T

he MiG-21 was built

in Russia and then

exported to numerous

satellite states, such

as Vietnam. The early version of

the aircraft featured a forward

hinged canopy with a smaller

tail than later versions. This

is the irst time Eduard has

released an early version of the

MiG-21, and they don’t take

any shortcuts on this model.

The moulds for the wings

and fuselage are brand new

with the appropriate panel

lines. There are seven sprues

of light grey plastic, with no

lash or blemishes anywhere.

The panel lines are petite and

engraved, and the breakdown

is quite logical and there are

plenty of extra parts when you

are done, especially if you use

the Brassin ones. Two sprues

contain just the armament

alone, and one sprue with two

canopies. Also included are two

frets of etch, one pre-painted

and one nickel plated along

with a set of Eduard masks.

BIGSIN

Now if you were to build this

beauty out of the box it would

be excellent, but of course, I

can’t leave well enough alone.

Eduard ofers a BigSin set for

this model that contains an

Interior (#648144), Exhaust

Nozzle (#648117), Wheel Wells

(# 64 8 049), W h e e l s (# 64 8 1 1 0),

Floyd S Werner builds the 1/48 Eduard MiG-21PF

NORTH VIETNAMESE

MIG

MIG -21PF

MANUFACTURER: Eduard

SCALE: 1:48

KIT TYPE: Injection moulded plastic

with resin and etched parts

KIT NUMBER: 26266

KIT DETAILS

SEPTEMBER 2019 • SCALE AVIATION MODELLER INTERNATIONAL

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FE ATURE

BY FLOYD S WERNER

MIG-21PF

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