VPAF MiG-21F-13

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March 22, 2017
Ready for closing up, only added piping behind headrest, had to trim the Pavla ejection seat quite a bit to make it fit
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March 22, 2017
Wings installed, used little shims to get anhedral right
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March 22, 2017
Little filler needed, only on wingroots and nose intake
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March 22, 2017
Tried the vacform canopy from the Pavla update set but wasn't happy with it. So used the kit canopy.
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March 22, 2017
Added loads of bumps and lumps and ready for painting
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July 6, 2017
First coat on, my first use of Vallejo Metal Color Duraluminium. Works quite well.
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July 6, 2017
Masking for the second coat, this time using the lighter Vallejo Aluminium
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July 6, 2017
Masking removed, time for decalling
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July 6, 2017
Decalling in progress. Used kit decals for stencils and Printscale decals
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July 6, 2017
Painting the smaller bits and pieces
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July 6, 2017
Installing the gear. Took me ages to get main gear and wheels aligned. Replacement resin wheels are a great improvement over the kit wheels
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July 6, 2017
Some weathering using black pastel powder. Almost there...
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July 6, 2017
And finished!
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July 6, 2017
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July 6, 2017
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July 6, 2017

Comments

1 22 March 2017, 19:46

Hans Zwetsloot
On the bench for a while now: the Revell MiG-21F-13. Nice little kit, fits quite well, the Pavla set sorts out the intake and the wheels (the kits ones are not so great...). Easy build so far.

22 March 2017, 19:57

Aris Grey
Hi Hans, don't forget to fill the little dots on the wink tips. Nice project, following. Another issue this kit has is that the exhaust should be deeper, i positioned mine on a project like that and looks better. Another issue is with the canopy. In closed position it makes a step with the other clear part. So it needs some refinement if you have it in that position!

20 June 2017, 23:40

Hans Zwetsloot
Hi Aris, thx for the tips, the canopy indeed requires work to fit correctly, will check out those little dimples. The exhaust is firmly in, so too late for that one.

22 June 2017, 18:50

Ekki
I shall be watching this.

22 June 2017, 19:53

Hans Zwetsloot
And another model finished! This is really a nice kit, but the Pavla update set helps making it just that much better. It is easy to build and has good detail and good decals. Just some minor fiddling to get the wing anhedral correct, and gaps at the forward wing root. I did not check dimensions for accuracy but noted some differences with a 3-view I got from the net. Could be caused by the 3-view just as well. The Vallejo Metal Color acrylic took some getting used to, compared to the practically foolproof Model Master Metalizer I always used, but works quite well. A great bonus is that you can handle and mask it without damaging it, which was always an issue with Metalizer. Thanks for watching!

6 July 2017, 18:33

Ekki
Really good work. Well done.

6 July 2017, 18:45