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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 without license. A small, fast, agile, dependable and most importantly simple making it easy to turn out great numbers of the plane.

Only fifteen MiG-21MTs were manufactured for export but none ever left the USSR. The original MiG-21 SMT and MT both had expanded fatback fuel spines that caused instability. The SMT’s fatback spine was replaced with the MiG-21Bis spine while the production of the MT ceased and no new spine. MiG-21MT Serial 96.40.15 15 Blue was the last MT. Twelve MTs went to the 66th Fighter Bomber Air Regiment and three to Kubinka for display. Later 15 Blue was used as an instructional airframe and can be seen at Dolgoye Ledovo, Russia.

General Specifications MiG-21BIS Manufacturer - Mikoyan-Gurevich OKB NATO Designation - Fishbed L/N Role - Fighter First Flight - 1972 Crew - Pilot Dimensions Length (Including Pitot Tube) - 14.1 m 946 ft 3 ins) Fuselage Only - 12.25 m (40 ft 2 ins) Wingspan - 7.15 m (23 ft 5 ins) Height - 4.13 m (13 ft 6 ins)

Weights Take-Off Clean - 8.725 kg (19, 235 lbs) Maximum Take-Off - 10,400 kg (22,925 lbs)

Performance Engine - 1 X Tumansky R-25-300 Turbojet With Afterburner Producing 69.6 kN (15,650 lb st)

Speed Maximum @ 13,000 m (42,650 ft) - Mach 2.05 / 2,175 km/h / 1,353 mph Maximum @ Sea Level - 1,300 km/h (809 mph) Service Ceiling - 17,800 m (58,400 ft) Range - 1,210 km (751 miles)

Armament 1 X 23 mm GSh-23L Two-Barrel Cannon W/200 Rounds 5 External Hardpoints Disposable Stores - 1,500 kg (3,307 lb) Including 2 X R-3R Semi-Active AAMs and 4 X R-60 IR AAMs or S-24 Large-Calibre Rockets (240 mm) Fireball Bombs (50 - 500 kg) Rocket Launchers (57 mm Rockets) Up To 3 Drop Tanks

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 Hobby Master 1/72 Air Power Series HA0194 MIG-21MT Blue 15, Dolgoye Ledovo, Russia, 1970s