![]() ![]() Mikoyan Mig-25P model in 1/72 scale of Condor The Mikoyan
design bureau in the Soviet union developed a very high speed interceptor
in the Mig-25 series of aircraft with NATO codename "Foxbat". There
was an emerging threat of american bombers in the sixties, so it was decided
that such an interceptor was needed, with development starting around 1960.
The Mig-25 was the first Soviet plane able to fly at a speed of 3,000 km/h
and at a service ceiling of over 20 km. Several prototypes and test planes
before it came to a production version of this type as many new technologies
and materials were needed.
Construction breakdown is not as usual with most models, as the vertical tail and fuselage are single parts, but this hides a number of seam lines. The intakes need some care and are not very deep, but acceptable. The exhausts are deep and fine. The rest of cockpit, fuselage and wings can be assembled as shown, but you get some areas to use filler especially at the undersides. Do not forget some weight in the nose. The model turns out pretty good after some sanding.
You can add some extra details in
the cockpit, but not much is to be seen as it is very small.
The colour picked for the overall grey finish is approx FS 36375 (Light Compass Gray), for which I used Humbrol 127 . Some areas got a coat of metallic
and some areas were masked and got a dark grey finish. The undercarriage was added after
the model had been airbrushed and the decals applied
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References:
Aerofax, MiG-25 Foxbat - MiG-31 ,
Yefim Gordon, Midland Publishing 1997
Mig-25, Altair, Gordon, 1994 Air International, volume 17, pages 245-252 World Air Power , volume 34 "Soviet and Russian Military Aircraft in Africa", Gordon & Komissarov, Hikoki publications, 2013 http://www.airforce-technology.com/projects/mig25/ http://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/detail.asp?aircraft_id=64
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