AT14423  MiG-17PFU Fresco E/

Shenyang J-5 (radar)

Developed from the successful MiG-15 jet in 1949, the MiG-17 constituted a marked improvement in transonic handling over the previous model. Both the clear weather interceptors (the MiG-17 and MiG-17F) and the all-weather fighters (the MiG-17PF and MiG-17PFU) were evolved in the USSR, with the total number reaching 10,500 examples including the licence-built machines in Poland and China.

The MiG-17PFU/Shenyang J-5 was a single-seat, radar-equipped all-metal monoplane powered by the afterburning VK-1F engine (or licence-built WP-5). Both types were designed for all-weather interception and only carried missiles, while the guns were removed.

The Soviet Air Force was the sole operator of the MiG-17PFU. China experimentally fitted a handful of J-5s with a locally produced radar, which installation resembled that of the Soviet MiG-15Pbis (SP-1).

Downloadable images:

• box 1 (top)
• box 2 (bottom)
• camo scheme 1
• camo scheme 2
• decals
• kit parts 1
• kit parts 2
• kit parts 3
• kit parts 4

Aftermarket products - accessory sets:

Brengun photo-etched parts (for information click here)

• photo-etched fret
• photo-etched parts 1
• photo-etched parts 2

Brengun vacu canopy (for information click here)

• vacu canopy

Reference material:

Dozen Set publication No.5 MiG-17 (for information click here)

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