Rick's Eduard 1/48 Ethiopian Air Force Mig-21 MF

[rickoshea52]

I need to straighten out that  buckle though.

[dave]

Looking good Rick. 

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Rick. Did you find that green radome colour? I decoded the new colour on Tony's thread.

[rickoshea52]

I spent about 30 minutes in SNMstuff trying to figure it out. I struggled to find an alternative online with my iPad but I came away with a model colour shade that I hope will work, I don't have the code to hand though.

Edit - the model colour shade is Reflective Green 890. I haven't tried it yet.

[Guest]

wow, great work man!! Keep it up

[rickoshea52]

Radome painted, next time I will paint it before assembling. And the windscreen is fitted, next step is masking the transparencies, the gear bays and jet pipe are done using tape and foam.

[rickoshea52]

Not the best photos but the underside is painted with VMA's pale blue.

[Ian M]

You are doing a great jog on this Rick.

[dave]

Going well Rick

[flyjoe180]

Looking good Rick.

[Guest]

Coming along nicely mate.

[rickoshea52]

A word about Eduard paint masks for this kit.


I made the mistake of painting the underside pale blue before realising that there are masks for the green dielectric panels on this aircraft. After separating the areas required I used the paint masks but be careful with the wing leading edges, the instructions are not that clear so hopefully the photos below will help other members apply them with a little more clarity.


I have resprayed the pale blue, when dry I can finally start on the upper side.

[rickoshea52]

Sand! It needs a second coat.

[rickoshea52]

The big reveal after applying the olive green reveals some crappy paint application. The bit I am really cheesed off with is the fin, even after using the Eduard masks this will need a complete respray after re-masking. Some of the green lacks depth in the smaller areas but these are easily dealt with, so too is the RH wing LE with a touch of sand yellow.

[colin m]

Looking very nice. Only today I was watching a film which mentioned the Mig 21 is one of the best selling aircraft of all time with over 40 air forces buying it. However, it was an old program, but may still be true.