Ale85 Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 (edited) This is my (first?) entry for the GB: a red striped soviet MiG-21S. It took part at "Operation Danube", the warsaw pact invasion of the Czechoslovakia. For the kit, i will use the little gem from Eduard. I have already built the kit and i really enjoyed it. So, let's start with another. I will build the "Red 01". Hope to start soon the work on this kit! ciao Ale Edited August 22, 2018 by Ale85 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Nice choice ... Im building my first ever Mig-21 now, a bilek kit of the Fishbed D in 1/72. I really want one of these gems now though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 Welcome to the GB comrade Ale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted August 5, 2018 Author Share Posted August 5, 2018 Assembly without glue: everything seems perfect! I love this little kit, thanks Eduard! ciao Ale 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted August 6, 2018 Author Share Posted August 6, 2018 Time to give a bit of color to my MiG! I start to paint the interior with the tipical russian tourquoise-green by ak interactive. The wheel bays are painted with XF-4 by Tamiya. Now clear and then washing! stay tuned! ciao Ale 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted August 17, 2018 Author Share Posted August 17, 2018 Assembly is almost finished... i think i'll send very soon my MiG to the painting room... this is the original stuff (photo: eastern order of battle) stay tuned ciao Ale 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 That was quick work Ale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted August 18, 2018 Author Share Posted August 18, 2018 47 minutes ago, Col. said: That was quick work Ale! Yes, the fit is amazing and just a small amount of putty is needed! I really love this kit! ciao Ale 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 18, 2018 Share Posted August 18, 2018 That does seem to have gone together rather well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted August 21, 2018 Author Share Posted August 21, 2018 Let's start to paint!! FIrst of all, a gloss coat for base (H-1 by Gunze) then, it's heavy metal... pardon xtreme metal time!! I used the white alluminium shade by ak extrem metal. i really love this kind of product, for me the best for a nmf. Tomorrow i will apply a darker shade on some panels. stay tuned for more progresses! hope you like it! ciao Ale 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Looking great your little S! Wonder when the resl photo was tsken... I had expected armament! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted August 21, 2018 Share Posted August 21, 2018 Good start to the painting ale, i too like those ak extreme metal paints, i used chrome as the main coat on a p-47 in the group build and different panels in aluminum and duraluminium, the chrome did lose some of its shine by the end, but your on to a winner here nice base coat ale, Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 Sad to announce, i have to retire my MiG from the competition 😭 Too many bad thing happended during this phases: problems with paints, a big mistake with the red stripe, i broke a part on the wing, i furtherly broke the pitot tube... so, it was a very unlucky Mig. i'm sad because i was very happy of the result so far, now i think about his destiny: finish it o r throw it in a bin... Btw, i wil search another subject for this gb ciao Ale 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) Oh no!! That is all fixable! Happened to all of us .... Stripe, just redo it! Wing what is the problem? Pitot: Master Metal replacement is for sure available and nearly unbreakable! Edited August 22, 2018 by exdraken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jabba Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 I agree with exdraken in that the problems that you have are fixable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 Definitely fixable!! Would be a shame to bin all that good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale85 Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 2 hours ago, exdraken said: Oh no!! That is all fixable! Happened to all of us .... Stripe, just redo it! Wing what is the problem? Pitot: Master Metal replacement is for sure available and nearly unbreakable! 20 minutes ago, Vultures1 said: Definitely fixable!! Would be a shame to bin all that good work 35 minutes ago, Jabba said: I agree with exdraken in that the problems that you have are fixable. After the initial frustration and disappointement, yes i think it's all fixable and i will fix my mig! thanks for the good tips, guys! ciao ALe 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 This is sad...I am building Red 26...it would be cool to have Red 01 as well...yes...all these things are easily repaired! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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