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28 17 June, 15:23
Guy Rump AuthorThis will be the next aircraft to be built with a rest from the Japanese Air Forces (at least for a little while) 🙂
17 June, 15:24
Guy Rump AuthorMade a start on this aircraft. Vallejo Model Air A-28M blue grey used for interior. 🙂
23 June, 15:25
Guy Rump AuthorFuselage together. Added wings and then had to use a bit of filler due to gaps between wings and fuselage. 🙂
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24 June, 16:18
Guy Rump AuthorTail plane now added. Next will be to mask the cockpit and then add the primer. 🙂
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1 July, 16:06
Guy Rump AuthorCockpit masked and added. Primer and then pre-shading painted on.
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5 July, 16:32
Guy Rump AuthorBase camouflage colour of two colours applied, Vallejo Model Air AMT-1 Light Grey Brown. 🙂
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11 July, 14:52
Guy Rump Author2nd camouflage colour added, Vallejo Model Air AMT-4 Camo Green. Next will be the underside. 🙂
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29 July, 15:40
Guy Rump AuthorUnderside painted with Vallejo Model Air AMT-7 Greyish Blue. Next will be gloss varnish ready for the decals. 🙂
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31 July, 15:38
Guy Rump AuthorGloss varnish added, decals added, exhausts painted, matt varnish applied. Nearly there, propeller and undercarriage etc to fit. 🙂
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7 August, 15:51
Guy Rump AuthorPropeller, undercarriage and rigging etc. added and now I declare this aircraft completed.
The aircraft denoted here was flown by Captain SN Polyakov part of 7 IAP on the Leningrad front 1941.
The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3 is a Soviet Fighter Interceptor used during WW2. It was a development of the Mig-1 to remedy problems found during the MiG-1's development and operations.
On 22 June 1941, at the beginning of Operation Barbarossa some 981 were in service with the Soviet Air Force (VVS), the Soviet Air Defence Force (PVO) and Soviet Naval Aviation. The MiG-3 was difficult to fly in peacetime and much more so in combat. Originally designed as a high-altitude fighter-interceptor, combat over the Eastern Front was generally at lower altitudes, where it was inferior to the German Messerschmitt Bf-109 as well as most of its Soviet contemporaries. It was also pressed into service as a fighter-bomber during the autumn of 1941 but it was equally unsuited for this. The losses suffered in combat were very high, in percentage the highest among all the VVS fighters, with 1,432 shot down.
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8 August, 15:11
Guy Rump AuthorMany thanks for your kind comment Mark, it's greatly appreciated! 👍
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24 August, 15:50
Guy Rump AuthorMany thanks mates for your interest and likes Mark S & Volker B. 👍
23 September, 15:15
Guy Rump AuthorMany thanks mates for your interest and likes Martin & 1 other mate. 👍
22 October, 15:21
Guy Rump AuthorMany thanks mates for your interest and likes Daniel K & komoras. 👍
14 November, 17:35