This is one of the latest releases from Trumpeter and
it comes with 3 sets of markings all with
overall silver finish, Russian, East German and Chinese but, as usual, I wanted
something different. I
found a whole lot of markings for MiGs on the
internet at http://www.geocities.com/alvmaia/mig/19pm/index.html
The model is well detailed with loads of doors open to
show the interior parts including these two
lovely engines which are made up from plastic parts and resin mouldings plus loads of pipe work on two separate
frames.
The cockpit is nicely detailed with separate side walls and
an instrument panel with film backing, a
detailed HUD and control stick, the seat while nicely done has no seat belts at all so you will need pics to add
these.
the cockpit tub links up with the intake splitter and the
nose instrument bay where there is a removable
Panel to view the interior detail and this unit fits nicely into the front fuselage halves and nose ring.
If you are going to fit the engines then there are removable
panels on either side of the front fuselage to
view these detailed items, if you want to you
can display them on the two stand/trolleys provided.
The two halves of the fuselage fit together like a dream
with no filler at all and the wings just slide
into the slot on the fuselage side as though
they were built for it, blanking plates are
provided if you want to display the complete
engines or you can put the ends of the engines on at the tail pipe end.
The rear fuselage halves carries the air brakes
at the rear sides while a third is on the underside centre line of the front half.
The
wheels are nicely detailed with separate hubs and the wing missile pylons are the best fit I have ever seen yet the tank
pylons need a bit of sorting to get them
level.
The canopy is very clear and is built to be
movable but I have glued mine shut as with the
display panels, there are a number of alternative parts to build the Chinese F-6B. My decal sheet was a problem as the first item I wetted broke
up and I had to cover the whole sheet with
microscale liquid decal film. On the whole an excellent kit, easy to build and fits together so easily.
Ted
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Taylor's Modelworks
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