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Here is the
pre-Trumpeter MiG-21MF. Veteran modelers may remember this kit, and it being an
offshoot of the much earlier Revell MiG-21 PF from about 1970, it doesn't have a lot
of surface or interior detail. The cockpit/canopy area however, was reworked to
make way for a new 2-piece canopy, an upgraded cockpit ans a slightly better K-1
seat. Newer features were also a separate, larger avionics hump, a
GSh-23 belly cannon and a new, larger centerline drop tank.
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The kit was released
in 1994 using the inevitable eruption of the (new) Balkan Wars after
Tito's death as a marketing backdrop. Two sets of decals were supplied-one
for a light gray MF from the Republic of Croatia Air Force, the other for a
Nat. Met. MF from the Republic Air Force of
Bosnia- Hertsagovina.
I had seen this Frontal Aviation scheme
done in an old issue of Scale Aircraft Modeler from the late 70's and always
wanted to do one myself. I Used Tamiya Acrylics and eye-balled the colors
from a photo in a Squadron/Signal sc :Fighting Colors book - 'MiG-21 Fishbed
in Color by Hans-Heiri Stapfer The stenciling is from the kit, the stars
and numerals from the "decal box"..
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A new 32nd scale
MF has arrived on the scene, and from what I've seen it really makes this old
clunker redundant-but then it hasn't been available for years! Anyway, here's a
small nostalgic peek at a kit that's been relegated to the dustbins of
modeling history.
Bob
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