**** DONE: MiG 21 PF 'Fishbed D', Moscow District PVO Aviation Fighter Regiment, 1967

[Airframes]

Could be worse, you could be a 15 year old Commie chef!!

[rochie]

nice one Dogsbody, i do make a decent russian salad though !!!!

[Airframes]

Is that beetroot and vodka?!!!

[Wurger]

And "ogurcy"

[A4K]

Sounds like the sound uttered after a large helping of that Russian salad, my friend..!

[Wurger]

[Catch22]

Thanks Cory....didn't see you there, behind that huge pile of kit boxes!!!

If you can't find me, I'm near the Luftwaffe pile!

[Airframes]

You could probably live in that Hercules! I was trying to get one of those about a year ago, but's now replaced with the current version.
Anyway, the front and rear fuselage sections have now been joined, with the jet-pipe installed and painted. The wings are assembled, and the fuselage spine and fin are attached. Just need to do a small amount of work to seal some of the joints, then add all the various intakes etc at the rear, before fitting the wings and tailplanes. Then it's time for the first stage of painting!
PIC 1. Front and rear fuselage joined. One build I read recently complained about the vertical joint but, so far, I don't see a problem, as it's on a natural panel line, and fairly neat. It does need slight attention, but I think a treatment with my varnish and talc 'porridge' should sort things!
PIC 2. Now starting to look like a MiG, with the spine and the later, broad-chord fin in place.
Thanks again for your kind comments, and I'll post some more soon.

[Crimea_River]

Coming along nicely Terry.

[Vic Balshaw]

That's looking good Terry.

[A4K]

Wow, that's quick progress Terry! nice work!

[Wayne Little]

Good stuff Terry!

[T Bolt]

You’re really moving along Terry! Looking Good!

[Wurger]

With all here Terry. Nice work so far.

[Airframes]

Thanks very much guys. Seems quick, but it's taken over two weeks to get this far, and there's not that many parts to assemble, before the landing gear, flaps and pylons etc. The painting will take time though, as it's going to be in the 'silver' finish, which isn't natural metal, so could be a bit tricky to get the right effect.