1/72 Revell MiG-21 F-13 Fishbed

by Oren Haymovits

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Hey everyone.  I am an amateur modeler from New York.  I usually work with 1/48 scale, but I recently decided to try my hand with 1/72 scale.  This is my first submission to ARC, something which I've been wanting to do for quite some time.  I built this model over the course of two weeks last summer.  I do something different on every model I build, and this one is no exception.  I experimented with Micro-Sol for the decals, and used masking for the canopy.  Everything was painted by hand, and I used a mechanical pencil on some of the panel lines on the underside of the plane.

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I painted the plane as an East German bird, of TAFS-47 Preschen in 1978.  No aftermarket decals, parts or any of that good stuff.  I'm hoping to improve somewhat before I attempt anything like that.  All in all this was a painless, quick build of what is in my opinion a gorgeous plane.  Some of the decals tore a bit but they all came out looking pretty good so I'm happy.

Enjoy...

Oren

Photos and text © by Oren Haymovits