Andrew D. the Jolly Rogers guy

In my opinion.... The cockpit interior blue-green is great for aircraft needing that particular color. I also like the Flanker colors, and the light Fulcrum gray, although the darker Fulcrum color looks a bit light for my personal tastes... As for many of the more generic-sounding colors, I would encourage mixing and experimenting. There was no set shade for any given color type in the Soviet Union, so there was a LOT of variety as to the underside light colors, the browns, the greens, everything. Totally different from the tightly-regulated US standards. Just my opinion.

THANK you, THANK you, THANK YOU!!! Definitely needed that...was surprised that mine didn't come with them....

Hey, sweet!!!!!

Rip, one of these years we've got to meet up for a drink...we can't live more than a few miles apart....

Drybrushing silver with a flat brush works great for props, too.

Hmmm...I like the TWA on that selection! Pan Am, Lufthansa and Eastern aren't bad either.

I'm in this one, too. I've built two, and I have three more ready for whenever I want. My first was the Airmodel MiG-9, which I rebuild totally at one point; looks good. I added a fair amount to it. The other is the Falcon FJ-3, which requires donated wings. Actually I added a LOT to this one, both in terms of parts from two F-86 kits (Fujimi and Academy), plus aftermarket (Aeroclub nosegear) and a ton of scratchbuilding. I love it! On reserve I have unbuilt another FJ-3, Aeroclub's MiG-17F conversion for the KP kit, and the I-250/MiG-13, which I REALLY want to do right. I really, real

Okay, now I'm home and can check my references.... That scheme actually looks somewhat similar to a Czech MiG-21F-13 at the Kbely air museum. It's in the 4+ book. On the other hand, I would SUSPECT that, for the time frame given in the illustration (1968), they would probably have still been uncamouflaged. But I could be wrong.

Good question. It is supposed to be during the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, which was done to prevent the Czechs from breaking away from the Warsaw Pact. I do know it was an armed military invasion, and that the Soviets painted twin red stripes on the fuselage of their aircraft (invasion stripes!), but I must confess I don't know anything about the actual combat, whether any aircraft of either side scored aerial victories, etc etc.

I'm with Mungo here in looking forward as much as you! Never cared for the Eagle my whole life until now. UNTIL NOW. Please note, this does NOT repeat NOT mean I have no respect for its AWESOME capabilities; there are few aircraft I'd hate to have to face as much. It's just that the lines (and paint) never did anything for me. Hey, some like blondes, some like brunettes, some like redheads. And some, well..................

Great, I'd appreciate it! My thanks!! -A-

Good Gawd, but that's funny.... :P

Aw, c'mon...SOMEBODY'S got to have this one....

Would anyone be willing to scan/email the decals to the Amodel 1/72 MiG-9 kit (the regular MiG-9, NOT the 2-cockpit experimental job)? Mine came without any decals, which really makes writing a preview/review on the kit a bit incomplete.... Thanks!!

:) Dear God, it looks like my daughter spilled something all over it!!!! B)

Heya Andre, Well, it's because I personally did not like the Zvezda/Italeri one bit, even though the general outline is closer and more accurate. I worked on it for an afternoon and quickly came to the conclusion that it was not for me, even though many parts were very good. So, I took the bits I did like and combined them with the acceptable bits of a Hase kit plus a ton of scratchbuilding. Here's the result: http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Fea1...tels/fea935.htm

Hey! Seriously effective camouflage! I'll never forget the one that flew over me on approach to landing here in Tucson. Stunning.

Not a bad idea, speaking as one who has experience kitbashing the Hasegawa MiG-23 with the Italeri/Zvezda MiG-23. With plenty of sanding it was actually a very good match...didn't seem like it at first, but like I said, after some sanding it ended up being easier than I'd thought. Worth a shot!

Not that I've ever seen. I built mine up with strip styrene, then filed/sanded to shape. Worked great, and not that hard.

I took some shots of the rails on the F3H here in Tucson; I don't have a scanner, but if you need them I could arrange something....

HANG on...Testors had the license to produce/release the F-5E with MiG-28 markings....Airfix's kit is NOT the Testors/Italeri, so how'd they get permission to use the Top Gun movie logo for their boxing?????

Oh, yeah, white, no question.

Oh, I've done that, on a Fujimi TA-4J. What I did was, cut a hole in the bottom of the nose (drilled then enlarged with a knife), then pushed in fishing weights (yes, the little round ones; I buy the pretty small ones for exactly this scenario). As I did this, it was still belly-up, and nose pointed slightly toward the ground so they'd stay up in the nose. Then I started adding CA glue, until by moving the model I no longer felt/heard any weights shift. After a day or so for the fumes to clear, I sealed it in with plastic and CA glue. It's on the bottom in a good place to sand, so nobod

Roger that...so then if I can get the Airfix kit, like, really cheap, then it would be worth it just for the decals? To adapt for a Tamiya airframe?

Yeah, that's what I figured...except if it's the only way to get the -102 decals in that scale?