Hello Dear Modellers!
This is my 1:72 Mig-21 Bis from Fujimi. As you can see it is in Croat
markings. This ex-Yugoslavian Mig-21Bis ( black 103) was hijacked by
a Croat Pilot and taken to the Croat side in 1992 and the plane was named as 'Osvernik
Vukovara-Revenge of Vukovar'. Vukovar city was bombed heavily during the
Bosnian civil war. That is why Croats named plane as 'revenge'. Just
after plane passed to HRO (Croatian Air Forces) Croat markings, a knight
nose-art and symbol of Vukovar city was painted on it.
Croat Air forces conducted some air-to-ground attacks against Bosnian based Serb forces.
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Well, if we talk about the
kit; better than Revell's F-13 version but one step behind of Zvezda's
Mig-21, the only weak side of kit is cockpit. The panel lines are
engraved nicely, smooth decals and enough under wing stuff ( tanks, MG
pod, air-to-air missiles) what else does a modeller want?
I used Gunze light grey for entire plane, for green parts, I used Revell's
seagreen, for cockpit Modelmaster bluegreen (Russian interrior) and
Tamiya flat white for missiles.
As conclusion, it
was fun to build just needed some extra work for nose and Tamiya putty dealt
with that. Also, this war experienced plane has a hijacking story
and Croat markings look pretty cool on it. Don't you agree?
By the way I would like to send my regards to my bro Emad Tabsh from Lebanon..
Happy Modelling..
Zafer
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