{"id":1982,"date":"2011-05-03T21:26:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-03T19:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/?p=1982"},"modified":"2014-12-28T21:12:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T19:12:39","slug":"mig-21-ma-mf-in-our-kitchen-kuchyna-air-base-slovakia-pt-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/?p=1982","title":{"rendered":"MiG-21 MA (MF) in our “kitchen” (Kuchyna Air Base, Slovakia) Pt. I."},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nInspired by a brand new MiG-21MF model kit made by the famous Czech manufacturer EDUARD<\/a> I posted several MiG-21 photographs here. My shots are dedicated mainly to those of you who would like to build this wonderful airplane in Slovak colors. All the airplanes below are MiG-21M type photographed at Kuchyna Air Base (Pls. note, that Kuchyna means “kitchen” in Slovak language).\u00a0There are many polemics concerning the designation “M” or “MA” (“Izdelije 96A” and\/or “MiG-21M, type A” too). Moreover this type is commonly misinterpreted as newer type “MF” – because it is nearly identical. I am no MiG-21 guru so I prefer to use the “M” designation.<\/p>\n

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All my photographs posted here are from 2001 – thanks to Mr. Jozef Frastia, my good friend, modeller and also the Wardell Memorial founder who was managing the Air Base visit. I photographed the fighting-fit Slovak Su-25 attack planes at that time too – please find my older post here<\/a>. The MiGs were probably out of service – please note the yellow labels attached to their Pitot tubes – the red text saying “DEKOMMISSION” most likely means decommission. I tried to shoot both sides of the particular planes. Please forgive the lower quality of several pictures due to strong sunshine and the bare metal shine too.<\/p>\n

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According to these\u00a0references<\/a> this MiG No. 1203 and all the rest of planes depicted should be\u00a0MiG-21MA. During the secondary repairs these planes were probably upgraded into MF standards (the canopy periscope added, the aerodynamic fence under the auxiliary air inlet hatch added, more powerful engine replacement and so on…)<\/p>\n

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Note the wolf head emblem – it is on the left side only.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here is \u00a0No. 1113,\u00a0with the identical wolf emblem in front of the cockpit. The same machine photographed elsewhere can be seen here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here we have No. 1206 – please note the surface plates varying\u00a0shades:<\/em><\/p>\n

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The No. 1208 with the wolf emblem too (following two shots):<\/em><\/p>\n

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Unfortunately I have only this right-side shot of No.\u00a01209. Please note the emblem on its rudder:<\/em><\/p>\n

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I have found some close-ups of No. 1208 documenting several interesting details like undercarriage areas, the fuselage stenciling, various hatches and so on – I will post them all here in the next post when I get to it.\u00a0This post is included in the References<\/span><\/strong><\/a> Category, where you can find similar articles.\u00a0If you enjoyed this post, I\u2019d be very grateful if you\u2019d help it spread by\u00a0sharing it on Facebook.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Images\u00a0& Text\u00a0Copyright \u00a9 by Marcel Meres.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Inspired by a brand new MiG-21MF model kit made by the famous Czech manufacturer EDUARD I posted several MiG-21 photographs here. My shots are dedicated mainly to those of you who would like to build this wonderful airplane in Slovak … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3opQF-vY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1982"}],"version-history":[{"count":65,"href":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2535,"href":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982\/revisions\/2535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/modeltalking.hobbyart.sk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}