Did the Germetik canopy sealant with Vallejo acrylics and a thin paint brush. I wanted to use painted clear decal sheet stripes (as on the Foxbat), but probably laid down too much paint on the clear sheet.
Eduard-72-MiG-21-Angola-by-ChernayaAkula-09 by
Motschke, on Flickr
Eduard-72-MiG-21-Angola-by-ChernayaAkula-10 by
Motschke, on Flickr
The canopy is in bare aluminium. Apparently the Perspex the Soviets used deteriorated quickly and had to be replaced often. The whole canopy came as a complete replacement part.
Eduard-72-MiG-21-Angola-by-ChernayaAkula-13 by
Motschke, on Flickr
Eduard-72-MiG-21-Angola-by-ChernayaAkula-15 by
Motschke, on Flickr
Eduard’s painting instructions should be taken with a grain of salt. They specify roundels, but apparently these MiGs didn’t use any. Just the fin flash in Angola’s colours. Which Eduard mixed up. Red should be at the top. Had to repaint the rudder in the correct order. My theory is that Eduard was thrown by pics of some Cuban MiGs painted for a Cuban film that also showed wrong colours.
LINK! Eduard-72-MiG-21-Angola-by-ChernayaAkula-16 by
Motschke, on Flickr
Eduard-72-MiG-21-Angola-by-ChernayaAkula-14 by
Motschke, on Flickr
Weathering is a bit heavy on the gun and tank, but on purpose. These MiGs were involved in lot of mud-moving missions. For instance, during the Battle of Cangamba that lasted from Aug 2 till Aug 10 of 1983, nine MiGs flew more than 200 missions, expending 400 bombs and 2,700 S-5 57mm rockets, as well as 2,700 rounds of 23mm ammo.
Eduard-72-MiG-21-Angola-by-ChernayaAkula-11 by
Motschke, on Flickr
For reference, I used the Africa@War volumes on the Cuban involvement in Angola. Highly recommended!
Eduard-72-MiG-21-Angola-by-ChernayaAkula-17 by
Motschke, on Flickr
Eduard-72-MiG-21-Angola-by-ChernayaAkula-18 by
Motschke, on Flickr
So, this is my Angolan Fishbed. Hope you like it!