Diecast Aircraft Information

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Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series
HA0144
MIG-21 RF
Soviet Frontal Aviation "45"

True 1/72 scale
Professionally painted
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
Loads of optional armament has been provided
Canopy can be displayed open or closed
Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic
Highly collectable

Mig-21MF Specs:

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

Dimensions
Wingspan: 7.15m (23ft 5½in)
Length: 15.76m (51ft 8½in) - including Pitot boom
Max T-O weight: 9,400kg (20,725lb)

Performance
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
1 X centre line drop tank.

The Mig-21 was originally built by the Mikoyan and Gurevich Design Bureau in
the Soviet Union with a NATO ickname “Fishbed”. No other jet has had as many
planes produced as the Mig-21. Depending on the reference source 8,000 –
13,000 planes of all versions were made in the Soviet Union, under license to
allied countries and China without license. At the time of it’s introduction into the
Soviet Air Force service in 1959, it was exactly what they wanted. A small, fast,
agile, dependable and most importantly simple making it easy to turn out great
numbers of the plane. The skies of Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia and Central
America seemed to be filled with thousands of the Mig-21. Because of its
relatively low cost since it was heavily subsidized by the Soviets, it became the
plane of choice for many third world countries.
Taking this into account this plane this plane has seen more wars then any other
modern day jet. The Mig-21 was used in front line service for over 30 years
equaling that of the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. There were 5 generations
of the plane in many versions and each generation brought with it great
improvements over its predecessors.

The Soviet Air Force (Russian - Военно-воздушные силы / Latin alphabet -
Voenno-Vozdushnye Sily or VVS was the official designation of one of the Soviet
Air Forces. The VVS was divided into branches during the Cold War period.
There was the FA (Frontal Aviation) that was responsible for battlefield air
defense, close air support and interdiction. One aircraft used by them was based
on the MiG-21MF. The MiG-21RF reconnaissance version is also known as the
Fishbed H and is powered by an uprated Tumansky R-13-300 turbojet engine.
They carry a center-line reconnaissance pod that has the ability to carry either
optical or tv cameras as well as infra-red sensors. The pod could also be
equipped with an SLAR (side-looking airborne radar). These aircraft had their
guns removed.

Soviet Air Force flag

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