No such animal as a MiG-28.... What you saw in "Top Gun" were Northrop
F-5E & F Freedom Fighters- dressed up as anonymous enemy MiGs.
Testors did do "Top Gun" licensed kits back in the 80's, one was a
1/72 F-5 Adversary seen in the movie. Kinda boring paint scheme IHMO.
If you want to see some sexy paint schemes that actual F-5 Adversary
squadrons used- steer yourself over to twobobs.net and peruse their
Decal section and Galleries.
So do I. Can't help it. Very old school Hollywood formulaic, but still
a fun movie. (not for rivet counters or accuracy hounds though!) :-)
Sat
Aside from the aforementioned F-5E that was the stand-in in the movie (and
subsequent footage used by JAG and others), the closest things to MiG-28s in
"real-life" would be the more radical permutations of the Chinese Chengdu
F-7/J-7 Airguard family (derived from MiG-21s, which the F-5E "simulated" for
the real Top Gun and Red Flag programs). In particular, the FC-1 (originally
the Super 7) which has actual Mikoyan backing, strongly resembles the F-5 with
its lateral air intakes and reshaped tailplanes.
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I am unaware of any scale model kits of the FC-1, although MiG-21 kits are very
common and are made by all the major companies (those that do aircraft kits,
anyway).
Stephen "FPilot" Bierce/IPMS #35922
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