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Eduard MiG-21MF in 72nd scale


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On 9/7/2018 at 11:21 AM, Giorgio N said:

Bought the "fighter bomber" overtrees a while ago and watching your build I feel a strong urge to open the box and start building !

Sorry I have to remove my posts

 

Good Bye

Gabor

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On 9/8/2018 at 10:49 AM, ya-gabor said:

Do so!  The kit is OK, I also got two of them in the mid summer offer. Now that the Moscow MF kit is released "officialy" the overtrees is once again available. 

 

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Best regards

Gabor

 

That's the one I bought ! As I understood that this subvariant was the one most widely exported and I want to build an aircraft from some exotic air force went straight for this box,

 

Love the information on the colours in the jet exhaust, it's one area that is rarely well covered by kit instructions. A large number of jet engines use ceramic or similar coatings in different colours and yet instructions almost invariably just say to paint gun metal...

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On 9/10/2018 at 9:57 AM, Giorgio N said:

. . . instructions almost invariably just say to paint gun metal...

:D  :D  :D  :D  :D  :D  

 

Sorry I have to remove my posts

 

Good Bye

Gabor

 

 

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On 9/8/2018 at 5:56 PM, ya-gabor said:

also with the fabulous Modelsvit MiG-21F kit in the same scale. So the tires for the later were also painted.

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Disc main wheels You MiG-21F -gray? Not a green?

 

If grey then, I don't understand about You grey colour disc wheels MiG-21F...

in instruction Modelsvit recommended  colour as mid green (Humbrol 131)

 

The real plane from KhAI which Modelswit made his model has a green disk on the main wheels and green (probably olive green) nose wheels:

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Russian Central Museum Military Force MiG-21F has green discs:

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Lugansk MiG-21F has green discs:

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Yes, I agree that Russian Central Museum Military Force and Lugansk museum maybe can be restored disc in the museum, but this is unlikely with the MiG-21F KhAI, because it's 

exemplar for

educational but not a museum exhibit.

 

Still, Gabor why did You make the MiG-21F disks gray, not green?

 

Resource: all this photo from airforce.ru topic about MiG-21F/F-13.

 

 

B.R.

Serge

 

 

 

 

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16 hours ago, ya-gabor said:

Please note that the photos I post are of WORK IN PROGRESS pictures.

Understand. The wheel on the photo is so complete,  :) that I thought about having some new information according to which the wheel disks could be painted in gray.  :)

As say my children: "Sorryamba"* :)

 

16 hours ago, ya-gabor said:

At the weekend I had an accident cleaning my air brush.  :( Clumsy and dropped it (first time in decades) :wall:. As Murphy would have it, it fell on its weakest part. It would have not been a problem if it is all assembled since it is so well protected, but in cleaning I take out the needle and so this part is left “unprotected”. The thread part broke which is under the needle locking nut. It is fairly fragile since this copper part is cut in half to properly lock onto the needle. Without it the whole airbrush is of course useless.   

Anyone with an idea where to get a replacement part? 

If this part can not be bought, then I see no problem turning this part on itself with a brass workpiece, a mini lathe and a corresponding threading die. Perhaps among your acquaintances there is a turner or watchmaker possessing the necessary equipment and he will undertake such work? In principle, if at home among the tools there is a good hand drill (in which there is no radial runout of the cartridge), if you have the skills you can use it. I sometimes so sharpen different pins and antennas for models from ordinary nails.

Of course, it's worth it for yourself if you have turner skills.

If there are no such skills, it is better to turn to a specialist to avoid injuries. But I, as having a turning experience from the distant Soviet era, do not see any big problems with this detail. The problem can only be to choose the appropriate die for threading the end.

 

B.R.

Serge

 

P.S.

How will you solve the problem of not simulating baloons with oxygen and compressed air in the Modelsvit wings main wheel bays?

I'm still thinking of imitating cylinders with compressed air and oxygen with a bisser ..... perhaps the best imitation would be a hunting shot for rifles, but I do not know if I can find it here now.

__________

* - funny youth slang is not it? :)

 

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On 9/11/2018 at 3:26 PM, Giorgio N said:

You could try to contact these guys in the Netherlands:

 

http://cumber.nl/AerographDevilbissSuper63parts.html

 

They claim to have all parts for the Super 63, could be worth a shot

Sorry I have to remove my posts

 

Good Bye

Gabor

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7 hours ago, ya-gabor said:

Looked around for variable nozzle petals and here is a well used one from a MiG-21MF engine

I have long suspected that if you find all the details of the MiG-21 in your house, you can collect a

fully complete real flying MiG-21!

;):)

B.R.

Serge

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Interesting solution to the flatness problem. It works nicely here as you can hide the damage to the flame holder inner ring using the crown part.

 

I recall having the same problem with Aires Su-27 exhausts. I left the flame holders flat, but that felt... bad. I'm sure you know what I mean.

 

Eduard themselves solved this in different way with their Mirage F.1 set:
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I wish they had remembered this when designing the MiG-21MF exhaust set!

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On 9/15/2018 at 11:31 AM, ya-gabor said:

Here are the plastic parts side by side from Modelsvit and Eduard. I think it is obvious that the first one is much better and closer to reality out of the box. I simply love that 3 dimensional afterburner flame holder ring of the Modelsvit kit.  :worthy:   :worthy:  :worthy:  :worthy:

 

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How You maked  two septum

inside variable nozzle petal?

I'm honestly afraid that the thin glue will melt the plastic and the septum  will merge.

 

B.w. Gabor be careful, outer diameter  afterburner flame holder ring Modelsvit almost equal to the inner end diameter afterburner, this part have very very little gap.

Diameter afterburner flame holder ring Modelsvit:

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Inner end diameter afterburner:

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At the same time, You can notice that I have cut the outer part

afterburner flame holder ring Modelsvit!

(B.w. see this two little 

sachets with an object of orange and green colors? Guess for what? ;) B))

Yes, then the 

afterburner has an expansion, but in order to reach it, the afterburner flame holder

ring must pass through a small hole!

 

B.R.

Serge

 

P.S.

What are the options for welded joints on  MiG-21 drop tanks? Modelsvit apparently did not make longitudinal welds on drop tank by technological reasons....

 

 

 

 

 

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On 9/16/2018 at 10:13 PM, Aardvark said:

(B.w. see this two little 

sachets with an object of orange and green colors? Guess for what? ;) B))

 

Sorry I have to remove my posts

 

Good Bye

Gabor

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