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Eduard Plastic Kits: 1:72 MiG-21bis Dual Combo Limited
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43,99€
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Limited edition kit of the Soviet MiG-21bis jet fighter in 1/72 scale. The kit offers markings for 10 aircraft used in different countries around the world. The box contains plastic piping for two complete kits.
The Mikoyan-Guriewicz MIG-21 (NATO reporting name: Fishbed) is a Soviet light fighter with a duralumin, half-shell structure, in a mid-wing design, with a delta blade with a sweep of 57 degrees. The prototype flight took place on June 16, 1956. The prototype of the MIG 21 is considered to be the E-5 prototype powered by the RD-11 engine. After its flight, several other prototypes were built, which, incidentally, broke several international airspeed records. The experience gained from them was used to improve the E-5 and eventually the aircraft was sent into mass production as the MIG-21F-13 in 1959. There are over a dozen basic versions in production and together with various twists, the number of MIG 21 types can be counted in several dozen! The most important of these is the first mass-produced MIG-21F. It replaced the MIG-21PF version with the RP-21 radar and the R-11F2 engine. The next development version is the MiG-21R, i.e. a reconnaissance aircraft. Several training versions were also created, the first of which is the MiG-21U-400. The MIG-21 turned out to be a very successful design, with excellent performance, easy to pilot and inexpensive to produce. The quality of the construction is evidenced by the fact that in the 90s there were development versions of this aircraft, which was over 30 years old. The machine was exported to all former Warsaw Pact countries and to a whole host of Arab and African countries. The MIG-21 participated in most armed conflicts of the 1960-1980 period, including the Vietnam War, the Six-Day War (1967), the Iran-Iraq War (1980-1988). Technical data: length: 13.46m, wingspan: 7.15m, height: 4.1m, maximum speed: 2130km/h, rate of climb: 120m/s, maximum range: 1100km, maximum ceiling 19000m, armament: fixed - single GSz 23 mm 23 cannon (version M), suspended - up to 2000 kg of cargo.