Fishbed: NATO reporting name* for MiG-21 a supersonic jet fighter and interceptor aircraft, designed by the Mikoyan-Gurevich Design Bureau in the Soviet Union

* NATO uses a system of code names, called reporting names, to denote military aircraft and other equipment used by the post-Soviet states, former Warsaw Pact countries, China, and other countries.

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Mini Me No.2

And again… this time it’s a duo of MiG-21Ms (Fishbed-J) in two scales – 1:48 and 1:72 (both …

Although I was aware that the red signal light goes to the port side and green to starboard… …