Subject: Re: ARTICLE WITH MIG 21 at 1/48....
From: "Steve Bamford" <[email-masked]>
To: "Patrick SPITAELS" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 22:12:26 -0800

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Patrick SPITAELS 
  To: Steve Bamford 
  Sent: Thursday, December 05, 2002 2:18 PM
  Subject: ARTICLE WITH MIG 21 at 1/48....

  Hi Steve,
  hope you'll find some rest with your computer problems !
   
  just in case of emergency, here is an short article i wrote today !
   
  The Model: MIG 21 MF from ACADEMY at 1/48 scale:
   
  What i used: - a resin seat from KMC.
                     - decals from Aeromaster
                     - Paint from Testor ( metalizer ).
   
  The story:
  I start to build this model as soon as it was relesed in my Hobby shop....there are some models like that, you didn't want to left over your " stock"......
  I was very impressed when opening the box, this was for me the first time i could examine a MIG 21 kit !
  Starting the building as usual...the cockpit ..and facing the first problem....the detail level of the original cockpit was very poor....so i decided to use a resin seat from KMC at that time; and to realize in scratch the cockpit in itself.
  For this, i used only plasticard sheet and tube. at the time i build the model i didn't have a digital camera...so i'm sorry not to have a good mics of it.
  There is no real troubles with the rest of the building, but at that time i didn't know the problem with the tail...so no stress with that !
  as usual for my metal planes, i used Testor Metalizer for the piant.
  That is in three stages:
  - first is a coat of Magnesium
  - second is a coat of aluminium
  - third is polishing the bird with a motor tool.
  With the two different coats; when you polished it more at some place; the darker coat comes up...and it gives some differents colours on the airframe. you just have to take care with the speed of your motortool !
  the decals are from an old Aeromaster sheet, for a Czech squadron.
  The ladder was made in plastic tube and plasticard was used fot the parking blocks.
  the bas was made in styrofoam, some green one that is sell here for Home insulation; really easy to use.
  So, here is a model that didn't have a lot of money in.....but lots of fun to build it !
  Now you can found a lot of deifferents sets in resin, photoetched; that could simplify your life......maybe i'm gonna used one for the next project of MIG 21....!
  Hope your enjoy it

  Patrick SPITAELS
  IPMS Belgium
  Ans Modelisme
  http://www.ansmodelisme.com