vesthepes Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 (edited) Gentlemen... The model I present is a SFR Yugoslav MiG-21PFM in experimental (RAF) camouflage back in the '70s. Kit is an Eduard weekend edition built OOB with the exception of decals. please check my blog for more info and photos: http://militaryaviation148.blogspot.com/ thanks for looking in. Edited June 23, 2015 by vesthepes 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reini78 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 nice difference to the Yugoslavian nmf MiG-21s, excellent build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InFlames Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Shaaaaarp!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 very nice model!with a nice, new (for me) and interesting paint scheme! thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 NICE job…..!. I have a particular interest in JRV subjects, having spent some time in the Former Yugoslavian states and seen many of the abandoned relics lying around and visited the excellent (but woefully underfunded) Yugoslavian Aeronautical Museum adjacent to Belgrade International Airport. Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Does look sharp, great job with the paint finish and build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Excellent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cooper Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 Awesome painting. My hat's off. BTW, that was a trial camo applied sometimes in... 1970s or 1980s...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawel Szczudlyk Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Very nice.I have one of them in my stash. What kind of paint did you use for the cockpit? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vesthepes Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 Thanks chaps, I am delighted to hear you like it. This paint scheme was experimentally applied during the '70s in a fashion like older US aircraft in JRV service before the MiG-21s (T-33, F-84G and F-86D/E). It is said the paint didn't last for long. It literally peeled off after a few flights... and this PFM was returned to NMF. I used gunze H series paints, meant for RAF airplanes but the grey turned out too dark and purplish ... thanks again, cheers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 As said earlier, not in nmf and all the better for it, good choice and nice build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cooper Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 AFAIK, the JRViPVO was using RAF (i.e. British Standard) colours all the time. All the locally-manufactured jet-trainers, light strikers and fighter bombers (like G-2, G-4, J-21, J-22 etc.) were painted with 'RAF-colours'. BTW, the same camo pattern was later applied on MiG-21s Serbs have sold to Mobutu, in 1997. And re. PFM '719': I've got a few old photos of her in NMF - and then inside one of underground facilities at Zeljava AB (that famous air base built into a hill, with only runways outside). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Great MIG! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vesthepes Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) Yes, you're right Tom, all the locally manufactured jets and even prop planes and others such as (F-47, Soko 522, J-20, C-47, An-2, An-26, etc.) wore this RAF scheme that actually dates back to No.352 (Y) RAF squadron flying Spitfires... I've read and seen some photos of Zairan MiG-21s and J-21s. Here's a nice clip of Serbian mercenaries in Zaire flying J-21/NJ-21s.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_e9KQY16VE cheers Edited June 24, 2015 by vesthepes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Wow, that's utterly gorgeous! What did you use for the PRU blue - as you said Gunze so I'm guessing a mix? Looks spot on. Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batcode Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 superb mig, nice work.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vesthepes Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) What did you use for the PRU blue - as you said Gunze so I'm guessing a mix? Looks spot on. Thanks. Actually the PRU blue is a mix of Tamiya XF-23 light blue and XF-18 medium blue - an easy mix to make On the upside the green is Gunze H73 RAF dark green and the grey is H305 lightened quite a lot. I really don't recommend the latter as a RAF grey as it gets too purplish - it is spot on gunship grey for F-15Es. Anyway, thank you all, I'm glad you like it. I hope the next fishbed will be a Croatian bisD - the latest UA modernized scheme...or a SyAAF MF. Just waiting for the decals.... cheers Edited June 24, 2015 by vesthepes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kampartiger Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 never thought the mig-21 would look attractive in RAF camouflage but it does and it really look smart!Would love to see the Mig-21Bis in Yugoslav colors too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cooper Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 (edited) I've read and seen some photos of Zairan MiG-21s and J-21s. Here's a nice clip of Serbian mercenaries in Zaire flying J-21/NJ-21s.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_e9KQY16VE Yup, everything explained - in great detail, with photos, artworks, etc. - in Great Lakes Holocaust. Edited June 24, 2015 by Tom Cooper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vesthepes Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 Already got it ;-) plus the Great Lakes Conflagration. Nothing but superlatives for that Tom, great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vesthepes Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 What kind of paint did you use for the cockpit? Cheers Sorry I haven't seen your question earlier. It is a mix of gunze H46 + H25. Excellent to match it with either decals or pre-painted PE. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Lovely work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VPBR Posted June 30, 2015 Share Posted June 30, 2015 Свака част. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ales Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Thanks chaps, I am delighted to hear you like it. This paint scheme was experimentally applied during the '70s in a fashion like older US aircraft in JRV service before the MiG-21s (T-33, F-84G and F-86D/E). It is said the paint didn't last for long. It literally peeled off after a few flights... and this PFM was returned to NMF. I used gunze H series paints, meant for RAF airplanes but the grey turned out too dark and purplish ... thanks again, cheers I like this Mig-21PFM ev.br.22719 very much. it is called Mosquito (komarac) in the time of active service in Zeljava. As you have information regarding turning in NMF again I must say this is something new for me..(I have never heard) This particular aircraft was in the line of maintenance a long time waiting some vital parts out of the USSR. As it was older model decision was taken to convert it to attack airplane (jurišnik) But it had to be repainted on order to HQ JRV i PVO directive. As I remember it has been put Gsh 23 gun on it. It take some time in the air only experimental due to see how this cammo works in the real life. Later it 1996 was sold to Congo with three others PFM`s and one Mig-21US. They are put in the same cammo as this one. Today I have find picture this particular plane sitting on the airport totally destroyed. But Gsh23 is still attached at the belly... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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