Микоян - Гуревич, МиГ-21 [Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21] NATO Reporting Name FISHBED

[NARSES2]

They are nice 

Gun could go in the fuselage just below the cockpit or just above the leading edge of the wing ?

[dy031101]

I am thinking of a militarized Analog 144 (according to Air Vectors, some did like it enough to lobby for the development of a fighter variant) along the line of No.2 prototype......



...... but some digging around on the internet revealed that the aircraft has a number of extra fairings on the fuselage and tailfin tip.  Are these fairings all just meant for test/telemetry equipment that a fighter jet can do without?

Thanks in advance.

[Dizzyfugu]

There were AFAIK a lot of camera fairing, because a lot of different wing shapes were tested with wool tufts in flight.

IMHO the Analog lends itself to an attack variant of the MiG-21, because of the bigger wings and higher payloiad? IIRC there was such a design (I remember a pictiure of an OKB model), but it had side intakes and a sloped nose for a better field of view. Had also two smaller engines in the tail.

Just found a look at its belly:

[Dizzyfugu]

Ah, and a line drawing, called "МиГ-21ЛШ":

[PR19_Kit]

Looks like a Skyray in side view!

[Old Wombat]

Looks like a Skyray in side view!

With a MiG tail, & a space shuttle/Buran from above.

[ysi_maniac]

Two versions of MiG Drakon

Armed with 4 NR-30 guns

[ysi_maniac]

MiG-21 + AlphaJet 

[Zero-Sen]

[zenrat]

Something old which is new to me.

CF-121 Redhawk.

art-scale-kit-200-d32076-mikoyan-mig21f-mig21mf-fishbed-441sq-rcaf-part-1-xd0-197480_2-1894759126 by Fred Maillardet, on Flickr

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/cf-121-redhawk-program-the-true-story-behind-canadas-purchase-of-30-soviet-built-mig-21-fishbed-fighters/

The four views are from a set of 1/32 transfers produced by someone I forgot the name of (Art Models?).  I'd love a set in 1/72 (along with a set of Bunny Fighter transfers in the same scale).

[jcf]

Direct link to the CF-121 Redhawks story on Vintage Wings. 
It's not choked up with ads like Aviation Dork Club.

CF-121 Redhawks

[PR19_Kit]

Direct link to the CF-121 Redhawks story on Vintage Wings.
It's not choked up with ads like Aviation Dork Club.

CF-121 Redhawks

I absolutely LOVE that piece!     

It's one of the finest backstories I've ever read and smacks totally of reality, and the PhotoShop work on the pics is utterly BRILLIANT! 

Interesting that at least three different versions of the Mig-21 appear in the pics, but not in the text though. 

[zenrat]

Thanks Jon.  Always best to go ad free.