1:72 Eduard MiG-15UTI Soviet Union

[Ryan Hothersall]

The 1:72 Eduard kit of the two seater MiG-15UTI built in Soviet markings. This aircraft was flown by Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin on March 27 1968.

 

Quite a nice build, although I didn't quite get the intake right, so there was a gap in the intake, so had to make a FOD guard to hide it.

 

Overall Tamiya X-11 Silver.

 

Decals are the kit decals, which posed no issues.

 

Then disaster struck... While in the finishing stages of attaching anetennas etc, I ended up somehow broke the undercarriage, then while trying to fix it, super glue ran all over the wing underside, which meant having to rub it down, respray it and find a replacement decal. Decal came from a leftover decal sheet from a previous Eduard MiG-15 build.

 

Build Progress Photos

 

MiG-15UTI-49 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr

 

MiG-15UTI-50 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr

 

MiG-15UTI-51 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr

 

MiG-15UTI-52 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr

 

MiG-15UTI-53 by Ryan Hothersall, on Flickr

[RidgeRunner]

Nice one, Ryan. I have on of these near the top of the production list :)....

 

Martin

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Great looking Mig 👍

[glatisant]

Like that a lot. Very nice build.

[jckspratt1]

Very nice - it's a lovely little kit, too.

 

I normally don't build this scale, but was drawn to the single-seater and very much enjoyed it. Lovely detail for such a small thing.

I wonder if there is an inherent flaw (or, more likely, just a trickier than usual bit!) with the intake on this family of Ed kits because I struggled to fit mine too.

Edited December 31, 2017 by jckspratt1
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