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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #150 on: November 24, 2017, 01:58:00 AM »
The MiG-21F-13 fuselage should work as a spire on some metallic church building.
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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #151 on: November 24, 2017, 10:54:32 AM »
Alternative Spanish Air Force (Republican or Imperial) Oval intake MiG-21 F13


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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #152 on: December 01, 2017, 02:04:18 AM »

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #153 on: December 01, 2017, 02:52:02 AM »
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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #154 on: December 01, 2017, 03:39:12 AM »
^^^^
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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #155 on: December 02, 2017, 03:46:59 AM »
So, is there going to be a corresponding MiG Cougar ;)
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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #156 on: December 03, 2017, 03:42:02 AM »
New tailfin for MiGs



You can call her Cougar. ;) ;) :P

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #157 on: March 18, 2018, 08:41:28 PM »
Cross between F-5E and MiG-21MF


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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #158 on: April 04, 2018, 02:42:35 AM »
Outstanding work as shown in latest issue of Fine Scale Modeller:

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #159 on: April 04, 2018, 05:36:06 AM »
That's pretty cool.

The fuselage just needs some barrel hoops to keep it all together!

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #160 on: April 13, 2018, 02:16:04 PM »
Outstanding work as shown in latest issue of Fine Scale Modeller:




Very clever and much foresight

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #161 on: April 14, 2018, 01:25:24 AM »
Absolutely amazing!

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #162 on: July 16, 2019, 12:59:47 AM »
More soviet beauties around MiG-19 and MiG-21


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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #163 on: February 11, 2020, 10:33:19 AM »
What if MiG-21 evolved from swept wing design Ye-2?


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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #164 on: February 17, 2020, 03:45:57 AM »
Oooh, applying the MiG-21 upgrades to the Ye-2 is a great idea!  8)

Hmmm. Looks like you now have a surplus MiG-19 fuselage and a set of MiG-21 wings kicking about....  ;) :icon_beer:
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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #165 on: March 20, 2020, 03:44:20 AM »
A carrier based MiG-21?  Well kind of...

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China's JL-9 Mountain Eagle Trainer Jet to be Modified for Aircraft Carrier Operation: Reports
(Source: Global Times; issued March 18, 2020)



The naval version of the JL-9 Mountain Eagle trainer jet is being modified to enable it to train aircraft carrier jet pilots on an actual aircraft carrier at a time when China is in urgent need of training more aircraft carrier jet pilots, as its second carrier was just commissioned last year, reports said on Tuesday.

Multiple promotional materials released by JL-9's developer, Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation under the state-owned Aviation Industry Corporation of China (AVIC), involved the JL-9 and an aircraft carrier operating together in edited pictures, leading to speculation that the JL-9 could eventually be modified into a carrier-based jet trainer, reported Weihutang, a column on military affairs affiliated with China Central Television, on Tuesday.

The report came after the Guizhou company released a statement on Monday, saying it is determined to "win a new victory in developing and producing the naval version of the Mountain Eagle."

The statement came with a picture of an aircraft carrier sailing in the sea, with a picture of the JL-9 Mountain Eagle edited onto it, flying above the carrier.

Having been already delivered to the Chinese Navy, the naval version of the JL-9 is now training aircraft carrier jet pilots on land-based airfields, but China still does not have an aircraft carrier-based trainer aircraft that can take off and land on an actual carrier, Weihutang reported.

With China's second aircraft carrier, the Shandong, joining Chinese naval service in December 2019, China needs to train more pilots more efficiently, and a trainer aircraft that can operate on a carrier rather than a simulated airfield can contribute a great deal to this aim, analysts said.

Having the JL-9 fly on a carrier might require major modifications in aspects including the airframe structure and engine, Weihutang said.

A powerful competitor to the single-engined JL-9 Mountain Eagle is the twin-engined JL-10 Falcon, which has a more advanced avionics system and better aerodynamic performance, the report said. But the JL-10 advanced trainer jet, developed by AVIC Hongdu Aviation Industry Group, is more expensive, analysts said.

The JL-10, although not yet modified for aircraft carrier operations, is also in active service, according to publicly available reports.

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #166 on: March 20, 2020, 05:59:16 AM »
Go with dual ventral fins with the arresting hook in between.  IIRC, something like that was proposed for the MiG-23K.

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #167 on: March 27, 2020, 04:36:27 AM »
Been wanting to do an operational Su-7 interceptor which flew as a prototype for some time. Needed a Mig-21 donor for AAMs and radar nose. This gives me enough to knock up a Mig-21K ground attack plane which was a competitor to the Su-25. Just a thought but at least one of these will get done as I finish work tomorrow and will be in lockdown.

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #168 on: March 28, 2020, 02:44:22 AM »
This gives me enough to knock up a Mig-21K ground attack plane which was a competitor to the Su-25.

Are you talking about this one:




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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #169 on: March 28, 2020, 02:47:08 AM »
There was also the later MiG-21Sh:


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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #170 on: March 28, 2020, 02:49:21 AM »
Speaking of Naval MiG-21s:


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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #171 on: March 28, 2020, 03:12:47 AM »
Thinking of this version

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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #172 on: March 28, 2020, 03:28:24 AM »
Thinking of this version

Ah ok.  When you read up on that it is actually "This is a modernization of the MiG-21SM. Demo with Bortnumber 44 at Moscow airshow 1992 . Predecessor is the MiG-21-93 bison. The unofficial name is MiG-21-92".

The real MiG-21K (well the version that was a competitor to the Su-25), was the Ogival winged version I posted above.  You can read about it in here:



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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #173 on: April 26, 2020, 07:46:15 AM »
Iranian J-7 with what I think are four LAU-3 19-round 70mm rocket pods


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Re: Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 Fishbed
« Reply #174 on: September 28, 2020, 03:30:27 AM »

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