by Massimo Tessitori |
Updated on 4 June 2023
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photo coloured by Massimo Tessitori
"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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MiG-1 in service on 22 June 1941 |
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MiG-3 in service on 22 June 1941: |
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MiG-3s with large slogans of 42 IAP, |
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I-200 prototypes |
prewar solid green painting |
standard black-green wartime camouflage |
Winter camouflages |
Fully out of standard camouflages |
Captured and remarked in foreign markings |
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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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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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Bibliography:
MiG-3 Fighter by A. Medved, D. Khazanov, M. Maslov, ed. Rusavia, 2003 (ISBN 5-900078-24-8). (Russian)
Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-1/MiG-3 of Massimo Tessitori, ed. Mushrooms 2006
Mikoyan's Piston-Engined Fighters of Gordon and Dexter, ed. Midland
Unknown battles on the Moscow skies, vol.1. and 2,
of D. Hazanov (Russian)
Red Stars of Carl-Fredrik Geust, Kalevi Keskinen and Kari Stenman.
Good book of about 160 pages, with a lot of profiles and photos of nearly
all Soviet types.
OKB MiG of Piotr Butovsky with Jay Miller, ed Midland 1991
M-Hobby, many issues, articles of M. Timin on the painting of Soviet planes in 1941, in Russian
M-Hobby, many issues, articles of Vaklamov and Orlov on the painting of Soviet planes
Real colors of WWII aircraft, of Goralczyk, Hogl, Kiroff, Millman, Orlov, ed. AK
Aviacia y Vremia, 2/2011, article on MiG-3
Warpaint n.129: Mikoyan-Gurevic MiG-3, of Yakubovic, monograph in English
Militaria i Fakti n.28: MIGI Stalina of Cieslak, Jackiewicz, monograph in Polish
Early MiG fighters in action, of Stapfer, Squadron Signal 204, monograph in English
Links:
http://scalemodels.ru/modules/forum/viewtopic_t_6048.html topic collecting an huge documentation on MiG-3, in Russian.
http://ava.org.ru/iap.html wide site with photo collections ordered according to the unit and other informations.
https://www.planesinprofile.com/mig-3 site with profiles of MiG-3 of high quality drawn by Anton Petrov. In English.
https://waralbum.ru/photo/weapons/aircrafts/russian_aircrafts/mig-3/ site with wide wartime photo galleries, incuding an excellent one on MiG-3s.
https://zaika70.livejournal.com/ Blog with a wide collection of commented historical photos, included many on MiG-3s.
https://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=875&t=93594 Czech forum with an excellent topic with historical photos of MiG-3.
http://imf.forum24.ru/?0-4 forum with historicap photos and their identification, in Russian
https://naukatehnika.com/tags/tag/mig-3/ Articles on MiG-3 on an online technical magazine, in Russian
https://naukatehnika.com/dvuxsotyij-uxodit-v-nebo.html
https://naukatehnika.com/ot-mig-1-do-mig-3.html
https://naukatehnika.com/esli-zavtra-vojna.html
https://naukatehnika.com/vse-dlya-fronta-vse-dlya-pobedyi.html
https://vk.com/sssrvvs excellent blog with historicap photos, in Russian
http://fighters.forumactif.com/t99566-1-72-du-i-200-aux-mig-13-et-9-emhar-rpm-hobbyboss-art-model-scratch building of a wide thematic collection of MiGs in 1/72 by Bernard Le Guenno (BLG), in French
Thanks to the following persons that have helped the update of the MiG-1/3 page in 2022 and later:
Daniele Righi (Righidan), Aleksandrs Ruchkovskis, Anton Petrov, Bernard Le Guenno (BLG), Vladislav Archipov (PG_monster), Vitaliy Timoshenko (Tora)
Thanks to the following persons that have contributed to this work in the past years:
Audrius Nairanauskas, Jouni Ronkko, Robert
Peczkowski, Kovalsky Alexey, Matthias Erben, Ilya Grimberg,
Gianpiero Manca, Stephane Wrobel, Andi Szekeres; Lee
Jong Tae, Hannu Valtonen, Dmitriy Sribny, Thomas Siepert,
Rostislav Bardokin, Aleksej Ilic, Jan Koennig, Kai
Mecklin, Liuzimin, Alexey Matvienko, Alexander Ruchkovsky,
John Myers, István Vadász, Jan van den Heuvel,
Carl-Fredrik Geust, Przemek Skulski, Valera Mel'nikov,
Basil, Mark Sheppard, Peter Schömer, Yuri Pasholok,
Marcin Widomski, Michael Neradkov, Pascal Divay, Honza Jezl,
Chris Hewitt, Uwe Borchert, Libor Jekl, Plator Kalakulla, Gregory T. Conterio,
Jan Karnik.
DISCLAIMER
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