of posing the underside fuselage
air brake open or closed, as I write
Eduard have announced a future
Brassin set will be available to add
further detail to all of the airbrakes,
this set will be released at the same
time as the Royal Class Edition.
Eduard have included five
colour schemes in the kit, which
give a good representation of the
many and varied schemes this
long-lived Fighter has worn.OPTION A is for an all over
aluminium painted Polish Air
Force example, this is the aircraft
featured on the box art.
OPTION B is for an overall pale
grey painted aircraft flown by the
Czechoslovak Air Force, early 1990.
OPTION C is for an aircraft from the
German Democratic Republic, in the
late 1980s. This aircraft is finished
in a two-tone green camouflage
topside over pale blue undersides.
OPTION D is an all over pale
grey aircraft operated by the
Romanian Air Force, c1990.
OPTION E is perhaps the mostcolourful, this MiG is an ex Czech
Air Force example that was supplied
to the Republic of Mali in 2006.
It is finished in a four-colour
green/brown topside camouflage
over a mid-blue underside.
Of the schemes I am being
tempted by the Polish example as
when I think MiG, an aluminium
finish is what springs to mind, also
by the time you read this I will have
visited the Polish Air Force Museum
in Krakow, which, will with any
luck, provide lots of inspiration.PLUS
Simultaneously with the release of
this new kit, Eduard has released
some rather nice extras. If you have
the ProfiPack Edition this already
has the stencils and paint masks
included, so you will not need those
unless you want to mask the inside
of the canopy with the TFace range
of canopy masks which supplied
both internal and external masks.
The cockpit set looks stunning
with fantastic detail on the rear
bulkhead and on the back of the
ejection seat. A test fit has shown
that not much of this will be visible
on the finished model but youwill know it’s there. With my
build of this kit I intend to build
both options so you can see the
difference. The resin exhaust
nozzle again is beautifully cast but
you will have to squint to see the
photo-etched afterburner detail.
That said the last section of the
jet pipe is light years ahead of the
plastic parts as only resin can be.
The resin wheels are in my view
are a must have if you want to add
that little bit extra to your model.
They have flats moulded in and
full sidewall detail that will really
look good when painted and lightly
weathered. The Brassin pylons
and missiles are also as you would
expect very nice, with finer detail
that their plastic counterparts.BRASSIN
- 672 180 MiG-21MF Interceptor
cockpit (for Eduard kit) - 672 181 MiG-21MF exhaust
nozzle (for Eduard kit) - 672 182 MiG-21MF wheels
(for Eduard kit) - 672 184 MiG-21MF pylons
(for Eduard kit) - 672 185 MiG-21MF R-3S missiles
for MiG-21 (for Eduard kit)
MASKS
- CX511 MiG-21MF (for Eduard kit)
- CX512 MiG-21MF TFace
(for Eduard kit)
DECALS
- D72015 MiG-21MF stencils
(for Eduard kit)
It is my intention to use as many of
these extras as I can on my build of
this ProfiPack MiG-21MF, whilst
where possible assembling the kit
equivalents so you can judge for
yourself how much of this extra
detail you may wish to add.CONCLUSION
I think that it is fair to say that with
this long-awaited release Eduard have
given us the best 1/72scale MiG-21MF
and as it joins the already produced
1/144 and 1/48 scale examples, the
best MiG21MFs across the board! I
am sure the Editor would not be
alone in wanting a 1/32 scale kit of
this quality but for now, I am happy
to reacquaint myself with the joy of
1/72 scale, which for me is where I
started in this great hobby of ours.
Long live the Eduard
1/72 Scale Revolution!
My thanks to Eduard for
supplying this kit and the
accessories for preview and build.WWW.SAMPUBLICATIONS.COM • AUGUST 2018 • 43
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