MiG-21 PFM - Finished!

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no need für resin...
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cockpit colour mix
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the aerobonus pilot. Very nice mold!
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Everything fits perfectly
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some ALLCLAD II painting
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front wheel bay closed
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May 22, 2017
basic painting on the center tank
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main wheel bay closed
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this hole keep the bird in flight
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the inner parts. Not very beautiful but very stable.
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6 mm aluminium rod will hold the MiG
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the wooden base
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Pilot in colour.
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the MASTER DETAIL pitot is worth every cent.
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Future for the clear parts
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inside painting of the canopy
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the finished center tank. Final paint ist Allclad Klear Kote light sheen
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Canopy closed.
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some masking for the antenna areas
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Preshading
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The colors I used. The injections are perfect to mix the colors and keep them usable für months.
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First step: Basic color.
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some lights (basic color + white)
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some shadows (highly thinned X-19 smoke)
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Future and decals.
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classic washing with oil paint
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Ready!
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Photoshop work to remove the rod...
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Comments

1 20 April 2017, 17:29

Spanjaard
cockpit looking fantastic, and pilot looking really good already... i am in 🙂

20 April 2017, 17:38

KlausH
Thank you! 🙂

20 April 2017, 17:44

bughunter
Perfect start, as usual! Oh, another one with black numbers on top of Gunze bottles 👍 🙂 Have fun!

20 April 2017, 18:06

Marcel Klemmer
Indeed, a perfect start. I am in.

20 April 2017, 18:19

Adam Gudynowski
Following. It's nice to see driver figurine 🙂

20 April 2017, 19:00

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice.

20 April 2017, 19:20

Michael Phillips
Wow, that cockpit looks absolutely fantastic! I only wish I could get that kind of result...

21 April 2017, 01:25

Marko
Very nice start. I'm in.

21 April 2017, 04:03

Christian Borchmann-Backhaus
Looks fine... I build her some years ago...

21 April 2017, 05:47

Erik Leijdens
Cockpit is looking great, nice to see you got the paint in the pit just like the color of the pe parts. Always a reason for me not to use PE in cockpits...never get it right.. Good work 👍

21 April 2017, 05:56

KlausH
Thank you mates! 🙂

21 April 2017, 08:51

Martin Oostrom
You made a great start Klaus

21 April 2017, 08:58

Clifford Keesler
Excellent progress, I love the pilot. Did he come molded to the seat?

21 April 2017, 21:48

KlausH
Thank you!

Clifford Yes, it´s one piece. But it´s no problem to paint it. So far. 🙂

22 April 2017, 07:30

David Thor
That`s a really good start, count me in!

22 April 2017, 18:09

KlausH
Some more pics. The kit is a pleasure. Everything fits perfectly!

22 May 2017, 17:03

Martin Oostrom
Nice progress Klaus. I'm curious how the rod will turn out. And again something nee learned 👍

22 May 2017, 18:30

Choppa Nutta
nice start.

22 May 2017, 18:38

KlausH
Thanks Martin! I added some more pics. 🙂

22 May 2017, 18:45

KlausH
Thanks Choppa!

22 May 2017, 18:45

Martin Oostrom
That's quick :-0

22 May 2017, 19:02

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice.

23 May 2017, 03:22

bughunter
Wow, what a progress! I like the panting of the pilot 👍

23 May 2017, 18:00

Spanjaard
Really happy you posted those pics about how the rod is fixed to the fuselage

27 May 2017, 13:30

KlausH
A little progress. Do you see the preshading? I don't. It was a nice try, but I cannot handle this way of painting. So back to my usual method: Basic color, then some shadings with brightened basic color and Tamiya x-19 smoke. The egypt MiG had no stencils, fortunately. 🙂 Next Step: some oil paints for a washing and a few streaks. Final step will be the ALLCLAD II mate klear kote.

12 June 2017, 10:57

Spanjaard
your own method seem to be delivering the usual good results.... stick to it😉

12 June 2017, 11:09

bughunter
Cool! Do you used masks for the brown or "free hand"? Damn good transition area between the colors 👍

12 June 2017, 17:24

KlausH
Thank you! 🙂 bughunter, you are right, the camouflage pattern is "free hand".

12 June 2017, 19:14

Flop_Se
impressive clean work! 👍

12 June 2017, 19:29

Marcel Klemmer
Great result!!!

12 June 2017, 19:45

Erik Leijdens
Very fine paintjob. Looks.great

12 June 2017, 20:13

Martin Oostrom
No new words. I just agree with all the others 👍

12 June 2017, 20:50

Clifford Keesler
Very nice.

12 June 2017, 23:29

Norbert Steffens
Hi Klaus, your mig is looking great. Thanks for the color mix of the cockpit color. Can you tell me the mix ratio of the colors? Did you use your future direct from the bottle or did you mix it with water?

13 June 2017, 04:43

KlausH
Thank you very much mates! 🙂

Norbert the ratio for the interior green is Gunze H46, H45 and H25 in 11:6:6 . But be careful, Eduard used different colors for the PE-Parts! Maybe a mix of H46 and H25 is the better way depending on the Eduard color.

The Future is thinned with Tamiya thinner X-20a (10:1).

13 June 2017, 18:57

Norbert Steffens
Hi Klaus, thanks a lot.

13 June 2017, 19:02

Aris Grey
Congrats mate, this is a great model with a beautiful camo!

13 June 2017, 19:13

Alistair Graham
Excellent

13 June 2017, 19:21

KlausH
Thank You!!! 🙂

14 June 2017, 16:40

Marcelo Paiva
Wow! Great painting Klaus! Very nice MiG!

15 June 2017, 12:33

Holger Kranich
I saw one original on Display in Hurghada - Looks just like your model!

15 June 2017, 13:23

KlausH
Thank you mates! 🙂

16 June 2017, 15:33

arne vd burg
very nice Klaush

16 June 2017, 15:45

KlausH
Thank you 🙂

The MiG is finished, and a few pics show the result. I tried to use the sky as backgound, but I could not find the right place to take this photos.

This is a really great kit, everything fits perfectely, nice details and easy to build. I hope you enjoy the MiG! 🙂

18 June 2017, 15:55

Spanjaard
fantastic, and those pictures without the rod are simply stunning. well done KlausH, as usual 🙂

18 June 2017, 20:05

Alistair Graham
Great to see the finished model. Looks great. Nice to see wheels up for a change as well

18 June 2017, 22:03

Aris Grey
Great presentation , amazing modeling work overall. For accuracy i need to check some things. Eg the color of the cockpit , i think it was gray on pf's and some other minor details.

18 June 2017, 23:51

KlausH
Thank you mates! 🙂

Aris aka Amen you may be right. I am surely not a MiG specialist. But I found pictures with both colors on this version, and the few original pics don't help me to see if the cockpit is grey or green. So I decided to go the easy way and choose the green one, following the eduard instructions. 🙂

19 June 2017, 05:12

Marcelo Paiva
Excellent KlausH! Great camo and finish. Well done.

19 June 2017, 16:57

bughunter
Damn, the last picture shows the real one! I'm sure! 🙂

19 June 2017, 17:06

Michael Phillips
Wow, that is fantastic Klaus! Amazing paintwork and weathering. Bravo!

19 June 2017, 17:09

Clifford Keesler
Excellent Mig Klaus

19 June 2017, 22:22

Aris Grey
KlaushH about the cockpit color i came to the same you conclusion like you. You made a good choice. On the other hand, with so many variants even in the same model (different batches), you can't be wrong! Another speculation is that PFM is modernized PF, so they might update the cockpits from grey to blue/green too. 🙂

19 June 2017, 22:26

KlausH
Many many thanks for all the kind words mates! 🙂

21 June 2017, 16:24

Erik Leijdens
Amazing result indeed!

21 June 2017, 16:41

Patrick Hagelstein
In picture 39 the rubber insulation for the transparancies can be seen. How did you mask/paint those?

21 June 2017, 17:49

KlausH
Thanks Erik!

Patrick The insulation is brushed free hand with Vallejo Colour, before removing the canopy masking tape. In this way it is quite easy to make a thin and almost 😉 accurate line.

21 June 2017, 18:18