Up to this week, I was thinking in IRIAF and light grey/sand scheme. But after real J-10 delivery, I am not convinced anymore.
So, I need suggestions, please
Thanks,
Carlos.
Lets begin with my proposals
Chinese (plenty of 3/4 colours camos)
Vietnamese (I do not know schemes, please help me)
Egypt (grey/green/sand camo used in Mirage-5 or low-viz greys but, in both cases, with those orange patches)
North Korea
Cuba
Albania
Any african country?
Wooksta suggested a Libyan scheme for one of my Russian builds, and I thought that was a good idea. Lots of whacky camo options.
Nice work, ysi ! Love the look of the nose. As for colours...no idea ! I'm kinda partial to the Cuban markings, tho.
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QuoteVietnamese (I do not know schemes, please help me)
Bare metal :salute:
Id like to see this plane with either the South African Air Force (cheetah scheme), or the North Vietnamese air force, set up against a USAF long nose F-4 :wub:
I agree! wow...good work!
Gorgeous work Carlos!
If your looking for African markings, there are many that would look good, but I like the pale tan/green/charcoal camouflage on this Zaire MiG-21:
http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/f/14/171/0/1 (http://wp.scn.ru/en/ww3/f/14/171/0/1)
Interesting roundel too:
http://cocardes.monde.online.fr/v2html/en/...pays/zaire.html (http://cocardes.monde.online.fr/v2html/en/pays/zaire.html)
It's only a partial profile because they have only ever been photographed with their tails & engines missing. Zaire inherited them from Serbia I think & it's not known if these MiG-21's ever saw combat with Zaire.
Absolutely killer, Carlos! I cast my vote for North Korean. You don't see very many birds in those markings.
:thumbsup:
Brian da Basher
Zaire looks good or Katanga, Biafra and LTTE if you just want to make up a scheme
It screams NMF to me B)
I loooove it!!! :wub: :wub: :wub:
Rafa
When i think of it it looks a lot like how I imagined the Croatian Super-7....
Sweet!
I'll have to chime in on the behalf of a bare metal finish as well. This thing would be gorgeous in a flashy cold war scheme (the U.S. kinds that were BMF with color trimmings).
That looks wonderful! :thumbsup: :bow: It might just be a trick of the photo, but it looks like two MiG-21s combined - is it Airfix fuselage and Matchbox wings? And is the chin intake scratch built?
I would go for a Chinese scheme, simply because their red and yellow marking looks good on any of their white, grey or multi-coloured schemes.
Swedish splinter camo (black green, dark green, light green and sand brown)?
Rafi
Carlos, she's a sweet looking build! I think whatever you choose is going to look good. I kind of like the Zaire idea.
QuoteThat looks wonderful! :thumbsup: :bow: It might just be a trick of the photo, but it looks like two MiG-21s combined - is it Airfix fuselage and Matchbox wings? And is the chin intake scratch built?
I would go for a Chinese scheme, simply because their red and yellow marking looks good on any of their white, grey or multi-coloured schemes.
Fuselage: Airfix MiG-21
Wings: KP MiG-21
Nose: Hobbycraft F-8 1/100 but heavily worked.
;)
I would definetly go with an African operator.
They would be the most likely to operate an aircraft of that type.
Unfortunately the Zairean MiG-21 profile is wrong in reality all had the same camo as Yugoslav Jastrebs/Galebs. I think Bolivia would be a good choice since they have a lot of Chinese equipment and need to replace their T-33s. But I'd also love to see a heavily wheathered Sudanese version.
Finished in Aegyptian colour, configured for air defence/superiority armed with 2 x PL-2 and 2 x PL-10.
more ...
Looks good. I like the color scheme with the hi-vis ID panels.
Ed
Gloss White Chinese?
Camouflaged (tan, green, dark green over light blue) Vietnamese?
Pale Grey Chinese?
What about an F-16-type, Pakistan? :wub:
Man! that's a sweet looking aircraft Carlos! Love the new nose, that really sets the stage. And there's something about the canopy that I really like, looks sort-of F-86D-ish (I've always liked that canopy)
Robert
NICE!
Damm, that is stunning!!!! Amazing finish Carlos, one hell of a build!!
The finished article looks really good in those colours :wub:. A great result from bashing together two very old kits!
Nice one, Carlos! Those day-glow orange panels are very eye-catching.
Brian da Basher
Oh yes, this is JUST right! I love what you come up with. You have a sort of consistent creative flair that makes me feel like I exist in a myopic daze by comparison yet gives me inspiration to think out of the box at the same time.
Wonderful workmanship.
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Wicked ! That's gotta be one of the models of the year.....great job, Carlos ! Love the nose, the paint, the weapons load....just looks the part. That head on pic really does it for me.....what a tough looking aeroplane !
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Hi people,
Thanks for your nice comments. I always wanted to paint a plane with those orange panels mmmm :wub:
By the way, Captain, that idea of a model of the year ....
'The Whiff of the year' sounds good to me. I am not speaking about this particular model but in kind of a special GB.
:mellow: :unsure: :wacko:
Fantastic work, Carlos! Now how about a backstory?
Also, I noticed your work on the nose, layering plastic on it then sanding it to shape. Do you think you can do a step-by-step the next time you have a simlar project? I was never very good at that sort of thing.
Quote from: Supertom on March 14, 2008, 10:04:49 AM
Also, I noticed your work on the nose, layering plastic on it then sanding it to shape. Do you think you can do a step-by-step the next time you have a simlar project? I was never very good at that sort of thing.
Ditto (please and thank you)
Carlos, this is a fantastic end result! :wub:
Lovely build Carlos & a very clean paint finish! :ph34r:
and for those with more money than sense...
http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,17500.0.html (http://www.whatifmodelers.com/index.php/topic,17500.0.html)
Think YSI has a much cheaper and better option ;D
Like the others say really great work, although - definitely NOT a crit - I'd have simply left-off the weaps and let the work superb conversion speak for itself.
Ian
Quote from: Ian the Hunter-Gatherer on March 17, 2008, 01:18:42 PM
Like the others say really great work, although - definitely NOT a crit - I'd have simply left-off the weaps and let the work superb conversion speak for itself.
Ian
You are probably right. In fact, I not totally happy with front Sidewinder/PL-2A. :banghead:
This model was started long time ago (2005, still inside cupboard) then I had no idea of the existence of this forum, so I have no pics. But pics in thread's top can help.
Well the nose comes from Hobbycraft F-8 1/100. The point is that MiG fuselage does not mate with Crusader's fuselage at all. So I cut both parts to yield an appropriate total length, and then added Evergreen styrene.
Pieces in top are to cover F8's cockpit hole.
In bottom, front wheel sides, a series of styrene strips (1mmx4mm) cut in acute wedge shape were glued perpendicularly to fuselage surface to form the rear part of intake.
After this, noticeable steps in nose's sides was faired with those white 'chiks'.
Then I considered that the intake looked too small, so I added 3 thin (0.25mm) styrene strips around intake.
Then lots of SR to get the shape. IMHO when big areas or volumes have to be filled, putty is not the answer and I prefer styrene and sometimes only dry glue.
Sorry for my English :banghead: