ChippyWho Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Mine arrived this week too; excellent quality component and will do wonders for the old Bis! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IrishGreek Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 Just got my nose today. Nice stuff. Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 my 3 sets arrived today!(everything seems nice! anyway, it was well packed!) so i'll be able to build more accurate(withous too much efforts) MiG-21bis for this September upcoming StarFish GB! and it only takes 10 days(real consecutive days! not only business days...) to come from Bulgaria to Canada! rather fast! thank you Stanislav! you've done a great job! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stenkabg Posted July 8, 2014 Author Share Posted July 8, 2014 Thank you guys for the kind words! I am glad you like this little product. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted July 8, 2014 Share Posted July 8, 2014 (edited) Don't recall if I added my thanks and congratulations on a great product! My parcel was misdirected (my fault), but I finally got it. It will make a bis look like a bis! I had the privilege to spend a good amount of time with Enio Rodriguez who defected to NAS Key West in his MiG-21bis in September of 1993, and have wanted to build a model of his aircraft ever since. Nice guy. Left his wife and 2-year old daughter in order to escape the hell of Cuba in the early 1990s after the Soviet Union collapsed. Edited July 8, 2014 by Jennings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Janissary Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 I had the privilege to spend a good amount of time with Enio Rodriguez who defected to NAS Key West in his MiG-21bis in September of 1993, and have wanted to build a model of his aircraft ever since. Nice guy. Left his wife and 2-year old daughter in order to escape the hell of Cuba in the early 1990s after the Soviet Union collapsed. Did they reunite? If so how long after? It seems unimaginable to leave your wife and baby behind no matter what the circumstance is. Do you know more about this story? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bashace Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 This looks like a cool modification to install during the upcoming StarFish Group Build in September! V/r Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted July 9, 2014 Share Posted July 9, 2014 Did they reunite? If so how long after? It seems unimaginable to leave your wife and baby behind no matter what the circumstance is. Do you know more about this story? I don't know any of that. When I met him and spent time he was living in Key West and was active with the Cuban community there, helping refugees who were attempting to flee Cuba by sea (which is what I was involved with at the time). I lost track of him shortly after that (around 1995) and don't know anything after that. I know that by that time his family were still in Cuba, and I doubt the Cuban government would have allowed them to leave. He was the cream of Cuban society as a military officer and fighter pilot. He told us that when he left, the monthly ration for him, his wife, and a two-year old child was six eggs, 1 kg of meat (usually chicken), and 2 litres of milk for the baby (for the month). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mrvark Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 (edited) I not only obtained a couple of the new noses, I built a kit using one! Although it's designed for the Eduard kit, I had the old Academy kit laying around (with a ton of aftermarket bits--pitot tube, Quickboost scoops, CMK wheel wells, Equipage wheels, KMC cockpit, Brassin bombs/rockets, Wolfpack afterburner, and the fuel tank from an Eduard kit) and decided to see how hard it was to work with before attacking the Eduard kit. A few moments of panic caused by my own ineptitude, but it worked in the end and makes a pretty remarkable difference in the appearance of the model. The Academy kit is okay for its day, but all their underwing stuff seemed a bit oversized, the wings seem too thick, and incorrectly placed wheel bulge on the fuselage above the wing. The latter had kept me from building the kit for years, but only took about a half-hour to fix using a bit of CA and some sandpaper. Edited September 14, 2015 by mrvark Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jeffbmac1 Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 I received my 3x nose conversions and had the front off 1x Eduard kit in no time last nite. Dry fits well. Thanks again from all the way here in Oz. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent Posted July 17, 2014 Share Posted July 17, 2014 The Academy kit is okay for its day, but all their underwing stuff seemed a bit oversized, the wings seem too thick, and incorrectly placed wheel bulge on the fuselage above the wing. IMHO the worst problem that isn't fixable is the canopy. When seen from the top, the canopy should be bubble-shaped with the front of the canopy being widder than the rear. With Academy, there's no bubble, the canopy is cylindrical so there's no pinch between the canopy and the spine there should be for a bis. For an MF (and S, R, M, SM, MF, SM, etc), the spine is too wide. Thanks for the photos. Neat Afghan bird ! I hope that there'll be a regular Eduard bis vs stenkabged Eduard bis photo sometime. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
supergru Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hi everyone! Just to inform you all that I received my nose replacement from stankabg. Prompt response from Stanislav, payment via Paypal, shipping... Everything was done within 2 weeks. New nose came in small box with instructions. No bubbles, beautifully casted. Looking forward for Starfish GB! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
nazempar Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I got his and I am pleased Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stenkabg Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 On my wishlist would be a replacement for Hobbyboss terrible MiG-17PF nose! I checked that and it is a real joke by HB. Started work and hope it will be a great improvement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I checked that and it is a real joke by HB. Started work and hope it will be a great improvement. Great news! thank you (in advance!) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Floggerman Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I checked that and it is a real joke by HB. Started work and hope it will be a great improvement. Wow. Can I take out a subscription of your products? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Andzin Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 I checked that and it is a real joke by HB. Started work and hope it will be a great improvement. It's really great news Stenka :-) Are You planning both type of noses? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
galileo1 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 Sent you a PM regarding ordering one of these nose sets, stenkabg. Just bough the kit so I look forward to getting one of these. Rob Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jgrease Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Are these sets still available? I was not able to PM stenkabg. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sharkmouth Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Are these sets still available? I was not able to PM stenkabg. John, I bought mine two months ago... I was also told that it sometimes appears on eBay. Regards, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mingwin Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Are these sets still available? I was not able to PM stenkabg. John maybe a dumb question, but have you tried his website? Cold War Studio Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoFo Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I not only obtained a couple of the new noses, I built a kit using one! That's WITH the nose correction? Man, that looks nothing like any MiG-21 I've ever seen! Colour's wrong on the nose, too - they were usually green, not black AFAIK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stenkabg Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 The sets are available on my site. I don't sell on eBay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jgrease Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Thanks Mingwin and Stenkebg - I hadn't seen any reference to the website. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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