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Small update on the middle part of the fuselage,I mounted the MLG wells painted in red Added the cockpit to the nose,I've decided not to add details,to keep my first model easy The NLG,painted in red too And the breaking parachute container,typical of the Foxbat

ICM MiG-25 FTW

Minor surgery mode on: B) After recovery

After the upgrade,note that there are only 2 elements It looks like the Algerian upgraded Foxbats are the only ones having this particularity,but I can't find the reason.Any Foxbat expert around? ...Dave In the box,ICM is using the 5 elements door ...which I will not cut :P

Thank you Sebastijan,actually I cut them! Anyway,I'm still progressing in my research and I have found an interesting thing,just follow with me: For the majority of the Foxbats,the NGL bay door is made up of 5 elements Russian RB Libyan PD Ukrainian PD Indian RB Russian PD Algerian RBSh and Algerian PDs prior to the Ukrainian upgrade

Really cool:

Algerian Mi-24MKIII (upgraded by ATE/South Africa),a great camo! (Sorry for the poor quality of the images)

Thanks Yufei,I still need to confirm that the Algerians Foxbats (which are not true PDs) are having the same config. Thanks Oian.

Found this interesting picture of an R-40R undergoing an NDT (Non-Destructive Test) in a hangar in Algeria,This thing is just huge! I think I will not use the R-60 on this build.

Never heard about this,and I am sure this aircraft never entered Algeria.

Thanks Dragan for pointing out this,you're right... Thanks for the pics kurnass,looks like it's the only picture showing a MiG-25 with R-60s.

Thanks all for the kind words! First small steps: I did the wings,the missiles,the wheels and half of the fuselage I got a small question on the Foxbat payload,the standard being 2 x R40T et 2 x R40R (included in the box). But ICM added 4 x R-60,I searched a lot but I haven't found so far a pic of a MiG-25 with this type of missile... I'm using the excellent Yefim Gordon's "MiG-25 Foxbat: Russia's defensive front line" as reference and it does mention that the R-60 capability had been added after the PD/PDS upgrade (in replacement of 2 x R-40s,but again no picture. Another thing,it lo

I think I have read enough reviews and threads on the ICM MiG-25,now I'm ready to start my first build ever! As a total beginner,this build will be aimed at learning more than modeling itself,that's why I will share it with you here,C&C are welcome: The box contains 99 pieces,with simple but clear instructions,along with Russian/Libyan and Ukrainian decals that I will not use as I will make the Algerian version.That means homemade decals <_< (another thing to try).On the following pic you can see how well are the lines made,and even though this is my first box,I think ICM did a

Indeed,and it's on my desktop now

Sorry not available Berkut

Will try to get it.

A rare but beautiful sight:

Again:

Another one:

The gray/blue MKAs are to be used for marine operations. It looks like it is the same scheme of the MiG-29SMT's that Algeria sent back to Russia a couple of years ago: