Mig-21 'Fishbed': The World's Most Widely Used Supersonic Fighter (Aerofax Series)

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Summary: Mig-21 Fishbed by Gordon and Gunston =excellent book
Review: Plenty of historical facts that includes information on prototypes and updated versions. The technical specs on each variant are also included as well as color pictures of the variants. It even has a reference section of all the countries that use it and the variants used by their air forces. This is an excellent book for anyone interested in the Mig-21.


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Summary: A pleasure to read but not for Scale Modellers
Review: The author have put everything in a nutshell. Brief and concise text help readers get some idea of what an airplane and the operation history of the Fishbed is. The load of 3-views at the end of the book is impressive. However, because of its limited size, not much detail on the vast number of varients of the Fishbed family is included. Scale modellers are disappointed because it lacks detail shots nor description of various parts of the varients, nor scale plan in popular scales. I am thinking of the technical drawings of the "old Aerofax" minigraph and datagraph series that have disappear in the "new" Aerofax titles. Finally, if you can afford only one book on the Fishbed, this is not the choice.

Rating:
Summary: A pleasure to read but not for Scale Modellers
Review: The author have put everything in a nutshell. Brief and concise text help readers get some idea of what an airplane and the operation history of the Fishbed is. The load of 3-views at the end of the book is impressive. However, because of its limited size, not much detail on the vast number of varients of the Fishbed family is included. Scale modellers are disappointed because it lacks detail shots nor description of various parts of the varients, nor scale plan in popular scales. I am thinking of the technical drawings of the "old Aerofax" minigraph and datagraph series that have disappear in the "new" Aerofax titles. Finally, if you can afford only one book on the Fishbed, this is not the choice.