Vietnamese MiG-21PFM

[Bjorn]

I have an Eduard MiG-21PFM in my stash and is a little tempted to build it as the aircraft of the Vietnamese ace Nguyễn Văn Cốc (brilliant name, btw! Sounds like either a 19th century artist or an 80s pornstar!). But I am a bit confused about the camouflage. As far as I can see there are two theories: 

1. The NMF upper surfaces were painted with green splotches, and the overspray from these made the underlaying surface look light green.
2. The NMF upper surfaces were painted light green with dark green splotches.

 

Eduard supports the former theory, and I admit that it sounds as the most likely one since these aircraft seems to have been rapidly camouflaged. However, from pictures I have seen, the demarcation line between the upper and lower front part of the aircraft look a little too straight to just be a result of overspray:

Anyone that know more about this mystery?
 

[dov]

Hallo

Each mystery has a time frame. How long was this a/c airworthy? Could the camo change? Dur to better knowledge of the crew? Due to overhaul?

If you can respond this question,  you may answer the question anyway by yourself.

Happy modelling 

[Bjorn]

23 minutes ago, dov said:

Hallo

Each mystery has a time frame. How long was this a/c airworthy? Could the camo change? Dur to better knowledge of the crew? Due to overhaul?

If you can respond this question,  you may answer the question anyway by yourself.

Happy modelling 

Well, I might be forced to do this. And although I regard the first alternative as the most realistic theoretically, I am leaning towards the 2nd due to the picture above. And my hope was that someone had done more research on this subject than my fifteen minutes using Google. Otherwise, I will make my choice based upon speculations at least knowing that noone can tell me that I am wrong.

[Smudge]

Those North Vietnamese schemes are a bit of a mystery, I think. And the 'Ace' did he really exist?  or is this just propaganda from those times. I don't think anyone knows for sure?

 

Anyway. looking at that picture (typically in B&W) I'd lean more towards 2. A light colour with a darker colour used for the blotches. The lighter colour looks too light, even and solid to be just overspray of the darker colour, (although it is a good theory).

 

Compare this with other schemes used on North Vietnamese Mig-17 and Mig-19. They did seem to use several different schemes with two different colours applied to the topside in irregular forms of blotches and stripes.

 

Check these out http://super-hobby.co.uk/products/North-Vietnamese-MIGs-Mig-17-Mig-19-Mig-21-of-the-Vietnam-War.html#gallery_start

[dov]

@Smudge, your question if the Ace did really exist:

Your answer may be possible,  if you take in account the US losses in dogfight and add them from both sides.

In each conflict from each side you will find discrepances. In any conflict there is never any truth, so believe nobody. 

At this time, I was a child. I never understood this reason of war, as in the prence.

Happy modelling