Early Hasegawa Russian Mig-21 Fishbed C

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April 22, 2020
Cleanup begins.
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April 22, 2020
Found an ersatz 'burner can'. Going to replace the anemic pilot.
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April 22, 2020
Wings mostly cleaned up. Will need to fix a small sink mark on the port aileron.
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April 22, 2020
One fuselage half will need the short-shot starboard MLG wheel bay fixed, the other has several small sinkholes.
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April 23, 2020
Had to cut the ends off the stab actuator connector. Probably would not have been as much of a PINA if I had a way to clamp it into a small miter box!
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April 23, 2020
The outer stab - fuselage join area is going to need to be filled.
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April 23, 2020
Got both plugs ground down enough to get my 'burner can' substitute into the tail end. The white block is a support to superglue it into place and hold it.
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April 23, 2020
Shoot! Wasn't paying as much attention as I should have and the backing I was putting on for the inner Main Landing Gear door shifted!! Well, lucky that I got plenty of scrap plastic but still more work...
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April 23, 2020
Still difficult to beat Squadron putty for minor sink marks & imperfections!
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April 24, 2020
A long way to go but the new pilot looks happy enough! ;-D
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April 25, 2020
Went to put a coat of paint in the cockpit area last night and the batch I mixed up was more an Olive Drab color than Russian Turquoise! That's OK - I'll find an instruction sheet for the Tamiya mix tonight and give it another go.
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April 26, 2020
This old Revell 1/144 Boeing 747 stand will do fine as a stable mount for this little 1/72 MiG-21F-13! It wasn't until after I was almost done putting it together that I remember the Zvezda kits have a very nice stand that I could have used!!
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April 27, 2020
Reinforced the area around the fuselage were I put the orifice for the stand. Less chance of it doing the Wibbly Wobbly dance!! ????