This is
a two-seat combat trainer derived from the MiG-25P featuring an additional fore
cockpit to seat the instructor. The fuselage's fore section up to frame 1 was
radically reconfigured. Introduction of the second cockpit ended up in removal
of the radar followed by the removal of R-40R radar homing air-to-air missiles
from the weapons suite while the R-40T heatseeker AAMs were retained. The plane
was developed under the resolution of the commission of the USSR Council of
Ministers of 7 July, 1965.
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I decided to build this version
after searching everywhere for a MiG 25PU in 1:48 scale. After some time I
located a MiG 25P kit for sale that had been started and came with an extra
NEOMEGA C62 MiG-25 cockpit kit. With that in hand I used some spare parts to
build the fore cockpit and fuselage.
The rest of the kit
is put together using the original parts. I sanded the raised panel lines and
scribed new panel lines. The paint is of my own making and the decals are the
original set. The second canopy I removed from a Revell MiG 25 kit I had built
some years back. The kit turned out nicely. Too bad Revell discontinued the
model.
Ulysses
Almeida
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