Finnish Air Force MiG-15UTI MU-2 Eduard 1/72

Size comparison. clocwise from top left MiG-21UM, de Havilland Vampire Mk.55, MiG-15UTI, Folland Gnat F.1

Eduard Weekend Edition MiG-15 UTI 1/72 7433

Another example of a scale model that's easy to acquire and build nowadays, the Finnish Air Force MiG-15 UTI jet trainer in 1/72 scale from an Eduard Weekend Edition #7433 kit. Very nice kit that really looks like the original plane, although it's hard to replicate the somewhat crude tool-like heavy duty utility feel in a scale model. Actually the Finnish MiG-15 trainers were Czech-built CS-102s but they were and are always referred as MiG-15s here.

Aftermarket FAF decals from Harraste Shop (Tampere, Finland), otherwise OOB. Painted with Revell Enamels, final clearcoat semi-gloss Johnson/Future floor wax.

This model represents the Finnish Air Force MiG-15 UTI jet trainer MU-2 (on display at the Päijänne-Tavastia Aviation Museum, Finland) in the early 1970's just before they became obsolete as the MiG-21U trainers arrived.