Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 (MiG-13)

[Mig88]

Hello everyone!

 

Here is my FE Resin 1:144 Mikoyan-Gurevich I-250 (MiG-13).

This was a mixed-propulsion fighter design with a piston engine and an air reaction compressor jet or motorjet that first flew in March 1945.

Only 12 pre-production machines were built and an initial order of 50 MiG-13s was placed. Trials were carried out until April 1948 when the design was cancelled.

 

This kit represents a pre-production machine used for tests by the 176th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the 324th Fighter Aviation Division, PVO, from October 1946 onwards. This machine was also tested by the Soviet Naval Aviation at Riga from October 1947 to April 1948.

 

I built this tiny resin kit in 2009. I added a seat in the cockpit. The main undercarriage parts and the propeller had to be replaced from parts taken from my spares and sanded to shape in the case of the propeller. The canopy was a vacform part. I also added the radio mast and wires and the wing probe from stretched sprue. The kit was fully painted and varnished with brush.

 

Thanks for looking
Miguel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[John Masters]

What an odd looking duck!  Nicely built too!

[Mig88]

Thank you very much @John D.C. Masters.

 

Miguel