1/48 Eduard Mig21-MF ProfiPACK

SiDennis · Post by **SiDennis** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:48 pm

This is going to be my entry into the Cold War group build. I was saving this kit to do the Egyptian Air Force paint scheme (as on the box), but as its not Cold War I will be doing the Soviet paint scheme.
This build will have a few firsts for me, first entry into a group build, first time using Photo Etch and the first time using Vallejo paints.
Looking through the instructions, i think I am going to build it with the air brakes in the open position, this will involve some chain drilling and filing (better not get this wrong as it's what i do as a job on real sized aircraft).

Phots of whats in the box!

Will try my best to keep this updated with phots and waffle.

Am hoping to get it completed on time as i have just been promoted with a posting within 3 months

Anyway, am not the greatest of modelers, but am really going to give to my best, lets hope it all goes according to plan

SiDennis · Post by **SiDennis** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:57 pm

It's a bit slack at work at the mo, so have completed the ejection seat. Nearly went cross-eyed doing the Photo Etch

When my eyes return back to normal, will start on the air brakes.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 10:25 pm

That's a brilliant entry and a great start

Post by **Lee** » Wed Sep 25, 2013 11:42 pm

Nice entry and a cracking start on the ejector seat

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 7:22 am

Nice entry dude.

And great start that ejector seat really looks the part.

bullgill67 · Post by **bullgill67** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 4:24 pm

fantastic start - looking forward to the rest of the build

michael

Jamesday1998 · Post by **Jamesday1998** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 5:03 pm

That seat looks class! Looking forward to the finished aircraft

Daishi12 · Post by **Daishi12** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 6:02 pm

Excellent work mate

jmar829 · Post by **jmar829** » Thu Sep 26, 2013 9:18 pm

Boy, I hope you like decals!

Great work on the seat!

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 6:16 am

Superb... just superb...

Got my atention!

good2us1 · Post by **good2us1** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 7:11 am

Nice job on the seat!!!

customtk · Post by **customtk** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:52 am

Nice

Look forward to seeing this

Tamiyasnob · Post by **Tamiyasnob** » Sat Sep 28, 2013 12:09 pm

If the rest of the kit look,s the same as the seat, this will be a corker, great attention to detail bud, don,t sell yourself short that,s an excellent start, cheer,s Dave.

SiDennis · Post by **SiDennis** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:17 pm

Many thanks for all the kind comments guys

really appreciate it.
Quick update, I have done the cut-outs for the air brakes, it went ok, will have to see what they look like once I get some primer on them.
After quite a few attempts, I managed to get the cockpit colour as close as I could to the Photo Etch, I used Tamiya flat yellow XF-3 and Tamiya sky blue X-14 at a ratio of 4 parts blue to 1 part yellow.
With any luck I should have the fuselage together over the weekend, will post phots.
Phots below.

Post by **Lee** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:11 pm

Love that pit - Excellent!

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 5:50 pm

Great job mate, cockpit looks great

Lysion · Post by **Lysion** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 6:28 pm

Seat and cockpit looks awesome mate.

bullgill67 · Post by **bullgill67** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:14 pm

lovely detail on the cockpit

michael

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Wed Oct 02, 2013 9:18 pm

Amazing paintwork on that cockpit buddy!

Now I want to see more!

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Thu Oct 03, 2013 9:10 am

Fantastic looking tub dude.

ManCupboardModels · Post by **ManCupboardModels** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 6:50 pm

Jaw dropped on seeing that seat!! Awesome!

SiDennis · Post by **SiDennis** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:47 pm

Quick update, cockpit all finished, am really chuffed with it. Carried out a dry fit of the fuselage, had a gap of around 2mm aft of the nose wheel bay

A lot if filing later, have managed to close the gap.
Hoping to get the fuse together tonight, will post photos of it tomorrow night.
Phot of cockpit.
Sorry about the quality of the phots, had to use my phone

ModelingMatt · Post by **ModelingMatt** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 8:08 pm

Cockpit is looking terrific.

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:33 pm

Looking good

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:52 pm

Some awesome progress!

Lysion · Post by **Lysion** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 7:42 pm

What color did you use for the interior?

Looks terrific btw

Joesdad · Post by **Joesdad** » Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:08 pm

"Not much of modeller" you say Rocky... Your too modest mate it's top draw. Anyway you'd better get a wriggle on, you've got a months worth of work on them damn stencils alone......

Gav0909 · Post by **Gav0909** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:34 pm

Pit's looking good mate, nice shade of green you got there.

Can I ask why you had to cut the airbrakes out? Are there PE replacements or parts to allow you to position them open?

SiDennis · Post by **SiDennis** » Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:26 pm

Once again, thanks for the kind words guys.
Lysion, I mixed tamiya XF-3 flat yellow and tamiya X-14 sky blue. I took some time experimenting, managed to get it near enough the same as the photo etch.

Joesdad, thanks mate, have not been doing it that long, I consider myself quite the novice when I see some of the fantastic work you guys are producing on here

And yes I do need to get a wriggle on

am moving house and starting a new job on the 6th of Jan

looking forward to all the decals though

Gav0909, it gives you the option of air brakes open or closed. If you go for the open option you have to remove the closed air brakes which are moulded in the fuselage, more work but I think they look better open.

SiDennis · Post by **SiDennis** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:34 pm

Right, big update, after a week or so not really getting anything done due to work commitments and the wife and kids giving me grief

I have finally made some progress.

Got the fuselage together, wings on (slight gap at the wing roots tidied up with some Milliput), all the little aero bits on and stuck the masks on that came with the kit .

Primed everything in Vallejo grey primer, painted the underside, lots of masking up and painted the camo scheme on the top.

Really pleased with it so far, next is to get the exhaust shrouds painted with Alclad and lay down 2-3 coats of Klear and get started on all the decals

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:37 pm

Nice Camo work

chief5437 · Post by **chief5437** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 12:02 am

Paul wrote:Nice Camo work

Hell yeah! I agree, looks fantastic.

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:03 pm

Great job on the camo dude.

Sweet looking scheme.

Joesdad · Post by **Joesdad** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:45 pm

Wow! Rocky the camo looks brill mate, Is that "white tack" buddy?

SiDennis · Post by **SiDennis** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 7:54 pm

Cheers joesdad, yes mate it's white tack, unlike blue tack,I have found it doesn't leave behind any residue. It's a bit less tacky but works great.

Joesdad · Post by **Joesdad** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:51 pm

Rocky996r wrote:Cheers joesdad, yes mate it's white tack, unlike blue tack,I have found it doesn't leave behind any residue. It's a bit less tacky but works great.

Good tip, I'll have to dig round a find some.... Thanx bud

Tim

PhildaFish · Post by **PhildaFish** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 8:57 pm

Joesdad wrote:
Rocky996r wrote:Cheers joesdad, yes mate it's white tack, unlike blue tack,I have found it doesn't leave behind any residue. It's a bit less tacky but works great.
Good tip, I'll have to dig round a find some.... Thanx bud

Tim

Just don't use it to hang posters up as it's pretty useless for that I've found.

fly1ngdutchm4n · Post by **fly1ngdutchm4n** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 9:50 pm

Brilliant camo!!

SiDennis · Post by **SiDennis** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 10:51 pm

For those in the UK, got this from Poundland for hmmm a £1

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Tue Oct 22, 2013 11:12 pm

Great work on that paint job. Excellent use of white tack too - pound land here we come!

spruecutter · Post by **spruecutter** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:06 pm

Great work

Joesdad · Post by **Joesdad** » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:34 pm

Rocky996r wrote:For those in the UK, got this from Poundland for hmmm a £1

Lovely... Well done Rock

SiDennis · Post by **SiDennis** » Sat Nov 23, 2013 11:27 pm

It's been a while since my last update, have made some good progress.
Decals finished thank god, three straight nights it took me to do those

Clear coat applied ready for some weathering.

Going to push on now and get it finished by the end of next week.

Sorry about the photos, don't know why they are so small, will post off my laptop not my iPad tomorrow night.

JayCub · Post by **JayCub** » Sun Nov 24, 2013 2:49 am

Just had a browse through photobucket and this is really a wonderful build, i like how the camo was applied but the detail of the cockpit is outstanding.
Tom

T3hGuppy · Post by **T3hGuppy** » Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:43 pm

Only a few days to go.

Are we going to have a final reveal for this build???