Description
Trumpeter 02230 1/32 scale Mikoyan-Hurevich MiG-3 assembly model.
The kit includes:
5 summers with details
photoetching
decal,
scheme for painting the model,
step by step instructions.
Model length: 259 mm. Wingspan: 318 mm
The MiG-3 is a further development of the MiG-1 with only minor differences (but significantly different in handling). To eliminate the low turning characteristics of the MiG-1, automatic slats were added. No other country had such a high-speed high-altitude interceptor in service, and even the Luftwaffe was caught off guard when some of its high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft were lost to stealthy Soviet fighters. The MiG-3 was almost perfectly suited for its intended role, but the well-known events of 1941 forced pilots to use the MiG-3 as a replacement for conventional fighters or even attack aircraft. It was a forced misuse of a good high altitude interceptor with low altitude limitations. The Soviet Union built 3,322 variants of