Time for some Christmas-MiGs! I did a pair of MFs a few years ago but wasn't too happy with the result so let's have a go with two of the BIS-version now! I picked this one up at Moson in Hungary directly from Eduard a year ago or so.

Markings were quickly decided upon: a Finnish one to pay respect to our friendly eastern neighbour (no, not that one...) and a Bulgarian one chosen because of its camo scheme.

Let's start with the usual round up of the kit specifics:

Box and boxart. Could be better...

...while the marking alternatives seem a little meager as well compared to the MF-boxing...

...but the plastic is of course top notch, Eduard doing what they're doing best! Same as in the MF-boxing but with a new sprue for the humpback spine.

And finally the traditional head start with a parts-on-sticks photo as an addded bonus!

Merry Christmas!
Magnus

Bernd! A visit to Tinytown every now and then never hurts 🙂 !

After lots of Christmas celebration, I have a bit more time on my hands now. An early morning at the modelling table resulted in the following:

Some detail painting of stuff I will be unable to reach...

...after buttoning up the fuselage...

A slight deserted-Eastern-Europe-airfield-boneyard feeling in this one...

Now back to the table!

Regards

Magnus

Nice progress on your MiGs Magnus ! The 21 is not a big plane, its rather small, actually a tube with a cockpit and wings bolted on. There are some very nice kits out in this scale.
Again, very tempting

Thats really nice and good detailed, did a Revell MiG-21 in 1/144 is this scale, many moons away in my youth, very crude.
It seems that the "medium-clumsy Swedish fingers" are able to perform small scale modelling on a high level.

The old Revell MiG was one of the first moments, i realized that my shoddy work was not only responsible for the end result.
Your MiGs look great, are masks for the die electric panels included too ?
Small space fun 🙂

Considering that the Bulgarian aircraft have seen better days paint-wise, I'll try some freehanding on it even if the size is a bit on the small side for such an undertaking...

On my way out for dinner with my wife now, I'll continue tomorrow!

Regards

Magnus

Back home again after a very nice dinner, I found a bit more hobby time 🙂 !

Bernd! Aha, I didn't know what they were for but they're for screening the secondary intakes then?

The freehanding has more to do with the paint than with the airbrush is my general impression. I use Gunze acrylics with their "levelling thinner" that flows very well through the airbrush, better than anything else I have ever tried.

The Bulgarian machine does need a few touchups, I didn't see it before I took the photos.

Regards

Magnus

@superfreak Yep, you're right - small is the word 🙂 !

And a further little bit done, now requiring masking...

Two patients tonight, one Bulgarian...

...and one Finnish. Happy I don't need to talk to anyone of them...

...undersides finished. You must agree that especially the Bulgarian machine conveys a certain look of happiness 🙂 ! Who said camouflage needs to be drab?

Regards

Magnus