Michou 66 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 It's the beginning of the month and I took a look at the French site "modelstories" where there is a short article on a MiG-21 of unknown provenance. I have this kit (still unbuilt) and have often wondered where it came from. I also have the model moulded from the same tool and sold by a Russian charity, Eternal Memory To Soldiers, which, if I remember correctly, came in a plastic bag with a very poorly reproduced instruction sheet stapled to it. Does anyone know the origin of this model? http://modelstories.free.fr/analyses/avions/MS2019_09P/UNK_MIG21/ http://modelstories.free.fr/analyses/avions/MS2019_09P/UNK_MIG21/DSCF0000.JPG Mike Link to post Share on other sites
Giorgio N 9,150 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Reminds me of one of the many clones of the old KP kit. Condor did an SMT based on this kit, wonder if the kit in the article is from the same moulds ? Link to post Share on other sites
Pin 3,633 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 The manufacturer is Minks Toy Factory "MIR", USSR 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Pin 3,633 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/mir-mig-21--157630 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Michou 66 Posted September 2, 2019 Author Share Posted September 2, 2019 Thanks, Alexey. I did look at Scalemates but overlooked it. There are lots of MiG-21s on their database! Mike Link to post Share on other sites
chris57 183 Posted September 2, 2019 Share Posted September 2, 2019 Seeing this is quite eerie, I have just completed one of these this week. Unfortunately one of the undercarriage doors had gone walkabout but I had a second one to rob Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall 1,256 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 I have built one. Was not too bad to build. Mir MiG-21 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Giorgio N 9,150 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 16 hours ago, Pin said: The manufacturer is Minks Toy Factory "MIR", USSR 15 minutes ago, Ryan Hothersall said: I have built one. Was not too bad to build. Mir MiG-21 by Interesting kit ! Some parts look very similar to the old KP MF, others look quite different. Still feels like a KP clone judging by the pictures, what do you think ? P.S. the KP MiG-21 must be the most cloned kit ever in the history of our hobby Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall 1,256 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 Yes I agree parts of the kit are based on KP. However, the fuselage is different as the Mir kit is the SMT version. Link to post Share on other sites
Pin 3,633 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 My sources confirm that it is based on KP Link to post Share on other sites
modelldoc 447 Posted September 3, 2019 Share Posted September 3, 2019 It's a nice kit, yes, based on the KP, but is a new version. Here is mine: https://www.flickr.com/photos/21603181@N08/12990362204/in/photolist-T5Ls9X-rWMvSX-kMV179-9kKabQ-9rvpjv-9q2ryK modelldoc 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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