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BIG Russian Jet Groupie GB

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    November 2005
Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 11, 2012 12:59 PM

Flip the Flanker and make the planes red and I think we have our badge...

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    January 2012
  • From: Belgium, EU
Posted by Ninetalis on Saturday, August 11, 2012 2:17 PM

It's not a flanker, it's a Foxbat, anyway
Flippin' it doesn't seem to be a good Idea, in my eyes, but if it is what you want.

Here is the old one in red.

With regards, Ninetalis.

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 11, 2012 3:15 PM

Okay...ya'll who actually finish this EPIC groupbuild can choose from the above two badges, although I only endorse the top one...now get to work...

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 12, 2012 12:03 PM
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  • From: Cameron, Texas
Posted by Texgunner on Sunday, August 12, 2012 12:08 PM

Beautiful birds!Cool


"All you mugs need to get busy building, and post pics!"

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 12, 2012 7:03 PM

Yeah, maybe we'll see some beautiful models soon if ya'll will start building...

Dre
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  • From: here, not over there
Posted by Dre on Monday, August 13, 2012 12:58 PM

I've started mine but haven't any time last week to continue it.   Hopefully I can return to it this week.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 13, 2012 4:00 PM

waaa..waaaa....ya'll quit crying and start building...

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:30 AM

My Eduard 1/48 Limited Edition Flanker came today----sweet...

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  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:31 AM

How sweet?

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

Dre
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  • From: here, not over there
Posted by Dre on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:38 AM

Hmm, there's a Flanker GB that would fit into quite nicely....

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  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 8:44 AM

Yes, yes it would!!  ;)

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 5:42 PM

VanceCrozier

How sweet?

VERY sweet...

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  • From: Michigan
Posted by ps1scw on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 5:44 PM

www.network54.com/.../More+Pictures

LET THESE PICTURES BE YOUR INSPIRATION

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  • From: Cameron, Texas
Posted by Texgunner on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 7:04 PM

That MiG-19 is a brutal lookin' beast innit?


"All you mugs need to get busy building, and post pics!"

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:43 PM

Yes...

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    November 2003
  • From: Exeter, MO
Posted by kustommodeler1 on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:49 PM

Can I join with a 1/48 Revell Foxbat?

Darrin

Setting new standards for painfully slow buildsDead

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 10:08 PM

Yes...

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  • From: Exeter, MO
Posted by kustommodeler1 on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:31 PM

Cool! Thanks. OK, while the box shows Red 38 in Camo, and I have a pic in camo as well, I also have a pic of a Red 38 in Grey.

Which should I do? Camo, or grey? I will tell you this, if I do grey, it wont be quite so decrepit, or neglected lol

Darrin

Setting new standards for painfully slow buildsDead

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:39 PM

Cool...camo on these MOJ0's are rare to see in pics...I beloieve the "grey" scheme is actually natural metal...I'd go for the camo...

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  • From: Carmel, CA
Posted by bondoman on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 1:10 AM

Farmer, actually a J-6, 1970

Mother, may I...?

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 5:29 AM

Yes...

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  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:16 AM

kustommodeler1 with a Foxbat, bondoman with a Farmer…. this is shaping up nicely.

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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    February 2003
  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:17 AM

Manstein's revenge

VanceCrozier

How sweet?

VERY sweet...

I knew it!!!  Big Smile

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 5:29 PM

Wow---did a MiG-19 really gain a kill over an F-4???

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  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 6:51 PM

Why not?

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 7:42 PM

Cause I'm a BIG Vietnam arm-chair historian and the N Vietnamese didn't have many Farmers and I wasn't aware that they claimed any kills against US a/c...I believe the US did, however, down 2 MiG-19's during the conflict...

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  • From: Carmel, CA
Posted by bondoman on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 9:46 PM

This from Wiki:

The MIG-19 lacked mounts for air-to-air missiles but it had the one advantage over the early model Phantoms: it was armed with a cannon. Confirmed aerial victories by MiG-19s while assigned to the 925th FR, which match US records occurred on: 10 May 1972 in which two F-4 Phantoms were shot down by MiG-19s flown by Pham Hung Son and Nguyen Manh Tung. Both NVAF victories over the F-4s were accomplished by cannon fire.[5]['6][7] Combat results of the 925th FR using MiG-19s, according to the North Vietnamese Air Force were: two F-4s on 8 May 1972; two F-4s on 10 May 1972; one F-4 on 18 May 1972; and two F-4s shot down on 23 May 1972;[4] these losses were in exchange for 10 MiG-19s lost in aerial combat with US jets. The MiG-19 did make history in one manner however; on 2 June 1972 over the skies of North Vietnam, the MiG-19 has the inauspicious honor of being the first recorded jet fighter[citation needed] to be shot down in aerial combat by cannon fire at supersonic speeds, by a USAF F-4 Phantom flown by Phil Handley.

5. Michel, Marshall L. Clashes: Air Combat Over North Vietnam 1965-1972. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997. ISBN 1-55750-585-3.

6. Sherwood, John D. Fast Movers: Jet Pilots and the Vietnam Experience. New York: Free Press, 1999. ISBN 0-312-97962-2.

7. Ethell, Jeffrey and Alfred Price. One Day in a Very Long War: May 10, 1972, Air Combat, North Vietnam. New York: Random House, 1989. ISBN 978-0-517-07934-8.

If you've read any of these, I'd be grateful for a review. Think I'll search the library for the first one.

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 15, 2012 10:17 PM

Cool info...I have the MiG-19 in the stash in 48th from Trumpeter.  I alwaya have thought the 19 was more interesting, sleeker and more attractive than the 17...one interesting thing is that the 19 was twin-engined...pretty incredible for such a small airframe...

 

 

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  • From: Goteborg / Sverige
Posted by Svenne Duva on Thursday, August 16, 2012 5:58 AM

I would need some advice from the experts,

I am planning on doing a MIG 21 in bare aluminium but every reference picture I have seen has a painted wheel bay - even the ones who are bare metal.

I have seen pale blue, pale green, green, metal grey, grey, pale yellow, yellow, silver and aluminium.

But they are always painted?

Svenne 

sic transit gloria mundi

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