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Small gap appeared again - this time I think it's my mistake :/
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I forgot drill holes in wings before gluing halves - now it was a bit harder to drill them and do not make holes through
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Fuel tank bar & canon (broken during drill holes)
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Repaired cannon
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Fuel tank
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Catapult seat
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Pylons
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Base
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Fuel tank painted 🙂
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preshading
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first layer of target colour
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second layer + colors on antennas
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bottom side
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exhaust
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Ch-23 from ResKit - base for (C)h-66, which were used in Poland.
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Just to see how H-66 fits to MiG 🙂
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I'm not sure should I use panel liner to highlight all rivet lines etc. It can be to "cartoon" with this livery (and preshading). Any advice?
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armament frame deciphered v.002 (1/2) 😉
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armament frame deciphered (2/2)
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H-66 on APU-68
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After a little research, it turned out that the MiG-21MF-75 in gray livery could not carry H-66 missiles. MF-75s were used only in the National Air Defense Forces. So I changed the concept again and made RS-2US and R-3S missiles
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Find, cut, soak, stick, soften, remove film, mark on diagram and so on for days.... Stencils...
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Find, cut, soak, stick, soften, remove film, mark on diagram and so on for days.... Stencils...
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Self made decals with chosen number
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Decals applied
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Close-up on number
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Close-up on Polish Air Force signs
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Undercarriage covers painted
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Undercarriage covers washed
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Very subtle wash applied
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Current status - I don't have the strength for the front wheel today 😉
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Slow but progress 😉 Front wheel & rockets installed. The end is close (I hope).
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Just second side 🙂
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Almost finished and then...
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... I broke decals with seals 🙁 I've to project and print a new ones
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Commentaires
84 16 April 2023, 16:08
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@Michael - it's home made mix 🙂 I usually use Bilmodel paints (polish manufacturer; something like Gunze C but ready for aero). I use a recipe:
paint # 51 - 1(0) drop(s) - signal white
paint # 74 - 2(0) drop(s) - PZL's light blue
paint # 76 - 4(0) drop(s) - PZL's signal green
paint # 81 - 2(0) drop(s) - PZL's sky blue
1 May 2023, 20:27
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Great progress so far.
As for washes, I use mig neutral wash on light surfaces, which turns out fine for me.
3 May 2023, 10:37
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This is why I'm holding off this build..,.so so much….I did the rockets complete with 6 stencils. EACH!.
3 May 2023, 11:52
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This is a very succesful and good looking model, I like it a lot!
Congratulations!
P.S: for the good overall quality and hard work on this model, I would have replaced those chunky radio altitude sensors included in the kit with nicer, finer ones (either self made from pulled styrene/sprue, or resin ones). I am talking about the green parts towards the wing tips (underside).
Question: what paper did you use to print your own decals for the canopy? The canopy looks very good overall. You didn't have any transaprency issues with the glass part when you applied the decals? Can you develop a little how you did it?
19 May 2023, 07:35
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Question: what paper did you use ...
Answer: I use "Blue waterslide decal paper for laser printer" from Techmod as a base. Then I simply cut off the middle and outer areas of the decals (I leave only a thin strip with a seal). So you don't see any decal fragments, because there are none 🙂
19 May 2023, 19:07
Album info
MiG-21MF-75 - one of 20 MiG-21MFs delivered to Poland, produced at the Gorky factory. It was painted an unusual "dove" gray - as it turned out later with radar-absorbing paint. Armament as for a pair of duty aircraft.