Mikoyan i Gurevich "MiG-25" - USSR fighter - interceptor

In the 1950s, the then government commissioned the Mikoyan-Gurevich design bureau to design a new generation fighter - an interceptor, capable of reaching Mach 3 speeds. This was a response to the Lockheed YF-12 and XF-108 "Rapier" prototypes, designed and manufactured in the United States. The fighter's design began on March 10, 1961. The first prototype, code-named E-155R, was demonstrated and took to the air on March 10, 1964, and the prototype E-155P - on September 9. The MiG-25 is the first serial fighter to reach a speed of 3,000 km/h (at an altitude of 27,000 m). It is a multi-role fighter, capable of performing fighter functions and reconnaissance missions. The basic serial model of the MiG-25P fighter-interceptor is a high-wing monoplane with a double-keel tail-plane design. The fuselage and wings of the aircraft are made of about 80% steel, about 11% aluminum and 8% titanium alloys. The semi-monocoque fuselage is made by welding. Specially designed and manufactured large-diameter wheels allow the fighter to land and take off on airfields with ground runways. In 1969, serial production of the MiG-25P began in Gorky, and in 1970 they began to serve in the Soviet Air Force. In 1977, test pilot A. Fedotov achieved an absolute altitude record with this fighter, climbing to a height of 37,650 m, and later 29 world records were achieved with the MiG-25. In 1982, the MiG-25 participated in the Syrian-Israeli conflict, the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq War, and the 1991 Gulf War. It is believed, that this fighter was also used in the Azerbaijan-Armenia conflict. The MiG-25 was completed in serial production in 1985. They are still in service in some AF to this day.

A large, moderately designed and not very detailed "manual" design model. A model for modelers of any experience, only for less experienced ones we recommend working under the supervision of a more experienced colleague and this should not be one of the first more complex models. The graphic instructions are small, but quite informative, the textual ones could be better. The publication is missing one detail of the missile body. Antiquarian publication.