This is the Eduard kit in Soviet markings. This is the “Asia” scheme in use through the 1970s through early 1990s consisting of irregular patches of four or five browns and greens over sky blue undersides. The kit needs no aftermarket and was built out of the box.
More finished pictures here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2023/03/09/eduard-syrian-mikoyan-gurevich-mig-21-in-1-72-scale/
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Beautiful work, as always Jeff. I’m not a jet guy at all, but this is wonderful.
Those green wheels on VVS jets always gets me.
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Thanks Warren! Their cockpit color is rather unique as well!
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It certainly is!
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Very nice, Jeff! 🙂 Probably makes a change for you being able to build it straight out of the box!
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Some kits just don’t need much extra work!
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As always – beautiful work. Did you freehand any of this camo? How often do you freehand if at all?
Thanks!
Adam
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I masked the MiG camo with poster putty. I do freehand depending on the camo, much faster and more fun than masking, but for many schemes you can get a better result with a soft mask.
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Great. Thanks for the info. I’ll keep experimenting and find what works. Thanks!
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there was one of these at the club the other night. They really are quite small so that is a fantastic paint job.
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Thanks Neil! I was really struck by how small they were as well.
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