| Howdy jeff,
Thanks for the kind words. Appaerntly we were posting at the same time lol.
Yes, this was the aircraft that the F-4 Phantom fought against....this and the other migs of the era. However, not only the F-4 fought against this aircraft, the US had several fighter/bombers which saw action against the Migs during this time. But the F-4 Phantom was known as the "Mig killer".
As for the paint job, I normally detest silver paint jobs for the fact that somewhere on the model there is always some little spot that will pick up a fingerprint lol. But this one really wasnt that bad. If you use an airbrush, there is really not enough paint on the plane to remain "wet", it really dries quickly.
And as for the "nasty look", the slightly off center head on view of this aircraft has always made it a favorite of mine...that nose "spike" distinguishes it from all other aircraft well, except a few of the lesser known soviet aircraft like the su-7 and others.
Anyway i appreciate the kind words,
have a good day,
Greg |