Kit Review: Academy 1:48 MiG-29A Fulcrum A

Academy's MiG-29A Fulcrum A comes in a variety of boxes but are all the same kit (as far as I know). As my fetish for MiG-29's deepens and I have already purchased the Revell USA 1:48 kit, which is a pretty Ho-hum kit, I went in search of something with more detail and "drama". Great Wall Hobby (GWH) has, what appear to be some nice kits, but I can't justify spending $80 USD on a kit, given my current skill level. That leaves me looking for something between the Revell kit, which I got with a 55% off coupon for $10 USD, and the Great Wall kits at $80+ USD. I stumbled across a couple of Academy MiG-29 kits; specifically the MiG-29A Fulcrum A (no. 12263) because it appears to come with the Luftwaffe decals which I have a difficult time finding in the aftermarket. Anyway as part of my usual research I collected some video reviews and other assorted online resources to try and learn more about the kit and  what to expect.

Playlist Home: Kit Review: Academy 1:48 MiG-29A Fulcrum A
Number of Videos: 3
Duration of Playlist: approx. 30 mins

Additional Online Resources

Vodnik's MiG-29A Review

Vodnik's MiG-29A Build Log

Review and build log containing detailed breakdown of a lot of the deviations from the actual airframe. Personally, as I am largely just a beginner, I don't hang up on this level of detail, contenting myself with OOB builds. But if YOU are then this might provide some useful information, and if nothing is inspirational to review whilst building your own.

Modeling Madness (Spyros Vakatatsis &  Kyriakos Labropoulos)

Review and build log containing impressions of model and build-ability.

ModelVersium.de 
A very brief review of the kit. It's in German but if you speak the language then no problem. If not, then Google translator makes short work of it and translates it into comethign legible for us non-speakers :)

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Video Attributions ...

FFS Models
Ivan the Terrible
Chrizlys Modellbau Werkstatt