1/72 Kopro Mig-19 s Farmer

by Frontpenny Wen Jin Xu

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Hello everyone, it is pleasure to present another project of my PLAAF's collection which was a Mig-19s Farmer which served in the Chinese airforce for more than 40 years.

 

The overall shape of the kit is OK (at least to me) except for the canopy, which could be corrected by aftermarket products.  In the current case, I only cut it into two pieces to make the details of the cockpit more visible.  The kit ejection seat was horrible and cannot even present a look-a-like KK-2 ejection seat, therefore, I did it myself by cutting and resembling a plastic deck according to the chart of KK-2 ejection seat included in the kit.

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Details were added to the front landing gear and main landing gears and the air-tube was replaced by a stainless needle.

 

 

I changed all raised panel lines into recessed ones and painted the kit by using Gunze C8 and the reference in the markings of a Farmer (Red 2207) on display in the Chinese Airforce Museum in Datangshan Beijing. 

 

I hope you guys enjoy this!

 

Regards from China

 

Frontpenny

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Photos and text © by Frontpenny Wen Jin Xu