general melchett Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 (edited) Hi all, here's one I finished a few months ago that was published in last months issue of Airfix Model World. I didn't need much persuading to get back into one of my favourite aviation related modelling subjects, namely Cold War Soviet-era jets. This is Eduard's superb 1/72nd ProfiPack Edition of their MiG-21MF Fishbed J finished as a Polish Air Force machine, based at Mierzecice circa 1990. It's an excellent little kit, superbly moulded with crisp surface detail and high-quality Cartograf decals (including an impressively large sheet of stencils). It suffered a few anomalies though, such as a couple of panel lines that just seem to end suddenly, deformed RS-2US 'Iron Pig' missile centre bodies and a somewhat hybrid nose shape (somewhere between an MF and a bis) but these were easily dealt with. The editor wanted the kit built as OOB as possible although a couple of aftermarket parts I had in the stash, did manage to creep in. These were Armory's ARAW72049 resin wheels, which were certainly an improvement over the simple and treadless kit parts and Mini World's A7267A metal pitots (long PVD-7 and the smaller back-up probe) to replace the kit's somewhat chunky and accident-prone parts. Both were beautifully detailed with the PVD-7 having extremely thin blades which saved time trying to fit the tiny individual Eduard PE items. Talking of which Eduards own pre-painted PE set for the cockpit and seat parts speeded things up greatly. A few scratch built parts were also added in the form of replacement canopy supporting strut and additional lead wire main-gear hydraulic lines. The model was finished as usual using a mix of MRP lacquer paints and AK Interactive Xtreme Metals metallics with the limited weathering applied using heavily thinned Abteilung502 and Wilder oil paints, AMMO MIG pastel powders and ground graphite powder. All in all, a relatively simple, quick build, (five days) that was a lot of fun made easier by the excellent fit of the kit parts and some invaluable help from my good friend and MiG expert extraordinaire Gabor Szekers (Ya-Gabor). After finishing this one I'm now looking forward to getting hold of Modelsvit's F-13 variant... Cheers, thanks for looking and hope you like it... Melchie Edited April 12, 2019 by general melchett 66 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Beautiful model, well-photographed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hairtrigger Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Cracking job... l recently did the old Airfix one for a bit of nostalgia. That does look a supurb kit.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latinbear Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 A lovely job indeed. I enjoyed the article in AMW as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Awsome 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vultures1 Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Excellent work! Gotta love some Cold War, Warpac iron. I share your anticipation for the Modelsvit MiG-21F13 and look forward to seeing what you do with it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted April 12, 2019 Author Share Posted April 12, 2019 Thanks chaps, appreciated as always. Quote I enjoyed the article in AMW as well. Cheers Latinbear, hope it was of some use to you. Quote I share your anticipation for the Modelsvit MiG-21F13 and look forward to seeing what you do with it Thanks Vultures, hopefully, I'll be getting hold of one quite soon, always liked the lines of the 'pure form' MiG-21, beautiful aircraft. Modelsvit has come a long way over the past few years, should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 Superb result and well presented. Looks like Eduard has the perfect surfaces downscaled from their 1:48 scale kit . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getting Old Posted April 12, 2019 Share Posted April 12, 2019 very nice and excellent pictures 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hothersall Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Nice clean build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted April 13, 2019 Author Share Posted April 13, 2019 Thanks guys, glad you like it. Quote Looks like Eduard has the perfect surfaces downscaled from their 1:48 scale kit . Agreed Bernd, overall the panel and rivet detail is excellent given the scale, Eduard has done an excellent job on bringing this to the smaller scale. Regarding all this detail, personally, I'm not a fan of panel line washes and never apply them relying more on 'modulating' the individual panel tones for a better scale effect, This can be done by applying slightly lighter mixes of the base colours on upper surfaces and darker ones beneath which adds a sense of depth. This can also be achieved with metallics if you're careful with your mixing (I only ever use MRP and AK Xtreme Metals now). In the end, it's all down to what you find works best for you. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Thanks for this hint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrzeM Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Great! And very nice to see model with Polish markings! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 Quote Thanks for this hint You're very welcome Bernd. Thanks Grze, I've always had a soft spot for the Polish Air Force and have several more types planned in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Stunning work as usual Melchie,beautiful NMF. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 A superb build, Melchie Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteo44 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Great job! Very nice... congratulations 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Superb as always and very nice pic's. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Mignificent Melchettian splendour. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Now that it how to make, present and generally be, a perfect 1/72 Mig-21MF. I love it! Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Fantastic work, superb! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Masters Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Loverly! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general melchett Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 Thanks again chaps, very kind of you all. A few more MiGs and Mikoyans to come in the near future in both 1/72nd and 1/48th...so stay tuned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 If only Eduard would build a MIG-21U/US/UM. I made an error in picking up the KP issue which is woeful compared to this beast. I know trainers may not be so brutish and sleek but they are part of the history of how pilots get on to these single-seaters. My KPs will never see the light of day, I think. Martin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoftScience Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 It looks superb! Are the aftermarket probes a single piece? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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