Mig-25 Foxbat

This is a big plane for 1/72 but the detale is not there. The cockpit has some detale with help from a decale and there is a pilot. The parts fit well with little sanding the cockpit glass in the down setting only but the landing gear can be showen up or down. The inst are easy and paint guide is o.k. The decals are so uou can make many numbers on the plane. and are easy to use. A good model for all.

This airplane froze everyone's blood when was first seen. Everyone thought it was the ultimate fighter, and everyone wanted one like that. And then, the Americans developed and built the F15. But the fact is that this was only a big set of engines (not that well made, we must admit. the inside of them could be more detailed...) with a set of wings, able to do mach 3 in straight line, fire its enormous missiles, but not agile nor anything like it... On my shelf of fighters, this is BIG. Su47 Berkut big, almost bigger than the T50. if you cut the front entry and the flaps, which is easy, it will improve its looks a lot. if on the top you cut the air bleeding sistem and improve it, also makes it look better. Its not big operations, but its small things that improve it. Overall, it represents and is the typical russian work: big, bulky, not fashion, but practic and effective. And no, the wheels are not exagerate, the real ones are that big. Because while Hoover filosophy was to make several over 3km long segments of straight line highway to be used as an improvised take of runway, the Russians was to use compacted earth done anywhere at any time to be used as a landing field. For that, the landing gear and wheels had to be strong and handle a rough terrain.

This isn't the best kit of the MiG-25 available, but still can be built into a pretty nice finished model. I built this same kit many years ago, and had no problems with it. I'm looking forward to recreating the aircraft used by Victor Belenko to Defect to the West, back in 1976. It's true that some detail is lacking, but at this scale, I'm not too worried about that. Plus, the subject is fairly plain anyway. I do recommend this kit, if you have a few skills, it should be no problem.