Category: Soviet aircraft
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Egyptian Mig 21 – Part Three – O..1
When life gives you MiGs – you make MiGaid… You research the internet until you find a real picture of the model you have in the box. Colour, for preference, and well-lit if possible. You can make do with older B/W photos but be wary of other people’s colourizations or the precise artwork of virtual…
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Egyptian MiG 21- Part Two – Here’s To Hasegawa
An afternoon’s cutting and cementing and the basic aircraft is done. It is nearly always about the paint scheme and markings, so getting to the decoration stage early can be a real comfort. Arriving without having to fill many seams or re-enforce wing or tail attachments is a bonus. Thus my relish as the MiG…
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Mil 24 Hind F – Part Two – How Green Was My Helo
I am prepared to defend my choice of blue-green for the interior of this aircraft for hours. Provided you bring the drinks. I sourced the shade from an internet image of Czech Mil 24 that they had handed over to the Ukrainian Air Force. It was remarkably clean in the picture but the interior here…
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Mil-24 Hind F – Part One – WA Salvage
They no fancy, but they cheap… And even cheaper when the kit in question – a Hong Hong cheapie to begin with – is dumped n a container load in WA and eventually ends up on the shipwreck shelf at the scale model club. Unbuilt, unloved, unappreciated. Just the thing for the kit-whisperer. The Kitech…
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Tupolev Tu-2 – Part Four – A Straight Bat
And a fair wicket. This Tupolev Tu-2 WWII bomber eventually got a NATO designation: ” Bat “. It seems to have been exported all over the place after it was second-line for the VVS. The Communist Chinese got some and there are preserved copies in their air museum – presumably Hobby Boss were able to…
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Tupolev Tu-2 – Part Three – No Fill Nowhere
Watching a friend struggle with a small-run Czech model of a P-38 Lightning has been a sobering experience. Every corner of the model as it has been constructed from tiny sub-assemblies has been filled with white plastic putty. I don’t know which one he is using, but I hope it is economical. The mutterings have…
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Tupolev Tu-2 – Part One – Long On The Shelves
This model of the Tupolev TU-2 light bomber by Hobby Boss Has been seen on Perth shelves for a long time. Whether it was ignored because it was seen as too simple – a snap-kit – or too obscure remains to be seen. It is actually a technological gem The kit design breaks the fuselage…
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MiG 3 – Post Script
Looks like I was barking up the wrong tree – or at least one containing different squirrels. The MiG 3 kit I reported on – with the home-made canopy – came with an Italeri instruction sheet. I assumed they were the authors of the mould, and was a little nonplussed at some of the quality…
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MiG 3 – Part Four – Red Eight
Is Hero of Great Patriotic Aviation! Not loved by its pilots, not safe to fly at altitude, not effective as a gun platform….but that didn’t stop PRAVDA from advertising it as the greatest thing since sliced borscht. The model is pleasing, nonetheless – even the slightly odd-looking canopy. Considering that it was an experiment that…
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MiG 3 – Part Three – Either A Bird Or A Reptile
Soviet designers seem to have gravitated between these two influences. Either their designs resemble natural bird shapes or they look like lizards stretched out on a rock. In the case of the MiG 3 the avian predominates. Look at the rear view while the tail feathers are being put on – if that is not…
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