All these kits are from the same moulding.
This kit is pretty decent at first glance, with panel lines engraved,
but a more in-depth inspection shows that it suffers from severe shape
and contour problems, and hardly resembles a MiG-3.
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The wings are too thick at the root and too bended.
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The profile of the tail surfaces is unaccurate, and resembles vaguely as
on I-230.
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The radiator is much too short, sharp and not faired into the undersurface
properly, and the nose of the aircraft in much too slender.
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The intakes on the kit are incorrectly symmetrical, they should be asymmetrical.
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The spinner is too small, and the propeller is horrible.
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Inside the cockpit you get a basic seat, floor, instrument panel and control
column.
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The sliding part of the canopy is too narrow and low on its rear side,
and not long enough; it is totally wrong, only the windshield is usable.
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The rear fuselage is by far too narrow.
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The overall fuselage is a bit too long and narrow also.
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The guns are moved in a too lateral position.
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The undercarriage legs, doors and wheels are too small.
The Encore kits (3 variants differing for the decals sheet) include:
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apparently good decals (not too accurate, on closer examination; the wide
arrows, the 02, the Za Rodinu slogan should be red, not black) alongside
the old Cap Croix de Sud sheet;
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resin pieces for cockpit interior, wheels, exhaust pipes, underwing guns
and side intakes (photo below), but these pieces are not very faithful
to the original, and can't transform these kits into accurate ones.
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