Homebee 21,422 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 (edited) Like the MiG-15 in 2018 (link), Zvezda is to rebox in 2019 the old Dragon Models 1/72nd Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 "Fresco" kit - ref.7318 Source: Zvezda catalog 2019 Original Dragon box - ref.2512 - link V.P. Edited November 4, 2020 by Homebee 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan Hothersall 1,256 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 That’s good as that version of the MiG-17 was the most widely used, but as kits go, the least popular. Only kit of it is the 1:72 is the AZ one and the original Dragon release. Now Zvezda have the moulds, it should now be easier to get a few more. Link to post Share on other sites
KRK4m 1,095 Posted December 29, 2018 Share Posted December 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Ryan Hothersall said: That’s good as that version of the MiG-17 was the most widely used, but as kits go, the least popular. Only kit of it is the 1:72 is the AZ one and the original Dragon release. Not exactly - Dragon #2512 (also boxed years ago as Bilek #965) actually represents the most numerous MiG-17 variant - the unreheated MiG-17A Fresco A with slim airbrakes. The AZ kit (seven boxings so far plus three of the -17PF variant) portrays the less numerous but the most widely used (30+ air forces) MiG-17F Fresco C variant with afterburner and large airbrakes. To complicate things still more, Dragon also manufactured the 1/72 Fresco C as Xian J-5 #2513. Nevertheless mating the Dragon/Bilek (now Zvezda) rear fuselage with AZ kit should produce a fairly decent MiG-17A at reasonable price :) Cheers Michael 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Homebee 21,422 Posted June 1, 2019 Author Share Posted June 1, 2019 Released - https://www.facebook.com/Zvezda.ModelKits/posts/1721258334643630 V.P. Link to post Share on other sites
gavingav 373 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Looks like a bumper year for 72nd mig 17's , i saw this smer kit the other day on ebay, no idea whats in the box https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Smer-1-72-Model-Kit-0920-Mikoyan-MiG-17PF-CSSR-USSR-Egypt-Germany-/233242063137?hash=item364e4f7121 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Hook 1,258 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 7 hours ago, gavingav said: i saw this smer kit the other day on ebay, no idea whats in the box I'd put a bottle of whiskey on it being a repop / rebox / copy of the KP kit. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/kp-kovozavody-prost-jov-kovozavody-prostejov-1968-1996-7-mig-17-pf--239233 Cheers, Andre 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Laurent 518 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Hook said: I'd put a bottle of whiskey on it being a repop / rebox / copy of the KP kit. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/kp-kovozavody-prost-jov-kovozavody-prostejov-1968-1996-7-mig-17-pf--239233 Could be a ZTS Plastyk rebox also. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Hook 1,258 Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 33 minutes ago, Laurent said: Could be a ZTS Plastyk rebox also. Which AFAIK is a KP knockoff, like ZTS's MiG-21's and MiG-19's. Cheers, Andre Link to post Share on other sites
Aardvark 3,559 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 (edited) Always wanted to know, Handley Page Victor & MiG-17 it's real episode Cold War or Dragon box art fantasy migrated on Zvezda box? Any version? B.R. Serge Edited June 5, 2019 by Aardvark Link to post Share on other sites
kotey 442 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 MiG-17 in 1968 were rare type of aircraft and used in USSR Fighter-Bomber Aviation - exactly this MiG-17 from the 42 th Guardian Fighter Bomber Aviation Regiment of the USSR Air Force, August 1968, operation “Dunai (Danube)” – invasion of Warsaw pact troops in Czechoslovakia. On fuselage were placed two red stripes – fast recognition signs. How you think - Victor can be used near Czechoslovakian border? Link to post Share on other sites
Aardvark 3,559 Posted June 5, 2019 Share Posted June 5, 2019 3 hours ago, kotey said: How you think - Victor can be used near Czechoslovakian border? I do not know, therefore I asked. The simplest version, Victor for some reason was in West Germany, during the flight there was a malfunction of the navigation equipment. Flew into the territory of Czechoslovakia, was intercepted by the MiG-17 and they drove him out of the airspace. A navigation error RAF was recognized, the parties decided to keep silent about the incident. Could this be the case? Completely! Of course, I understand that this box-art is a fantasy artist (as many Dragon box-art), but what if we don’t know something? B.R. Serge 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cvrle 39 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 So how is this kit, accuracy wise? it will be easier to find in my neck of the woods than the (not yet released) Airfix one, and will be cheaper to boot... Link to post Share on other sites
KRK4m 1,095 Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 In Poland the price of Zvezda 7318 is somewhere between Airfix srs.2 and srs.3 kits. However in most shops it's also equal to the Eduard "weekend edition" MiG-15. Thus I don't expect it to be "a cheap option" in the UK. Cheers Michael Link to post Share on other sites
old_tonto 6 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 Can anyone tell me if this is a MiG-17 'Fresco A' or is it a MiG-17F 'Fresco C'? Link to post Share on other sites
Apex 59 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 1 hour ago, old_tonto said: Can anyone tell me if this is a MiG-17 'Fresco A' or is it a MiG-17F 'Fresco C'? Inbox here: http://www.kitreviewsonline.de/mig-17-fresco-in-172-von-zvezda-7318/ Looks like a Fresco-A to me, based on the small airbrakes in the rear fuselage. Link to post Share on other sites
KRK4m 1,095 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, old_tonto said: Can anyone tell me if this is a MiG-17 'Fresco A' or is it a MiG-17F 'Fresco C'? Zvezda kit was born as Dragon #2512 Fresco-A with unreheated VK-1A engine (BTW it's the only 1/72 kit of this most numerous MiG-17 variant) Dragon had also manufactured the #2513 Fresco-C albeit as Jian Ji-5 https://www.scalemates.com/kits/dragon-2513-jian-ji5--123712 Paradoxically several years ago Czech Bilek company has reboxed the current Zvezda (thus MiG-17A) kit as their #965 calling it - erroneously - the Fresco-C However both these Dragon/Bilek/Zvezda kits are drastically underscaled overall (something like 1:77-78) with fuselage diameter 14% too small - massacre! Cheers Michael Edited July 9, 2019 by KRK4m 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Homebee 21,422 Posted September 13, 2019 Author Share Posted September 13, 2019 New dedicated PE set by Mikro Design - ref. MD072218 Source: https://microdisign.ru/products/1-72/mig-17 V.P. Link to post Share on other sites
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