Unit of MiG-3?
 

What unit was this MiG-3 belonging to (according to the kit's instructions, the engine cowling was black)?

http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/al...er/02830bt.jpg

Re: Unit of MiG-3?
 

Hello Denés,
I am not Eastern Front especialist like so many down here, but I found this for you, which seems probable:
This profile represents an aircraft of 62 IAP VVS ChF (Black Sea fleet).
It is also visible from the left on a videotapehttp://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/white1bis.html

Re: Unit of MiG-3?
 

And

Re: Unit of MiG-3?
 

Sorry...
And this IS your particular bird:
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/white17.html

Re: Unit of MiG-3?
 

Again a "black nose" Mig-3 from the BLACK SEA Fleet:
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/white5.html

Re: Unit of MiG-3?
 

Another one, this way Moscow Front:
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/white36.html

PS: By the way, I do suggest the Edward cockpit set and Mig-3 Detail set ( flaps,etc ) by Edwards on 1/48 scale. Good work!

Re: Unit of MiG-3?
 

Another one Moscow Front...
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/gre_bla.html

A question: were those planes at Moscow from the Black Sea Fleet? ( I mean transferred to the Moscow Front? )

Re: Unit of MiG-3?
 

Here

Re: Unit of MiG-3?
 

Sorry again...my hands are heavy today...
Here is the site, which is a good one for modelists too...I found it wonderful.
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/colors.html
Yours
Adriano

PS: Show us the model when finished, ok?

Re: Unit of MiG-3?
 

Denés,
This magnificent site goes on, with a lot of aditional information, such as:
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/mig3.html#colors
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/cockpi.html
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/guns.html
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/engineam35a.html
http://mig3.sovietwarplanes.com/mig3/structure.html
Surely one of the most magnific sites about one single subject/aircraft that I ever saw! One must congratulate the guy who did it!
Hope people will apreciate as I did!
Yours
Adriano

Re: Unit of MiG-3?
 

Thanks, Adriano, for the pointer to the 'White 17', and the extensive guide to photos of the MiG-3 family.

Actually, I was more interested in finding out which VVS units had this style of applying the serial (bort) number spread across the fin-and-rudder (one such machine, with a light coloured band on the top of the vertical tail, was captured by Rumanian troops in 1941).

Unfortunately, I am not a modeller (any more).