Mistercraft C-16 MiG-21MF Tomcat Killer 1:72

MiG-21MF Tomcat Killer 1:72

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The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 (Russian: Микоян и Гуревич МиГ-21; NATO reportingname: Fishbed) is a supersonicjet fighter and interceptoraircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union. Itsnicknamesinclude: "balalaika", becauseitsplanformresembles the stringed musical instrument of the same name; "Ołówek", Polish for "pencil", due to the shape of itsfuselage, and "ÉnBạc", meaning "silverswallow", in Vietnamese.The MiG-21 jet fighter was a continuation of Sovietjetfighters, starting with the subsonic MiG-15 and MiG-17, and the supersonic MiG-19. A number of experimental Mach 2 Sovietdesignswerebased on noseintakes with eitherswept-backwings, such as the Sukhoi Su-7, ortaileddeltas, of which the MiG-21 would be the most successful.
Development of whatwouldbecome the MiG-21 began in the early 1950s, whenMikoyan OKB finished a preliminary design study for a prototypedesignated Ye-1 in 1954. Thisproject was veryquicklyreworkedwhenit was determinedthat the plannedengine was underpowered; the redesignled to the secondprototype, the Ye-2. Both these and otherearlyprototypesfeaturedsweptwings. The firstprototype with delta wings as found on productionvariants was the Ye-4. It madeitsmaidenflight on 16 June 1955 and itsfirst public appearanceduring the SovietAviation Day display atMoscow'sTushinoairfield in July 1956.
Kit Contents:
• Plane model
• Assembly instructions
• 131 GAD VVS (SovietAir Force) Mlade A.B. Czechoslovakia 1968
• MIG-21S VVS (SovietAir Force) Soviet Union, 1968
• MIG-21S VVS (SovietAir Force) Soviet Union, 1967
Technical data:
• Model: Plastic
• Scale: 1:72
• Skilllevel: 3
• Number of parts: 59
• Length of the model: 218.8 mm
• Wingspan: 99.3 mm
• Bar code: 5903852030162
• Type: jetplane
• Period: from the 1950s
• Country: Russia
• Box dimensions: 257x134x37 mm
• Decals for 4 versions: