1/72 A-Model MiG-9

by Yufei Mao

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Another collection of my 1/72 MiG series.  The very earliest jet MiG——Fargo, serving in PLAAF and now displayed in the Chinese Military Air Musuem, Datangshan, Beijing.

A-Model provides a very accurate shape and quite good details (Compared to the other East European kits) of the Fargo.  I made the kit OOB except for replacing the guns and pitot tube with brass rods.

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The canopy is somehow too thick and does not fit the fuselage, so I sanded it with a round sanding rod from inside.

Maybe better to be replaced with a vacuum one.

Other parts assembles smoothly, but be sure to surface the kit before painting as the plastic material is semi-clear.

I'll recommend this kit to those who's interested in early MiGs and want to begin with some "rough" while "rare" East European kits.

Hope you'll enjoy it.

Yufei 

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Photos and text © by Yufei Mao