Mig-21 - work in progress

Willie ask the USA pilots how it managed to dart between their planes in Vietnam ... MIG21s are magnificent birds and seeing one in the exotic middle eastern scheme shall be a treat, ejja Guz lestieh ghal Katanja!

Ivan

William wrote:I've heard that the Mig 21 had short wings but seeing pics of a model.............
It's a wonder that that plane even flew.  
Still looking good Joseph.

Wil

it flew and is still flying in parts of the world. It was an export success for mig, with most of the eastern bloc countries and to all that russians assisted in the world.

will try to finish it for catania, but not completely sure.

Small wings... which is why it was bad for dogfighting! i was lucky enough to see 4 in Riat05 it was the mostly exported airplane ever..

the mig 21 might not be state of the art today, but it was a respectable oponent in its days. It has been shoot down in combat in numbers but in its defense it has shot down also a respectable number of aircraft. It was the work horse of the warsaw pact and its allies as much as the phantom was to the west in its day, and like the F-16 today.

Was the lightning influenced by the MIG design as I see a lot of similarity especially in the nose part?

Regarding the MIG21 as Joe said was a very respected oponent, find out what the Israelis felt especially when they managed to have one for trial ... and to here an Israeli fighterpilot say that he enjoyed and respect this oponent surely it means a lot ... like the T55 tank this is an icon of postwar production.

Ivan

William wrote:I've heard that the Mig 21 had short wings but seeing pics of a model.............
It's a wonder that that plane even flew.  
Still looking good Joseph.

Wil

William, one of my "regrets" of switching to the "dark side" was that I never managed to build a MIG21 during my heydays as it is one of my favourites the FW190 is another "regret" as is the Hurricane to name a few
However thanks to your Dad and whenever a DECENT PILOT is available, I can patch up those "regrets" as best as I can

Uncle Ray

Ray wrote:

William wrote:I've heard that the Mig 21 had short wings but seeing pics of a model.............
It's a wonder that that plane even flew.  
Still looking good Joseph.

Wil

William, one of my "regrets" of switching to the "dark side" was that I never managed to build a MIG21 during my heydays as it is one of my favourites the FW190 is another "regret" as is the Hurricane to name a few
However thanks to your Dad and whenever a DECENT PILOT is available, I can patch up those "regrets" as best as I can

Uncle Ray

So..............

MAKE A COMEBACK AND BUILD YOURSELF A Mig21, an Fw190 and a hurricane

William wrote:

Ray wrote:

William wrote:I've heard that the Mig 21 had short wings but seeing pics of a model.............
It's a wonder that that plane even flew.  
Still looking good Joseph.

Wil

William, one of my "regrets" of switching to the "dark side" was that I never managed to build a MIG21 during my heydays as it is one of my favourites the FW190 is another "regret" as is the Hurricane to name a few
However thanks to your Dad and whenever a DECENT PILOT is available, I can patch up those "regrets" as best as I can

Uncle Ray

So..............

MAKE A COMEBACK AND BUILD YOURSELF A Mig21, an Fw190 and a hurricane

William, I leave those in your hands, while I paint their respective pilots

Ray

the mig 21 was an excellent aircraft as regards to flying but it had a major drawback when it came down to the reason it was built for, an unreliable weapon system.

Mela d-dockyard [l-ex] kienu jibniwhom dawn??????????

Due to its small wingspan(small fuel tanks) it also had a problem with range and small weapon load area. During dogfights if the pilot rolls the aircraft too fast it could easily enter an auto rotation which was very difficult to recover from.

Prosit, i have finally managed to see the photos on this build, that is some excellent pit detailing.

iCocker wrote:Mela d-dockyard [l-ex] kienu jibniwhom dawn??????????

Bhala Bormliz ghandek titkellem ahjar fuq id-dockyard

Apparti l-"hazin" li kien hemm, l-element "tajjeb" kienu nies tas-sengha ta'veru li ma jergghux ikun hawn bhalhom

Kif qed naqbez fuqek Ivan diga darbtejn fuq zewg threads

Ray

Siehbi nofs familti hadmet fid-dockyard u doqt it-tajjeb u l-hazin taghha, nahseb ghad fadalli kilo grit blasting fil-pulmun

U l-ahjar nies ilhom li telqu siehbi!!!!!!!!!

imma kif tkellimtu fuq il-production tal-MIG qieskom gibtuli deja vu ...

vanni

iCocker wrote:Siehbi nofs familti hadmet fid-dockyard u doqt it-tajjeb u l-hazin taghha, nahseb ghad fadalli kilo grit blasting fil-pulmun

U l-ahjar nies ilhom li telqu siehbi!!!!!!!!!

imma kif tkellimtu fuq il-production tal-MIG qieskom gibtuli deja vu ...

vanni

Ivan AGREED 100%

Ray

x'int diplomatiku

iCocker wrote:x'int diplomatiku

Qed nixjieh qabel iz-zmien nahseb

Ray

Hi Guys! What do you think about prepainted photoetch parts? I was considering buyinh revell's eurofighter. What do you think about the kit?

RAF wrote:Hi Guys! What do you think about prepainted photoetch parts? I was considering buyinh revell's eurofighter. What do you think about the kit?

What scale are you considering about the eurofighter, if it is 48th scale, revell eurofighter is a modern tooling and reasonably detailed. About prepainted photoetch parts, really do not like them very much personally.

yes the 1/48th scale. I heard that trumpeteer are going to release a typhoon in 1/48th scale. Is it true?

I have never used the prepainted parts myself but from the builds i have seen, they look damn good and the result is very nice indeed. i was thinking of getting some to try out.

Added some piping detail with copper wire and plastic.

Brilliant work J.!

I'm pinned on this!