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Pierre Pierre (Naram)
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1972 Vietnam Mig-21 MF VPAF

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28 15 October 2023, 16:07
Mike Siemers
Always in for a good Mig-21 build, are you doing the OOB paint scheme or something camouflaged?
15 October 2023, 16:39
Pierre Pierre
thanks Mike. Well..... I lost the decal sheet.... so I planned to do a camo to match my Mig-17 VAPF i finished. I bought a Printscale but I realized that I do not find any pics or drawing of an MF version camouflaged (PFM and UM yes) so until I find a good ref it will be metal.
15 October 2023, 17:48
Mike Siemers
Check out "5018" Lt. Nguyen Hong My. I have a screenshot of you can't find it.
15 October 2023, 21:37
Pierre Pierre
thanks Mike. I found only one illustration but no original pics
16 October 2023, 19:15
Łukasz Gliński
That looks very nice already 👍
16 October 2023, 19:39
Pierre Pierre
added few more pics of the progress so far
10 December 2023, 22:06
Pierre Pierre
cockpit finished (minus seat)
16 December 2023, 17:13
Pierre Pierre
slow progress, cockpit closed and basic paint done.
27 February, 07:58
Clement
Nice start!
27 February, 08:33
Pierre Pierre
thank you Clement !
27 February, 08:38
Pierre Pierre
Catastrophic first layers of Xtreme black gloss. I overpainted it retracted (?) and accumultated a bit everywhere. i do not know where I had my head this time. some detail desapeared and there is orange peel effecte everywhere. Any suggestion to salvatage ?
15 March, 14:17
Clement
That's a real bummer!
I think I would strip the primer using Isopropyl Alcohol on a paper towel and start again. See if you can salvage your masks first in order to reuse them once the paint is gone. And make sure no alchohol gets in the cockpit.
15 March, 19:14
Prieur Gaël
t'as pas eu de chance... décapage à l'alcool ou au glanzer
15 March, 21:04
B. M.
I experienced exactly the same problem on my Vampire a few weeks ago, also with that bloody AK xtreme gloss base.
Can feel the level of frustration….
Strip it off like Clement mentioned. Don't use something too strong. Isoprop Alcohol should do the job. So the paint comes off, but won't attack the plastic surface.
Keep on going, at the end you will succeed.
15 March, 22:20
Nicolas
I'm joining. Good luck with removing the Primer.
16 March, 20:28
Guy Rump
Following. 👍
16 March, 21:15
Pierre Pierre
I am now in a very dark place... put some "decap four" the spray used for hoven cleaning. fingers crossed...
17 March, 20:04
Jan Peters
That sucks.
Hope you are able to recover it 🤞🏻
17 March, 20:11

Project info

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1:72 MiG-21MF Fighter-Bomber (Eduard 70142)
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21MF Fishbed-J
VD Không quân Nhân dân Việt Nam (Vietnam People's Air Force 1959-now)
921 Fighter Reg. Sao Do Red 5121 (Pham Tuan)
December 1972 Operation Linebacker II - Noi Bai AB
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