MiG-25 Transport

[jalles]

In the mid 60's MiG pitched a transport version of the MiG-25 (essentially a business jet, but I don't think they used that term).  I happen to have a 1/72 MiG-25 in the stash so why not?  I think it would be a good propaganda victory, while the US Air Force brass would be flying around at Mach .6 in a JetStar, the upper echelon of the Soviet Air Force would be whisked away at Mach 2.5.

Here's a model MiG made for the pitch:



Unfortunately I don't have anything in the stash for the cockpit part (and to be honest I'm not sure what I'd use) so I'm going to scratch build it.  Here's the start:

[sandiego89]

Traveling in style!

[Hobbes]

this'll be fun.
Looks a bit wider than the standard MiG-25, with a side-by-side cockpit? Proportions are almost TSR-2 like...

[jalles]

Looks a bit wider than the standard MiG-25, with a side-by-side cockpit? Proportions are almost TSR-2 like...

Yep, it will have side by side seating in the cockpit.  Apparently in the cabin it was only a single isle and one seat wide.

[Weaver]

Oh nice one.

In a way, it's a bit like the conversion of the Su-27 to make the Su-34 isn't it? You might imagine an 'executive' Su-34 with a stretched cabin and few extra seats...

What else could you convert like this? The F-14, F-15 and A-5 Vigilante all spring to mind...

[PR19_Kit]

What else could you convert like this? The F-14, F-15 and A-5 Vigilante all spring to mind...

A TSR2. 

Who did one in BA markings at Telford the same year I had my monster 777 there? That looked really good.

[Snowtrooper]

In a way, it's a bit like the conversion of the Su-27 to make the Su-34 isn't it? You might imagine an 'executive' Su-34 with a stretched cabin and few extra seats...

In Soviet Russia, Su-34 imagine you!
http://engine.aviaport.ru/issues/52/page32.html
If you can't read Russian either, Secret Projects (of course!) has a topic on this "Fanstream":
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=2846.10

[Martin H]

If your last build is any thing to go by, this will be fantasic.

What else could you convert like this? The F-14, F-15 and A-5 Vigilante all spring to mind...

A TSR2. 

Who did one in BA markings at Telford the same year I had my monster 777 there? That looked really good.

That was Phil Cater (aka Rodger the Cabin Boy)

If im not mistaken wasnt there a transport version of the F-106 put forward for the USAF?

[KiwiZac]

Every time I see that photo I get excited at the idea of doing it myself. I have to admit I prefer the idea of someone else doing it, especially with that new forward fuselage. Bravo, and please keep us posted!

[sandiego89]

There was the B-58 VIP pod proposed (and and an airliner like version).  If you didn't have to pay the fuel bill, could have been a nice quick way for a few generals to get across country...

[PR19_Kit]

In a book on the XB-70 that I've got there's a pic of the mockup which has a small row of windows in the fuselage just aft of the cockpit. 

I can't remember the caption and I can't find the blasted book just now, but it sure was a really crazy idea.

[rickshaw]

There was a proposed transport version of the B-57A Canberra put forward to SAC as a bomber crew transport.  There is a picture of a model of it in the Mikesh book on the Canberra.

[jcf]

[Dizzyfugu]

Uh. that's exy and something I considered to build some day, too, after I saw it in literature.   
Looking forward to this, esp. curious about the potential livery. Should look really sexy in a classic Aeroflot livery?

[zenrat]

Air con?  Rather spoiling their guinea pigs weren't they?