MiG-21F Soviet supersonic fighter (Limited edition)

The MiG-21F (Izdeliye "72") was light single-seat fighter aircraft, designed in the late 50’s as a further development of MiG-21. The aircraft passed flight tests in 1959 and despite of it’s unsatisfied flight performance, MiG-21F was put into service. The same year it’s serial manufacturing began at "Aviation Plant 21", named after Sergo Ordzhonikidze in Gorky. The MiG-21F was powered by an R11F-300 turbojet engine, using 2160 liters of fuel, accomodated in six internal fuel tanks and 490 liters in one droppable external tank under the fuselage. Due to its specific take-off and landing capabilities, MiG-21F was able to be operated from second class airfields and from unpaved aerodromes. The aircraft was armed with two belly-mounted 30-mm NR-30 cannons.The fighter was also capable of carrying bombs and missiles on 2 wing pylons. First ten fighters were built in 1959, another 79 MiG-21F were produced till the end 1960-s by the "Aviation Plant 21".

Scale: 1:72
Parts: 139
Weight: 0.250kg
Gross weight: 0.400kg
Volume: 0.960kg
Material: PS plastic
Minimum age: For modellers 14+
Wingspan, mm: 99
Length, mm: 187
Country of origin: Ukraine
Released: 2017 New tool