MiG-21MF Polish Airforce

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I love this perspective
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The panel preshading does a really great job
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Back when it was in service
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At display in Galveston, Texas.
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This museum piece has been damaged during Hurricane "Ike" in 2008 but was eventually repaired and repainted (an entirely different color) Pictures are pre-damage.
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This is not a natural metal finish
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Painting process. Pre-shading panels.
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A coat of AK Xtreme Metal Aluminium
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Pre shading panel lines with a brown wash
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Semi transparent grey as the final coat. A mix of Tamiya White X-2, Smoke X-19 and Grey XF-20
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The brown canopy sealing was painted using simple colored pencils. The window mask was used as a guidance.
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Several metal shades for the exhaust
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The damaged decal which was kindly replaced by mate Vince Venezuela. Thanks a lot!
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As already mentioned this airplane was damaged during a hurricane 2008 but it was eventually repaired and.......repainted.

Yep....
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Comments

31 17 March 2021, 09:12

Łukasz Gliński
Lovely 👍 They were painted grey from some point in time, so I assume you're correct with this one. Didn't know this one made it so far away 😮

17 March 2021, 09:42

Neuling
Top build and paint work. 👍👍

17 March 2021, 10:40

Alexander Grivonev
Thx guys!

17 March 2021, 18:31

Vince Venezuela
Wow! Amazing result with a great attention to details! You re very welcome, happy to be of a modest contribution to your excellent build 😄

18 March 2021, 20:19

Rui S
Another beauty 👍 Well done

20 March 2021, 22:18

Alexander Grivonev
Had to retake a few pictures because to my own embarassment I attached the main gear doors the wrong way and a nice and observant mate (Thanks Flugi!) pointed it out. What a mess of a build! Thanks @ all again 👍

4 April 2021, 17:53

Jan Peters
Very nice and clean build.

4 April 2021, 19:46

Alexander Grivonev
Thx Jan, very much appreciated!

4 April 2021, 19:57

Christian Bruer
Excellent work and finish 👍

7 April 2021, 18:34

Album info

First of all a huge THANK YOU @Vince Venezuela who provided some replacement decals because I ruined mine!

MiG-21MF Polish AF. Serial number 7600

Eduard kit and decals
Eduard Brassin exhaust nozzle
Quickboost undercarriage covers
Res/Kit wheels
Master static dischargers

Some confusion caused the outward appearance of this airplane. Eduard suggests a natural metal finish in their instruction. The photos I found of this machine when it was on display in Galveston in Texas with its original paint show an overall grey coating. At least to my eye. This is confirmed by other pictures of Polish MFs, they are coated with some semi opaque grey. I might be completely wrong on this, so you are welcome to correct me but anyway, here is my take on this particular airplane. Enjoy!

MiG-21MF Polish AF

46 images

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Completed

1:72 MiG-21 (PF/PFS/PFM/FL/M/MF/MFN/SM/R) - Wheels Set (ResKit RS72-0122)

1:72 MiG-21MF Fishbed - Undercarriage Covers (Quickboost QB 72 581)

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF Fishbed-J

Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej (Polish Air Force 1990-2004)
11 PLM 7600
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