Tomjw Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Hi All, This might be a really stupid question, but I'm planning on building a Sudanese Mig-29UB and would like to know if those aircraft have Russian language stencils? Please can anyone advise? Many thanks, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meindert Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 in fact a rather good question.... something I also would like to know as I have quite a few African MiGs planned 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I would not be surprised to find they have stencils in English language. Exported MiGs often have stencils in the language requested by the customer, although there are exceptions. English language stencils seem to have been quite common on MiGs in Middle East and African service while stencils in French language are also used, for example on the Algerian MiG-29s 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magman2 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 English stencils but don’t have many one the aircraft Su-25 note the blue stencils 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 10 hours ago, Giorgio N said: I would not be surprised to find they have stencils in English language. Exported MiGs often have stencils in the language requested by the customer, although there are exceptions. English language stencils seem to have been quite common on MiGs in Middle East and African service while stencils in French language are also used, for example on the Algerian MiG-29s 10 hours ago, magman2 said: English stencils but don’t have many one the aircraft Su-25 note the blue stencils Gentlemen, thank you for your responses and guidance. English it is. Now to search for something that looks the part. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted May 20, 2022 Share Posted May 20, 2022 (edited) Sadly, my eyes can't make out the language of the stencil on this Sudanese MiG-29. Can anybody out there make it out? Edited May 20, 2022 by Blimpyboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted May 20, 2022 Author Share Posted May 20, 2022 5 hours ago, Blimpyboy said: Sadly, my eyes can't make out the language of the stencil on this Sudanese MiG-29. Can anybody out there make it out? Hi Blimpyboy. It's 604. New glasses for you, I think 🤓😂 Sorry, in all seriousness, I can't make the stencil out either. Cheers, Tom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiampieroSilvestri Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 For me they are cyrillic.There is the V (B),C (S),the cyrillic P and the Sh. Saluti Giampiero 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted May 22, 2022 Share Posted May 22, 2022 (edited) Another picture of a Sudanese Su-25 which shows English stencils: https://fullfatthings-keyaero.b-cdn.net/sites/keyaero/files/comment_forum/2015/06/08/New Picture.jpg Usage of Cyrillic script would make no sense on the MiGs when other machines clearly use English as this would be standardized across all aircraft. Furthermore, Cyrillic script would make training unnecessarily complicated, especially as different language stencils can be requested and English and French are regularly used in these countries. Cheers Markus Edited May 22, 2022 by Shorty84 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted May 23, 2022 Author Share Posted May 23, 2022 8 hours ago, GiampieroSilvestri said: For me they are cyrillic.There is the V (B),C (S),the cyrillic P and the Sh. Saluti Giampiero Thanks Giampiero. That adds an interesting twist into things. 7 hours ago, Shorty84 said: Another picture of a Sudanese Su-25 which shows English stencils: https://fullfatthings-keyaero.b-cdn.net/sites/keyaero/files/comment_forum/2015/06/08/New Picture.jpg Usage of Cyrillic script would make no sense on the MiGs when other machines clearly use English as this would be standardized across all aircraft. Furthermore, Cyrillic script would make training unnecessarily complicated, especially as different language stencils can be requested and English and French are regularly used in these countries. Cheers Markus Thanks Markus. That's a good photo English it is. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpyboy Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 On 5/21/2022 at 1:53 AM, Tomjw said: It's 604. Very droll! 🤓 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 Hi As a Russian-speaking person in the photo, I see the inscription НЕ СТАНОВИТЬСЯ (DO NOT WALK). Here in the picture I circled how these letters look (another plane). Unfortunately, I also could not find clear photos of these inscriptions on the Sudan MiG-29. There are no such inscriptions on the upper air intakes of Russian Air Force aircraft. They say that they were made only for some export aircraft. But I heard this only verbally, I have no confirmation. I may be wrong, because it's strange if there are inscriptions in Russian on a plane painted for another country. Moreover, the inscriptions DANGER on Russian-made Sudanese helicopters are written in English. But my eyes tell me НЕ СТАНОВИТЬСЯ there. Perhaps the eyes are old and it's time to change them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shorty84 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, Dmitriy1967 said: Hi As a Russian-speaking person in the photo, I see the inscription НЕ СТАНОВИТЬСЯ (DO NOT WALK). Unfortunately this is a Screenshot from a Computer game (Digital Combat Simulator) and as such not representative of the real item: https://images.app.goo.gl/gZxhxTBYx2fGTakUA Cheers Markus Edited May 24, 2022 by Shorty84 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitriy1967 Posted May 24, 2022 Share Posted May 24, 2022 3 hours ago, Shorty84 said: Unfortunately this is a Screenshot from a Computer game (Digital Combat Simulator) and as such not representative of the real item: https://images.app.goo.gl/gZxhxTBYx2fGTakUA Cheers Markus I'm too trusting. So my thoughts are groundless. Excuse me. Dmitriy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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