1972 Vietnam Mig-21 MF VPAF

Mike Siemers
Always in for a good Mig-21 build, are you doing the OOB paint scheme or something camouflaged?

Pierre Pierre
thanks Mike. Well..... I lost the decal sheet.... so I planned to do a camo to match my Mig-17 VAPF i finished. I bought a Printscale but I realized that I do not find any pics or drawing of an MF version camouflaged (PFM and UM yes) so until I find a good ref it will be metal.

Mike Siemers
Check out "5018" Lt. Nguyen Hong My. I have a screenshot of you can't find it.

Pierre Pierre
thanks Mike. I found only one illustration but no original pics

Łukasz Gliński
That looks very nice already 👍

Pierre Pierre
added few more pics of the progress so far

Pierre Pierre
cockpit finished (minus seat)

Pierre Pierre
slow progress, cockpit closed and basic paint done.

Clement
Nice start!

Pierre Pierre
thank you Clement !

Pierre Pierre
Catastrophic first layers of Xtreme black gloss. I overpainted it retracted (?) and accumultated a bit everywhere. i do not know where I had my head this time. some detail desapeared and there is orange peel effecte everywhere. Any suggestion to salvatage ?

Clement
That's a real bummer!
I think I would strip the primer using Isopropyl Alcohol on a paper towel and start again. See if you can salvage your masks first in order to reuse them once the paint is gone. And make sure no alchohol gets in the cockpit.

Prieur Gaël
t'as pas eu de chance... décapage à l'alcool ou au glanzer

B. M.
I experienced exactly the same problem on my Vampire a few weeks ago, also with that bloody AK xtreme gloss base.
Can feel the level of frustration….
Strip it off like Clement mentioned. Don't use something too strong. Isoprop Alcohol should do the job. So the paint comes off, but won't attack the plastic surface.
Keep on going, at the end you will succeed.

Nicolas
I'm joining. Good luck with removing the Primer.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Pierre Pierre
I am now in a very dark place... put some "decap four" the spray used for hoven cleaning. fingers crossed...

Jan Peters
That sucks.
Hope you are able to recover it 🤞🏻