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Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series
HA0127
Egyptian AF Mig-21MF '8454' Fayid AFB, 1981

THESE ARE PRE-PRODUCTION PICTURES
NOT THE RETAIL VERSION

Mig-21s were Egypt’s premiere aircraft through the 1960’s-70’s with over 220 Mig-21s of
various versions. In 1970 aircraft 8454 arrived in the second shipment of Mig-21MF’s. It
survived the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Egypt/Libya border war in 1977 through 1981
when F-16’s and Mirages began to replace them. This colorful paint scheme of 2 shades of
green and sand with a pale blue under-side is a version of the “spinach and sand” paint
scheme. With increased tension with Libya the EAF added black-outlined orange panels as
an IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) system.

In 1928 the Egyptian Air Force was proposed by parliament. Over the years British
airplanes played a major part in equipping the EAF. However in the mid-1960s Egypt had
completely changed to Soviet built aircraft mostly because it was much less expensive
than other countries’. With the super-sonic Mach-2 Mig-21 it greatly increased the EAF
combat effectiveness. The first Mig-21s started to arrive early in the 60s and would remain
the primary fighter until mid 1982 when F-16s started to arrive.

Mig-21MF Specs:

Power Plant:
One 41.55kN (9,340lb st) or 64.73kN (14,550lb st) with afterburner Tumansky R-13-300
turbojet

Wingspan:
7.15m (23ft 5½in)
Length:
15.76m (51ft 8½in) - incl pitot boom

Max T-O weight:
9,400kg (20,725lb)

Max speed:
Mach 2.1 (2,230km/h - 1,385mph) above 11,000m (36,000ft)
Mach 1.06 (1,300km/h - 807mph) at low level
Range:
1,100km (683 miles) - internal fuel only
1,800km (1,118 miles) - with three external drop tanks, one under fuselage, one under each
wing

Armament:
One 23mm twin-barrel GSh-23 cannon with 200 rounds in belly pack
Various air-to-air and air-to-ground stores carried on four under wing pylons including:
K-13A "Atoll" or "Advanced Atoll" a-a missiles,
UV-16-57 rocket packs,
S-24 a-s rockets,
250kg and 500kg bombs
Eventually Sidewinder missiles

True 1/72 scale
Professionally painted
unique scheme
Great attention to detail
All markings are
Tampoed (pad applied)
Option to display the
model on a stand that is
provided
Model can be shown
with the landing gear in
the down or up positions
Canopy open or closed
option
Extremely heavy metal
with a minimum of
plastic
Highly collectable

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