Subject: Re: 1/48 Italeri MiG-21 MF by Lucian Capraru
From: "Submissions for ARC" <[email-masked]>
To: "Gabi Capraru" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:04:16 -0700

Hi,
I just wanted to let you know your article went on ARC today.  Thanks again for sending it in.

Steve Bamford
ARC Air - Aircraft Resource Center
http://www.arcair.com

Live like there is no tomorrow;
Love like you've never been hurt.
Work like you don't need the money.
Dance like nobody's watching.
Sing like nobody's listening.
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gabi Capraru 
  To: [email-masked] 
  Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2014 12:57 PM
  Subject: 1/48 Italeri MiG-21 MF by Lucian Capraru 

  Hi,
  Please confirm me if I have to do changes with the mail format.
  Thank you,
  Lucian

               "1/48 Italeri MiG-21 MF" 
  by Lucian Capraru 
  Please include your ARC Discussion Forum Name with your submission 
  -------------------- 
        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 01.jpg here 

  This is my Italeri 1/48 MiG-21 MF  of the Iraqi Air Force ( لقوة الجوية العراقية;  Al Quwwa al Jawwiya al Iraqiya).
  The Soviet fighter Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-21 is the most produced supersonic jet aircraft in aviation history. The “Fishbed” project had been set up in the mid 50s , as natural  evolution of arrow-wing fighters.  The delta wing and the shape, the high speed, the great maneuverability,  the weapons variety and the loading capacity, had been the strengths of its commercial success. In fact, the Mig 21 has equipped the fighter squadrons of Soviet Union and all Warsaw Pacts Countries. Furthermore, a lot of Moscow Allied Countries, all over the World has used it for a long time. The Mig-21 MF version, mainly used for export, adopted a more powerful engine Tumansky R-13-300 able to improve the “Fishbed”  flight performance. The Mig-21 operating life has been very intensive considering that it has participated to numerous conflicts between the 60s and 90s.

  I’ve choosed to paint my MiG with the original scheme of the Soviet Air Force (aluminium),this aircraft landed in Basra in 1979 with the last batch of  MFs delivered by the USSR. After their entry in  service the MiGs were painted with the Iraqi scheme.
  During the Iran-Iraq war the MiG-21 was the main interceptor of the Iraqi Air Force  and it was used extensively against the western fighters of the Iranian Air Force such as F-5E Tiger II, F-4E Phantom II and F-14. 
  Colonel Mohammed Rayyan nicknamed “Sky Falcon”  scored 10 air combat kills, making him an ace and the most successful Iraqi fighter pilot of that war. Rayyan, while only a Lieutenant and flying a MiG-21MF, claimed two (later confirmed) kills against Iranian F-5 Freedom Fighters in 1980.
  Captain Omar Goben was another successful fighter pilot. While flying a MiG-21 he scored air kills against two F-5E Tiger IIs and one F-4E Phantom II in 1980. He later transferred to the MiG-23 and survived the war, but was killed in January 1991 flying a MiG-29 versus an American F-15C.

  I really recommend this kit, the parts fit well, you don’t need to do many adjustments, also you have many alternatives to load it with weapons. I’ve choosed the air-to-air scheme and put it in the QRA status with the 70th Squadron 
        Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 03.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 03.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 04.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 07.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 05.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 08.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 06.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 09.jpg 

  You can add 1/3 of your text here.
          
        Steve Bamford will insert full sized version of photo 02.jpg here  

  You can add the final 1/3 of your text here.
  "Louis"
        Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 10.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 10.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 11.jpg here.  Clicking on that photo will bring up the full sized version of photo 14.jpg Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 12.jpg 
       Steve Bamford will insert a click-able smaller version of photo 13.jpg 

  .

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

       

  Photos and text © by "Lucian Capraru"