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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-21PFM was part of the Soviet Second Generation of Interceptors 1961 - 1966 MiG-21PFM (1964; Izdeliye 94; NATO - Fishbed F Export version with a different IFF system, not capable of carrying S-24 rockets or ZB-62 Napalm Bombs PFM meaning P - Perekhvatchik (Interceptor) F - Forsirovannyy (Uprated) M - Modernizirovanyy (Modernised)

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 nickname 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. A small, fast, agile, dependable and most importantly simple making it easy to turn out great numbers of the plane.

MiG-21PFM No. 7207 c/n 94A7207 was completed in July 1968 and delivered to the Czechoslovak Air Force on May, 1968. From 1987 - 1991 the aircraft was Bort 7207 with the 11 SLP (11. stihaci letecky pluk - 11th Fighter Air Regiment) 3.letka (3rd Squadron) stationed at Zatec AFB, Czechoslovakia. In 1993 former Czechoslovakia was divided into two separate countries, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. That same year 7207 was transferred to the Slovak AF and in 1994 put into storage at Sliac, AB and was later scrapped.

Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA0186 MIG-21PFM No.7207, 11th Fighter Regiment, Zatec AB, Czechoslovak AF