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"Under a skilful rider it rushed along like an arrow, but when you
lost control you could end up beneath its hoofs"
Alexander Pokryshkin, top
ace of VVS during the Great Patrioctic War
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in Novosibirsk |
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by Aviarestoration part 1 images by Vseslav V. Dyakonov |
by Aviarestoration part 2 images by Boris Osetinsky |
images by Yuri Pasholok |
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a research of Alexey Matvienko translation by Alexander Ruchkovsky |
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1/72 model kits | Cap Croix
Du Sud
Italeri, Zvezda and Encore |
Red Star and Emhar | RPM
Maquette |
Hobby Boss |
1/48 model kits | Classic Airframes
Flashback |
ICM | Pomk | AModel |
1/32 model kits | Trumpeter | |||
1/72 accessories | photoetched set by Parts | resin wheels by Equipage | vacuform canopy from Falcon | decal sheet from
Travers |
1/48 accessories |
decals for 1/48 kits from Aeromaster | resin wheels by Equipage | cockpit detail sheet by Cutting Edge | resin propeller by
Fusion |
metal exhaust stacks by Moskit | resin control surfaces by Neomega | |||
1/32 accessories | decals for 1/32 kit from DataDecals | adhesive mask for clear parts by Eduard | resin/photoetched set
by Contact Resine |
adhesive mask for markings by Montex |
Maquette / RPM kit |
of late MiG-3 into an early type |
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Thanks to the following persons that have contributed to this work:
Audrius Nairanauskas for many informations, traslations and images
from Russian sources, and for having kindly sent to me the book "Istrebitel
MiG-3" of Medvedv, Hazanov, Maslov as a kind gift; thank you Audrius.
Jouni Ronkko for having sent to me his collection of digital
images and links;
Robert Peczkowski, editor of Barbarossa Victims, for having
sent to me informations and images from the book;
Giovanni Carlassare for having sent to me some photostats;
Kovalsky Alexey of the firm "Avion" for his excellent photos
of the aircraft restored in Novosibirsk;
Matthias Erben for some informations, traslations and images
of his model;
Ilya Grimberg for some informations and images;
Gianpiero Manca for some images, and for the photos of his model;
Stephane Wrobel for some images, magazines and informations;
Andi Szekeres for some images of the Rumanian captured aircraft;
Lee Jong Tae for some images;
Hannu Valtonen, Director of the Tikkakoski FinnAF Museum,
for some informations;
Dmitriy Sribny of www.airforce.ru
for the photos of the MiG-3 replica in Monino;
Thomas Siepert for photos of the wreckages of Tikkanoski
Museum;
Rostislav Bardokin for the photos of the wreckages from
the Black Sea;
Aleksej Ilic of Gremlinmodels
for some scans;
Jan Koennig of www.Jetmodell.de
for many scans from his original photos;
Kai Mecklin, Director of the Central
Finland Aviation Museum, for a lot of images;
Liuzimin for some scans;
Alexey Matvienko for his research on the lenght of different
versions of MiG-3 and for some other help;
Alexander Ruchkovsky for his help with traslations and other
informations;
John Myers for his help with bw photos interpretation;
István Vadász for some scans and suggestions;
Jan van den Heuvel for a scan from original photo;
Carl-Fredrik Geust for some scans;
Przemek Skulski for the photos of his model and for a copy of
the new monograph "Migi Stalina",
ed. Ajaks, aut.Cieslak and Jackiewicz;
Valera Mel'nikov for a movie from Russian TV and for comments
and suggestions on the walkaround;
Basil for the photos of his model;
Mark Sheppard for informations on the MiG-3 restored by Rusavia;
Peter Schömer for his images of the MiG-3 restored by Rusavia;
Yuri Pasholok for his detailed images of rebuilt MiG-3 at MAKS
2005;
Marcin Widomski for the scans of his wartime images and photos
of his model;
Michael Neradkov (Michael XIII) for the images and report about
his model;
Pascal Divay, Honza Jezl, Chris Hewitt, Uwe Borchert, Libor Jekl,
Plator Kalakulla,Gregory T. Conterio, Jan Karnik for the images and
report about their models
This work collects also a lot of photos and drawings from many sources,
not always identified and mentioned.
If someone has some rights on the images here reproduced, please email
to me and I shall provide to remove or to credit them.
While the historical photos are of public domain (except where otherwise
stated), my color profiles and coloured photos are copyrighted.
If someone is interested in any use of them, please email
me; higher resolution version is available for printing purposes.
If someone has questions, critiques or corrections, or some further
images to show, please email to me.
Massimo Tessitori
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