Mountain goat Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 (edited) Hi fellow modellers, Just in the nick of 2016, I’m able to post these images of my latest completion. It’s the 1:72 Zvezda MiG-21bis built up as an izdelie 75AP in Hungarian Air Force colours in the early half of the 1980s, just before the camouflage pattern was standardised throughout the MiG-21 fleet. I took this kit out of my stash completely contrary to my initial plan, which was to build something Phantom-ish. But I went with it and here it is. After market stuff: Kuivalainen (Eduard) MiG-21bis PE cockpit set, True Detail’s KM-1 seat, and two HAD models decal sheets with MiG-21 stencilling and generic Hungarian markings. I also used a length of copper tubing both as an exhaust can and as a way to forcibly deepen the aft fuselage, to make it more in line with what I saw in pictures. Gaps were filled with plastic and filler. Paints used: Gunze Sangyo Mr Hobby, different colours, all mixed to approximate photographic info. I wanted to reproduce a weathered finish. Especially the green used for the camouflage faded quickly; this is -approximately!- what I was going for: The kit as a kit is fairly nice. Parts fit together quite well, and if I had avoided modifications this would have been a comparably quick build. The plastic too is quite good overall - not too thick which pleased me. Especially the wings and horizontal tail look suitably thin. The wings are molded as one piece and the main gear leg housing is molded in the plastic; which is where the ejector pin marks are located. Filling these is difficult without damaging the surrounding surfaces but the marks can be hidden by overlapping added detail. However I discovered most of the panel lines on the kit were either misplaced or completely fictional; the tail fin in particular being a tableau of criss-crossing lines to nowhere. I always thought later MiG-21’s fins looked fairly distinctive, in part because of the big vertical panels in the centre. Remedy: filling, rescribing. The wheel chock was made with plasticard using the HADmodel PE part as a template. Thanks for looking! Have a nice 2017! Jay Edited January 3, 2017 by Mountain goat 48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildeSau75 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Very nice build - at least it's the Russian adversary of something phantomish - and indeed a very mean looking one. Cheers, Michael 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary West Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Beautiful and only 1:72 too - really nicely finished 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 @WildeSau75 @Gary West Thanks guys! Have a nice new years' tonight! Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 That's lovely work - I think you have got the finish just right. Well done!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David_DFN Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Very nice build. Any In progress ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelling minion Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 A superb job on your Fishbed. The weathering and paint work look just right to my eye. Very well done. Craig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Brilliant result in a rarely-seen scheme. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Superb work, I could easily believe that's 1/48 if I'd not seen it in your hand! Excellent. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 fantastic model! really looks bigger than 1/72! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Excellent build ! I was not too convinced about the plastic in my copy but your result is awesome ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted December 31, 2016 Author Share Posted December 31, 2016 50 minutes ago, Vultures1 said: That's lovely work - I think you have got the finish just right. Well done!! 27 minutes ago, modelling minion said: A superb job on your Fishbed. The weathering and paint work look just right to my eye. Very well done. Craig. Thanks for the feedback guys, kind of a relief - I worked on getting that scheme right for so long I came to a point I couldn't tell if it looked good or bad. 37 minutes ago, David_DFN said: Very nice build. Any In progress ? Cheers and yes David, though I'll have to find where I left the pics. 28 minutes ago, Alpha Delta 210 said: Brilliant result in a rarely-seen scheme. Thanks, I found the scheme on this site -nice reference for those interested. 31 minutes ago, Parabat said: Superb work, I could easily believe that's 1/48 if I'd not seen it in your hand! Excellent. 10 minutes ago, exdraken said: fantastic model! really looks bigger than 1/72! Cheers... great to hear. I have to give credit to my trusty magnifying lamp though Jay 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 STUNNING finish!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted December 31, 2016 Share Posted December 31, 2016 Excellent MiG, looks bigger than `72nd, great job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirageiv Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Crikey that is brilliant, I think the best Zvezda Mig-21 I've seen yet! The weathering combined with the really sharp details totally throw off it is only 1/72. The first picture, I swear if it had a concrete base I wouldn't be able to tell is it was a model, the overall weathering on it is that good, seriously well done. David. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Jay, Yet another smashing job! Very well done! I've wavered from buying the Zvezda kit, I'm hanging out for the forthcoming Eduard kits (just as well I'm in no rush). Happy New Year to you. Regards Wez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastikschrottler Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Happy New Year! Lovely Fishbed. Would really like to see some in progress pics of it. Smashing job! Cheers, Joerg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantome Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Awesome build. I see you also added extensive rivetting since like all modern Zvezda kits, there is none 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForestFan Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Excellent! I wouldn't believe it was 1/72 if it weren't for the photo with your hand in shot! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IGKent Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Congratulation! Great job Jay! Nice MIG! Happy New Year, colleagues! Cheers! Spoiler Spoiler 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted January 1, 2017 Author Share Posted January 1, 2017 18 hours ago, Andrew D Jolly Rogers guy said: STUNNING finish!!! 17 hours ago, russ c said: Excellent MiG, looks bigger than `72nd, great job Thanks guys, I appreciate it! 4 hours ago, mirageiv said: Crikey that is brilliant, I think the best Zvezda Mig-21 I've seen yet! The weathering combined with the really sharp details totally throw off it is only 1/72. The first picture, I swear if it had a concrete base I wouldn't be able to tell is it was a model, the overall weathering on it is that good, seriously well done. David. Cheers David, glad to hear that - I would have done outside photography with a base like I did with the Rhodesian Vampire but not in this weather... 4 hours ago, Wez said: Jay, Yet another smashing job! Very well done! I've wavered from buying the Zvezda kit, I'm hanging out for the forthcoming Eduard kits (just as well I'm in no rush). Happy New Year to you. Regards Wez Thank you Wez - I found two of these very cheap and somehow my hands were building this one before I knew what was happening. I'm looking forward to the Eduard kits as well; there's a place waiting for them in the stash. 2 hours ago, Plastikschrottler said: Happy New Year! Lovely Fishbed. Would really like to see some in progress pics of it. Smashing job! Cheers, Joerg Thanks Joerg - pics coming up very soon, I promise. Only of the rear fuselage though, have none of rest of the build. 2 hours ago, Phantome said: Awesome build. I see you also added extensive rivetting since like all modern Zvezda kits, there is none Cheers Phantome, yes, true that - I've experimented a little with different techniques on this build, but still I'm not convinced it works. Might do pencil-only in the future. 2 hours ago, ForestFan said: Excellent! I wouldn't believe it was 1/72 if it weren't for the photo with your hand in shot! 1 hour ago, IGKent said: Congratulation! Great job Jay! Nice MIG! Happy New Year, colleagues! Cheers! Reveal hidden contents Reveal hidden contents Thanks ForestFan for your compliment и большое спасибо Igor! Happy New Year all! Jay 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loloskymaster Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Wow, what a nice Hungarian MiG-21 bis! Colors are very close to the real one. Great! Lolo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Rhodes Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Hi Jay, an exceptional build and photography, very impressive! And another 'must build' model that I have in my stash! So many models, so little time... Darren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted January 2, 2017 Author Share Posted January 2, 2017 11 hours ago, loloskymaster said: Wow, what a nice Hungarian MiG-21 bis! Colors are very close to the real one. Great! Lolo Cheers Lolo! 11 hours ago, Darren Rhodes said: Hi Jay, an exceptional build and photography, very impressive! And another 'must build' model that I have in my stash! So many models, so little time... Darren Thank you - good to know the photography worked a bit. Yeah time - as a kid we couldn't even have imagined time would actually become a luxury no? 21 hours ago, Plastikschrottler said: Would really like to see some in progress pics of it. On 31/12/2016 at 5:53 PM, David_DFN said: Any In progress ? Here ya go: Fitting the exhaust can (brass tubing with exhaust part grafted onto it) into the fuselage. I made two incisions in the top part of the rear fuselage -that' s the area circled in red: Here the fuselage is closed up and the gaps on top of the fuselage and under are filled with plastic rod, plastic sheet and Mr Dissolved Putty. Lots of the area will be covered by the spine and several small intakes, but still I wanted to get it as smooth as possible. Jay 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Rhodes Posted January 2, 2017 Share Posted January 2, 2017 Thanks for the rear fuselage WIP photos, clarifies that you deepened the fuselage rather than widened it - which is what I thought, but wasn't sure! Darren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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