Completed Plastic Models- Fujimi Mig 21bis (smt)

 In continuing with my stride and love for aircraft in 1/72^nd scale I share this one with you all, a Fujimi Mig 21 kit build about four years ago. It is painted and marked for the Yugoslavian Air Force during the Cold War.

          Now is where it gets strange for this build. As I remember, the model kit was bought at a swap meet and also my first Mig 21 kit. It is in fact a SMT variant disguised as a BIS variant. The decals are aftermarket and the kits horizontal stab and nose section were replaced with ones from Quickboost. The armament comes from spares in my aircraft parts boxes; I believe they are Hasegawa parts, the "sidewinders" are also disguised as being Russian but are early AIM-9 missiles, exercising my creative freedom here! It was painted with Model Master Camouflage grey (if i remember correctly) and cleared with Testors clears.

          I did enjoy this kit and have since then accumulated well over 10 Mig 21 kits which will undoubtedly be shared on this blog. Hope you enjoy these pictures. Also the scene was created by using the display stand from Trumpeter and a few tripods. I can share the rig if you are interested in seeing it. TRWBM    

Completed Plastic Models- Tamiya 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero

Tamiya 1/72 Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero

    This airplane represents Major Saburo Shindo's airplane of the 582nd Naval Air Group during World War II in June 1943. It was built straight from the box and brushed painted with Tamiya acrylics and lightly weathered with Tamiya weathering kits and Prisma Color pencils. I built this kit about a year ago after its release.

     The fit of the kit's parts were great as expected with almost any recent Tamiya kit. The pictures speak for themselves as how good this kit builds out to be in the end. The figure climbing in is made up of three different Revell of Germany Luftwaffe WWII figures cut and fit back together to represent Saburo Shindo climbing it for a flight.