Mig 21i Analog 144

1/72 scale. Sold out.

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MiG-21i"Analog" History

The MiG-21i "Analog" was a test aircraft designed to evaluate the wing designed created for the Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner. MiG engineers especially wanted to examine the wing's aerodynamic characteristics and control systems as they had never worked with this type of delta configuration before.

Two MiG-21S aircraft were modified and equipped with the new wing, one that closely resembled that proposed for the Tu-144. The first "Analog" prototype flew on April 18, 1968. A year later, this first test plane was destroyed in a crash. The second "Analog" flew for many years and permitted a deeper study of wing's flight characteristics. The first two Tu-144 pilots were trained in this test aircraft.

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COLOR INFORMATION FOR THE MODELER:

The one remaining Analog prototype is on display at the Monino Museum in Moscow. It has an verall natural-metal finish with a red nose-cone and red stars. The first Analog, which crashed in 1969, is portrayed in our box art, its color scheme derived from good black & white pictures taken prior to its demise combined with the general color scheme the Soviets used during this period. The cockpit interior can be painted in blue-green (FS 25299), the instrument panels and side consoles black, and wheels wells and the undercarriage legs gray-green (FS 34226+white).

(This model is currently sold out).