1/48 Academy MIG-21MF "POLISH AIR FORCE"

Texgunner

Member since
February 2003
From: Cameron, Texas

Posted by Texgunner on Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:47 AM

That's another beauty Grant! The finish is superb; man, you build some great looking models dude!

Gary

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Jim Barton

Member since
February 2003

Posted by Jim Barton on Thursday, August 13, 2015 10:21 AM

Love the paint job and weathering! Big Smile

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CallSignOWL

Member since
January 2010
From: Nebraska, USA

Posted by CallSignOWL on Friday, July 31, 2015 6:21 PM

oh yes, it has been quite some time!! :D

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Pawel

Member since
May 2009
From: Poland

Posted by Pawel on Friday, July 31, 2015 6:04 PM

Well, well - miss Owl! It's been a long time, isn't it? Welcome back!

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

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CallSignOWL

Member since
January 2010
From: Nebraska, USA

Posted by CallSignOWL on Friday, July 31, 2015 5:49 PM

nice paint job on this one! *like*

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Buckeye

Member since
February 2007
From: Brunswick, Ohio

Posted by Buckeye on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 11:12 AM

Very nice job. Your wash came out perfect.

Mike

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Grant Dalzell

Member since
April 2014

Posted by Grant Dalzell on Tuesday, July 28, 2015 4:06 AM

Thank you guys!

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BrandonK

Member since
June 2014

Posted by BrandonK on Monday, July 27, 2015 11:00 PM

That's very cool. I always liked the looks of that plane. Thanks for sharing it.

BK

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mississippivol

Member since
November 2003
From: State of Mississippi. State motto: Virtute et armis (By valor and arms)

Posted by mississippivol on Monday, July 27, 2015 10:19 PM

Great job!

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lawdog114

Member since
February 2012
From: Olmsted Township, Ohio

Posted by lawdog114 on Monday, July 27, 2015 6:33 PM

Beautiful!...thanks for sharing...

"Can you fly this plane and land it?...Surely you can't be serious....I am serious, and don't call me Shirley"

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Gamera

Member since
November 2009
From: SW Virginia

Posted by Gamera on Monday, July 27, 2015 10:09 AM

Very nice work! She may not have came out how you wanted but it's still some dang fine work.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

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Grant Dalzell

Member since
April 2014

Posted by Grant Dalzell on Saturday, July 25, 2015 3:36 PM

Thank you guys, I was not sure about the cockpit colour and the instructions called for grey, so I went with that. I used a dark dirt clay wash, that gave the panel lines their look.

Toshi, I have a few builds on the go, HK 1/32 Meteor, Hobby Boss 1/48 Fury and Demon, and Academy 1/72 SR-71

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Toshi

Member since
March 2015
From: Streetsboro, Ohio

Posted by Toshi on Saturday, July 25, 2015 6:11 AM

The Mig looks fantastic. Awesome job, what's your next project.

Toshi

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Pawel

Member since
May 2009
From: Poland

Posted by Pawel on Saturday, July 25, 2015 3:44 AM

Hello!

I like your model a lot - it's a nice clean build. Curiously enough, I live just a few clicks from the airfield, where both of those aircraft (the one you built and the one shown on the box) were once (end of the nineties) stationed. It was the Krzesiny airfield - now the F-16s are posted there. Once I was shopping and I have seen the one with the swordfish taking off - that was cool - close enough to actually see the paint scheme. But for most of the time the Polish AF used the migs they were in bare metal all over, so don't worry about your scheme being boring - that's the way it's supposed to be :-)

Once I got to seat in a cockpit of a MiG-21MF at Krzesiny, and for future reference I would like to tell you that most of the panels inside have that characteristic Russian blue-green colour - not gray. Also, most of the time our MiGs only carried the centerline tank without any stores under the wings.

I like the way you did the panel lines a lot - what method did you use?

Thanks for sharing and have a nice day

Paweł

All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

www.vietnam.net.pl

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Grant Dalzell

Member since
April 2014

1/48 Academy MIG-21MF "POLISH AIR FORCE"

Posted by Grant Dalzell on Saturday, July 25, 2015 1:02 AM

Hi all, just finished off this one. This is it's second paint job, the first one was going to be with the huge sword fish decal which covers nearly from nose tip to tail tip but I had big troubles with the decals not setting right, even with micro sol, so I stripped it back and did the alternate scheme for the kit, pretty boring looking I guess but it has grown on me.

This is a "Limited Edition" kit and has quite a bit of photo etch included and Cartograf decals. It builds nice as well and I would definately do this kit again and highly recommend it, although it is my first 1/48 Mig-21 and I can not compare to other kits.

Kit- Academy-1/48 MIG-21MF "POLISH AIR FORCE"

Paints used- Tri-camo scheme Italeri Light Ghost Gray, Medium gray and Gunship gray.

Other paints used - Tamiya, vallejo and Akan acrylics and Gunze Mr. Metalizers and AK Extreme metal

Johnson's Klear, Flory Dark Dirt wash, Oil paint for fluid leaks and Vallejo Satin varnish.