Eduard's 1/48 MiG-21R | Full Build | 4K

[@Bennetts_aviation]

Cool! Well done! The mig 21 is probably one of my favorite Soviet planes

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! I agree, it is so darn cool!

[@gary33558]

Hi luke you've done a fantastic job on the mig mate it looks awesome. Regarding eduard decals. what I've seen about them is you apply the decals over a gloss coat, then leave them for 24 hours, then peel them off. i think that's why people struggle with using them they are not leaving them long enough. cheers Gary 🇬🇧

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! Really appreciate it, I think your method sounds good! That’s what I’ve been doing anyway!🤣

[@scaleffect]

Great looking Cuban cigar you've got here

[@machmodels]

Haha I like that nickname! Many thanks👌🏻

[@themodellingmuppet]

Great work as always 👏

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much sir!👌🏻

[@RubyMarkLindMilly]

Beautiful build love the scheme ❤️ 👍

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! Really appreciate it👌🏻😉

[@darthhokum]

Amazing work 🔥🔥🔥

[@ryangover1000]

Another great build

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much!👌🏻

[@russellmardling7156]

Great work. It was nice meeting you at Hannants this evening. Hope to see your work up close again very soon!

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! Looking forward to crossing over again soon👌🏻

[@dansavident6650]

Hi Luke, it was a pleasure to meet you today at the (re)start of my modeling adventure, looking forward to the airbrush tutorial when I take the plunge! By the way, Hannants is a great recommendation; luckily, it's fairly local. Dan

[@machmodels]

Hi Dan! Great to meet you as well, looking forward to getting you to produce some superb models with the brush!👌🏻😉

[@beanhavok2287]

I really love the cold war era MiGs, they have such a great aesthetic.

[@billbuchanan1263]

Great job on the camo! You nailed the colors.

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! The joy of Eduard colour callouts🤣👌🏻

[@HerrSwede]

Lovely work! 🤩👍👌

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much sir!👌🏻

[@Johnny-tt8zc]

Beautiful work on the MiG.

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much sir!👌🏻

[@tonyroberts4807]

My favorite mig in my favorite camo. Well done!

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much!😄👌🏻

[@franciscoj.sepulvedal.7975]

Well done my friend !!! Beautiful Job. A beautiful lady!!

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! Really appreciated👌🏻

[@richardcorwin1828]

Nicely done! That color combo is very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! The Cubans definitely have a great set of colour for their aircraft👌🏻

[@Patrick-jx2zi]

That camo is excellent! Good luck at Hannants!

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much!👌🏻

[@septiccalling8341]

Lovely, exotic MiG 21, very nicely made. The 21's shape lends itself to a quirky scheme, I think..... a little mini-series on 'different' Fishbeds, Bisons and Mongols would be interesting; You're the bloke to do it! 😉

[@machmodels]

Oooo this is a very good idea! I could definitely get behind this🤣🤣

[@peterhughes7099]

A lovely build, and a good inspiration for me to do my Eduard 1/48 MiG-21 in Finnish paint scheme!

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! The Finnish ones look so cool!👌🏻😉

[@Patcummings-j8j]

Thanks for the demo at hannants 😊

[@machmodels]

No worries! Hopefully it covered everything you wanted to know!😉

[@chepo609]

outstanding work!!!!! very nice model!!

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much!👌🏻

[@kiethpederson7558]

Absolutely love these migs

[@machmodels]

Me too! I could build far too many of them🤣👌🏻

[@pranaykumar8305]

Great Build!

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much sir!👌🏻

[@danwilliams1686]

Excellent build again! I would love to see you tackle eduards new 1/72 p-51's.

[@machmodels]

Thank you Dan! Perhaps a little too small for myself, but I’ll see what I can do👌🏻😉

[@voodoonights1671]

Great video. Live the way it turned out. Now that I have tried a few times I like to peel the carrier film off. Looks great once it's gone.

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! I’m only just starting to peel the film off, but I can see myself doing it more often in the long run👌🏻

[@KS-ModelismoAviacionHobby]

exelente.. super trabajo... me gusta mucho... 👍🏼👍🏿👍🏻👍🏾👍🏽👍😎

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! Really appreciated👌🏻

[@TRINFSS]

Mig 21 was always my favorite Soviet fighter. I think I can understand the blue/green camo, a green island surrounded by a blue ocean? Quite attractive. Anyway, nice build as always. High standard as always.

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! The 21 is also my favourite, so aggressive looking. Ah yes those colours make more sense now!😉👌🏻

[@b-creative_dbn]

Great build as usual @machmodels . Just a suggestion for future aircraft builds; try using Mr Hobby 101 or Tamiya X-19 SMOKE for post shading. It’s a clear browny black that isn’t as saturated as flat black. So you’ll get a subtle shading effect. Something else that you could try for jet exhaust or any worn metallic surface; Mr Metal Color 212 - Iron, 213 - Stainless & 214 - Dark Iron. These are buffable metallic paints; so apply either by hairy-stick or airbrush - leave it to dry then with a soft cloth rub till you have a realistic used metallic shine. I’ve uploaded a video on my channel that you can watch to see how easy & effective this technique is.

[@machmodels]

Thank you for letting me know! Unfortunately I have tried it before and I’ve never completely got on with it, so I’ll probably stick to my own methods for now! But thanks again!

[@MTAviation123]

DUDE YOU ARE MY INSPIRATION I WANT TO BE JUST LIKE YOU ❤YOU ARE SO GOOD AT MAKING MODELS!!!!!!!

[@machmodels]

Haha thank you very much buddy! Keep practising and making mistakes and I’m sure you’ll surpass my models in no time👌🏻

[@MTAviation123]

@@machmodels THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!❤❤❤❤❤

[@johntreloar8203]

Nice work again Luke, the Mig looks great, as for peeling the decals I haven't used the new ones yet but can see an advantage to removing the outer layer, they look more natural.

[@machmodels]

Thank you John! Indeed, I’m inclined to agree with you. It’s a little effort but they do look rather classy when done!👌🏻

[@brianquinlan8891]

Great looking MiG, a nice colour scheme different from its usual bare metal finish. Those missiles are the 'R-3S' by the way. Keep up the amazing work and excited for what's next!

[@machmodels]

Thank you Brian! Bare metal isn’t my favourite so I jumped at the idea of having a “coloured” one. Thanks for correcting me on those missiles… too many letters and numbers!🤣👌🏻

[@brianquinlan8891]

@@machmodels Only reason I know anything about those is from an ungodly amount of time playing War Thunder lol 😅

[@stephencrummett3037]

Great build, The blue 🤔 different, well grey can get a bit boring 😁. I think I should build a few Russian jets!! Inspirational thanks 👍

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! I must say I did really enjoy this soviet pencil, perhaps a few more might make the channel👌🏻

[@elewe4594]

I just got the 1/72 MiG-21MF Fighter Bomber Edition from Eduard, my fav plane of all time

[@machmodels]

Absolutely mega! Looking forward to hearing how you get on👌🏻

[@daffo001]

Superb! And congratulations about the Hannants news! Fantastic! I do want to visit Hannants, but the English Channel is a bit of a barrier… 😅

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! Really do appreciate it, fingers crossed you might hop over the channel at some point😉

[@edutaimentcartoys]

nice repaint

[@machmodels]

Thank you buddy!👌🏻😉

[@SMAZVidoes]

Great high standard of work. The Eduard decals are getting better. I tend peel off the big one but leave the film on the stencil. VMS Satin varnish makes the film disappear. On the whole I don’t like them.

[@xWILZTAx]

Regarding vms i cant get a great gloss coat, and struggles through the airbrush straight from the bottle. Can i thin with x20a, mr hobby slf or iso?

[@cfranko1860]

@@xWILZTAxwhat pressure are you airbrushing at?

[@xWILZTAx]

@@cfranko1860 i normally go high for varnish around 25-30 psi

[@machmodels]

VMS seemingly does hide lots of carrier film so that’s a very efficient solution! Thanks for the comment👌🏻

[@machmodels]

Personally I would stick to VMS own thinner, the varnish is a very particular product which is unlikely to work with x20a or mr hobby…

[@ljscalemodels526]

MM - Great video, I haven’t had an opportunity to use the Eduard decals but they look super once you’ve peeled off the backing paper, BTW good luck with your adventure at Hannants 😂

[@machmodels]

Thank you sir! When you give them a go, let me know what you think! Thank you👌🏻

[@MARK-wh5bp]

Peeled. I love Eduards new decals. Without carrier film they look more like paint adding to the realism

[@machmodels]

Agreed! They look absolutely stunning!👌🏻

[@benhietbrink5799]

Great job as always. The MiG-21 interior colour has received much discussion. Unfortunately Eduard’s release had them direct modellers to use H45 Emerald Green which is too green. I’ll come back to H45. I have found AK Real Colors RC206 Russian Cockpit Turquoise is spot on as a colour choice and have used this in all but one of the MiG-21s I have built. The other (my first MiG-21) was a 50/50 mix of H46 Emerald Green and H25 Sky Blue which produces a colour almost identical to RC206. As you find in your build, these kits are great to build and like me, you’ll probably build more. There are so many interesting marking choices across their boxings and then of course there are the after market decal sheets. You could fill a room with MiG-21s.

[@machmodels]

Thank you for such an insightful comment! When I inevitably go back and build another one of these, I’ll come straight to this comment! Thanks again!👌🏻

[@wmr_model_maker]

Super 😃

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much sir!👌🏻

[@Sea-cadet2838]

I would like more fast jets (Gwh 1/48 Su-27 pls )

[@machmodels]

You got it!👌🏻

[@Supremmm2]

Well that's a W because I have Edwards mig21mf 1/72 profipack edition so NICE

[@kai.sotto_]

first :D very nice work dude!

[@machmodels]

Wehey! Thanks for being so on the ball with the videos😉👌🏻

[@begonacorbella585]

Guauuuuuu!!!

[@KGmodels]

Wow,this is What I was looking for,a Mig.For Russian interiors I decided to get pale blue green,but now looking at it,it might be too bright,but I will see when I get a Russian aircraft,maybe I might have to go to Hannants tommorow,as for £37 that Mig is Beautiful.Thanks mate!

[@davidkendall1614]

“Russian interiors” were not all the same colour. The emerald green or turquoise was common in many MiGs (Mr Color C391, AK RC206 (old) or RC980 (new), Model Air 71.331, etc.), whereas many Sukhoi aircraft had a blue-grey colour (e.g. Mr Color C392), and many older jets had grey cockpits. Check references specific to the aircraft. In any event, many hobby paint manufacturers are now producing colours supposedly representative of Soviet/Russian paint used in various applications, just as we have become accustomed to FS, RAL, RLM, and BSC colours for western military subjects. The accuracy of said interpretations is subject to debate. 😂

[@KGmodels]

That Sounds great then,I will have to check out will the pale blue green be good for my next Soviet aircraft (might pick one up tommorow)

[@machmodels]

As that previous comment suggests, maybe the Eduard callouts aren’t very accurate! Thank you very much, and I’m at Hannants all day today so come have a chat!👌🏻😉

[@RazedModeling]

Bloody beautiful my friend!

[@machmodels]

Thank you Matt! I wanna see another one from you😉

[@geralddecelles77]

Great job! I try not to muck around with Eduard decals if I can help it. If you have overlapping decals, it can be a nightmare. I try to shop new decals - usually from Hannants - if I can.

[@machmodels]

Thank you sir! Very fair point, I haven’t had any overlapping decals yet but my goodness that could be a headache and a half!👌🏻

[@geralddecelles77]

@@machmodels I built their 1/72 scale MiG-21 in the Polish Swordfish scheme. Great kit, but the decals were a nightmare.

[@StefGodfree]

Hi, I’ve been watching your channel for some time now and recently visited Hannats in London and was going to speak to you but you were busy introducing a couple of young lads to the airbrushing world. Just wanted to ask a quick question. When you are mixing paint with thinners ready to spray, how do you measure out the amount of paint and of thinners? And how do you ensure you have enough paint/thinners that you will use?

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much for keeping up with the channel! So a good tool to have is dropper bottles, these make sure you have an exact amount of paint, also I use a little scoop and a Pipette to get around about the right region. However most of it is just feel and experience, I know it’s a bit of a bad answer but it is the truth!

[@mytdck1]

Where did you get the cradle you use for holding your planes? And I love the results of this kit! Great job!

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! I got it from a company called EBMA Hobby👌🏻

[@vladancovic6782]

Nice job on that Mig and good video. Furthermore I have a question, do you dilute vms varnish with something?? I find it bit thick for airbrush. Thank you.

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! I personally like to dilute the VMS down about 20/30% using their own VMS acrylic 2.0 thinner. Then I’ll spray it at 2 bar through a 0.3 nozzle👌🏻

[@vladancovic6782]

@machmodels thanks. Ist possible if you may know to use something else for dilutions?

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

Peel those decals. They look better and thinner that way. 😊

[@machmodels]

Exactly! Thanks for letting me know👌🏻😉

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

@@machmodels 🙏🏻

[@lesthiele7645]

Good evening my friend, the Mig came out perfectly, you have done a excellent job on this very iconic fighter, now for that question to Peel or not to Peel? I think I would peel, as by all accounts the decals look very much like painted on details., Best regards from Australia.

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much Les! I think I would agree, they look superb once they are all cleaned up😄👌🏻

[@cadmcaviation1777]

Nice build, the missiles are called “R-3S”, not “3RS”. It’s a reverse engineered aim9B

[@machmodels]

Thank you buddy! I knew it didn’t sound right when I said it!🤣👌🏻

[@ech0tang0]

Great model. Which airbrush are you using?

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! I’m using the 0.2mm Procon Boy from Mr Hobby😄

[@fhbooker]

Got to ask, why don't you mix your own oil washes, it's so much cheaper. And more satisfying as you put the effort in. Love your work mate, but I cannot bring myself to build a Russian aircraft

[@machmodels]

Good question! To be honest, I just really like the ease of use of the bottle and I know exactly what tone I’m getting out of the bottle. Thank you for the comment, but why can’t you do a Russian?👌🏻

[@fhbooker]

I just can't bring myself to identify or glorify anything if theirs right now. Keep it up, I get some great ideas from you 👍

[@ThomasFlooks]

PEEL. always peel the decals

[@machmodels]

Woohoo! We love the peel🤣👌🏻

[@james78ish]

ermm where can i get these

[@machmodels]

You can get them from Hannants London! But if not, search up “Eduard 1/48 MiG-21R” and it’ll come up👌🏻

[@james78ish]

@@machmodels thanks

[@marianholly863]

You don't use glue???

[@machmodels]

I do! I’m not a magician, however, when I’m filming lots of the parts being put together I don’t use glue as when I film sometimes I get bad alignment etc etc👌🏻😉

[@howardkendrick4039]

Decals... just give them a light rub with white spirit

[@machmodels]

Oooo I might try this next time!👌🏻

[@blarrrggg]

what is a fishbed anyway

[@davidkendall1614]

Not sure if that is a facetious comment or a legitimate question…but anyway…”Fishbed” was the NATO codename for the MiG-21. All Soviet-era fighters were given codenames beginning with the letter “F”, for fighter. Su-27 “Flanker”, MiG-25 “Foxbat”, etc. Bombers had “B” codenames, like Tu-22M “Backfire” and Tu-160 “Blackjack”.

[@machmodels]

David answered that perfectly for us!👌🏻😉

[@ChristianSchroter-ok4sk]

Hello mr.mach!ohhh ilove definatly love your comment!your channel is a shiny beacon in the modelling world.i would like to give more than 1thumb up.but I cant.thats a pain in the ass.thank you for sharing.with sticky greetings from Brandenburg germany.faithfully yours.your modellmate.christian

[@machmodels]

Hello Christian! Many thanks for another kind comment, very happy that the channel is producing some good content for you! See you next video👌🏻😄

[@crunchy_water_]

Personally, not to peel. First time I tried it, and my first every Eduard, terrible fitting! And when I peeled at the decals, they never peeled off in one go, just small chunks. Ended up damaging the paint, very disappointing. Won't be trying Eduard again!

[@machmodels]

Interesting! The problem with them is it’s so hard to fix the problem once it’s done!😳

[@crunchy_water_]

@@machmodels Yep! I'm so jealous you got your decals peeling whole 😂

[@JamesPowell-jc4mo]

Modulated whatafk.....

[@Enemy0fMine1415]

Have you considered instead of rushing through builds like you do to put out more videos more often, trying to spend more time on the models and raise the finished quality of work? I notice quite often you have badly aligned parts, as well as poor quality of cleanup where you blame the kit for it instead of just putting care and attention into the model.

[@machmodels]

A valid comment, however, I would love you to be a little more specific as to what areas are so bad on this build. On previous builds, I definitely understand the areas which have gone wrong but I thought this one was better. Would love to see some of your models as well, to see what I’m striving for😄😉

[@Enemy0fMine1415]

@machmodels passive aggressive doesn't suit you... You post your work openly on a social media platform. This invites criticism by its very nature. My work has no baring on whether my critique of yours has any merit or not. As for areas on this build, more time spent during assembly to file, fit, fill, and rescribe areas where necessary would have elevated it further. You have a tendency to rush the build side in favour of painting, which is why you get visible gaps appearing on areas like the spine section of this build, the under nose cowling on the miniart thunderbolt and others too. Just because others praise you doesn't mean you don't have areas to improve upon, maybe reflect on what I've said before making weird flex statements next time.

[@machmodels]

My deepest apologies! None of that was meant in any way to be aggressive, genuinely just wanting to see other people’s build to see! The reason I ask is having a fresh pair of eyes to look at a build always reveals different things, so thank you for highlighting those areas for me on this and past builds. Once again I am very sorry if my previous comment was in any way aggressive, I will try to sort out my build quality in the future! Hopefully see you in the next build… with some better build quality!😄

[@kevinburt44]

Fantastic effort. I must admit, I find decals really stressful, the idea of having to. Peel them.... 😢

[@machmodels]

Thank you very much! I’m in agreement there, it’s just a stage of the build that anything could go wrong…😳