Airfix Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F 'Fresco' 1:72 Plastic Model Airplane Kit A03091

Airfix Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17F ‘Fresco’ 1:72 Plastic Model Airplane Kit A03091
Note: Painting & gluing is required.  Paint and glue are not included.
The end of the Second World War saw the victorious
Allied nations desperately attempting to secure details of German jet
technology and high speed research data, information which could be
applied to their own jet projects. Using this information and engine
technology obtained from Britain, the Soviet Union introduced the
diminutive Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 in 1949 one of the most capable of
the early jet fighters and even as this aircraft was proving effective
during the Korean War, the Soviets were already working on its
successor. The larger and faster Mig-17 Fresco may have given the
appearance of being nothing more than a larger incarnation of its
predecessor, however, this was in fact a completely redesigned aircraft,
incorporating many improvements over the MiG-15 and a significant
upgrade in Soviet jet capability.
The MiG-17 was designed to perform the role of bomber killer and
was never intended as a dogfighter, however its exceptional agility
would allow this aircraft to score combat victories over much heavier
and more modern American designs. Dismissing the aircraft as nothing
more than an upgraded MiG-15, the Vietnam War proved to be something of a
sobering experience for the US Air Force, as some of their most modern
aircraft would fall victim to the guns of the MiG-17, even though this
had itself been superseded by more modern designs. Lighter and much more
manoeuvrable than the US aircraft, the subsonic MiG-17 would claim
victories over such aircraft as the F-105 Thunderchief and McDonnell
Douglas Phantom, which would result in the US developing new agile air
superiority fighters, in the years immediately following the end of the
conflict.
Possessing both excellent performance and being easy to maintain,
the rugged MiG-17 was produced in large numbers and became the standard
Warsaw Pact fighter from the mid 1950s and for the next decade, with
aircraft produced under licence in both China and Poland. An extremely
cost effective aircraft, it was an attractive fighter option for many of
the world’s smaller air forces and more than thirty overseas nations
would eventually operate the type. Perversely, for a nation against
which the MiG-17 was designed to combat, America would become home to
significant numbers of these aircraft, most coming into the hands of
private collectors, but a small number used in dissimilar aircraft
trials and to perfect combat techniques against smaller, more agile jet
fighters. Two beautifully restored examples have also been popular
display performers on the US Airshow circuit over the years.
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