MicTroy23 Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 My favourite aircraft landed on the shelf, another MiG-3, built this time from a vacuum kit. The vacuum kit, unlike the usual plastic kits, is quite entertaining. Built it for the first time, seemed to win... Due to the thinness of the plastic and the geometric nuances of the kit, some of the features of this car, I had to observe as far as possible. I used the technology of "structural rigidity" in the form of studs without piling up the power kit and all sorts of framework, which was invented and proposed by Dmitry Tarasov (tardmi). In my case, the studs worked perfectly! For a prototype was taken Pyshkin N.M. from 25th IAP. Photo of prototype (scans) provided by his grandson. The pictures were taken at Transcaucasian front, Azerbaijan, aerodrome, Nasosnaya station, 1941. The regiment at the time was in the protection of the oil refining areas. The tail number, unfortunately, was not known. If there was one? There's nothing in the flight logs... Paint and varnish with brushes. Paints: urethane-acrylic GSI Mr.Color, acrylic PC88, varnish Tamiya, futura, + pencil. Enjoy the view! 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Fantastic Mig-3! Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Looks superb & from a vac kit, amazing. A modelling triumph. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire31 Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Sterling work – I wouldn't have suspected a vacform as a base for this refined model. Kind regards, Joachim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 A superb looking MiG, great modelling ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyGair Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Great job on a great subject. I've just started collecting kit of Soviet WW2 aircraft and was pleased to get the hard to find Hobbyboss kit, supposedly the better more accurate one. Davey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham Boak Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Who produced the vacform? Agreed about the Hobbyboss kit. The Frog/Novo/Emhar Mig 3 was pretty good if basic, the Cap du Croix Sud/Italeri(?)/lotsaotherpeople one is downright poor. It's a bit surprising not to see more kits on this subject from Eastern Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giampiero Piva Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Nice, very very nice ! Bravo ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicTroy23 Posted August 23, 2021 Author Share Posted August 23, 2021 9 hours ago, Graham Boak said: Who produced the vacform? Agreed about the Hobbyboss kit. The Frog/Novo/Emhar Mig 3 was pretty good if basic, the Cap du Croix Sud/Italeri(?)/lotsaotherpeople one is downright poor. It's a bit surprising not to see more kits on this subject from Eastern Europe. Vacuum kit from Alpha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Sweet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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