Something a bit different. College life is busy but I still like to do a model once in a while! The fantastic tricolor scheme based on the colors of the Indian flag was the main reason I decided to paint this, using pjedvaj's original blank MiG-21 model. :)
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C2777 / 001 /// The MiG-21-93 upgrade program was supposed to extend the life of the MiG-21bis and upgrade the avionic capabilities of the existing aircraft. Indian Air Force Mig-21bis’ upgraded to the -93 standard are called “Bison”, and take on the suffix “CU” before the aircraft serial numbers (the “U” indicates upgraded). The four most optically prominent changes to the Bison aircraft from the bis version were the expanded nose section to house a new Phazatron Kopyo radar, the “bubble” canopy, the vertical tail fin with the Radar Warning Receiver Antennae, and the distinctive over-wing Conformal ECM Dispensers (for chaff and flares). This particular aircraft, C2777, was one of two undergoing trials in 2000 at the Sokol Plant in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia (the other was C2769). It sports unique markings that include the IAF crest and the nose serial “001” suggesting it was the first of the two upgraded aircraft.
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