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Modelsvit: MiG I-320
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England - North West, United Kingdom
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Posted: Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 01:38 PM UTC


Modelsvit has posted on its Facebook page images of the test sprues and decals of their upcoming 1/72 scale release of a Mikoyan-Gurevich I-320rn

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acktwice
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Massachusetts, United States
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Posted: Thursday, May 25, 2017 - 07:07 PM UTC
That is an interesting looking early jet that I've never seen before. It would be a nice addition to my Russian aircraft collection.
Wolfhound113
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Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Posted: Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 09:57 PM UTC
Interesting? No one has ever heard of it! It was a flop! It was one of the ugliest things that ever flew!

I gotta get me one!!!
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Wolfhound113
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Posted: Saturday, May 27, 2017 - 10:20 PM UTC
Actually, aside from looking like a proboscis monkey with goggles, it also had a really weird engine layout. They were NOT parallel but in tandem: one in front of the cockpit, one behind.
And according to HobbyTerra, Modelsvit seem to have included at least one of the engines...
https://hobbyterra.com/product/i-320-r-3-soviet-experimental-all-weather-interceptor-modelsvit-72038.html

Hm. Ugly AND weird - yep, time to start harassing the kind folks at Aviationmegastore about this one.

Grtz,

Marc
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