MiG 37-B Ferret Stealth Fighter (1989)

SCALE: 1/48

INITIAL RELEASE: 1989

MEDIUM: Polystyrene

RARITY: (3)

ABOUT THE DESIGN

ABOUT THE KIT

The Soviet counterpart of the American F-19 Stealth, the MiG 37B "Ferret" combined a faceted airframe design with cooled exhausts, a radar-absorbing skin and sophisticated electronic countermeasures to remain virtually invisible to Allied radar.  Purely conjectural, the design nonetheless turned out to be closer in shape to the actual F-117 Nighthawk than was Testors' own hypothetical F-19.

The enormous success of its conceptual F-19 Stealth kit prompted Testors to create and release this Soviet Air Force version two years later.  Although not nearly as successful commercially as the F-19, the MiG 37B "Ferret" was nonetheless re-released by Testors' European sister company, Italeri, several years later with new box art.

This model was built from the original 1988 Testors kit.

Original Box Art

Italeri Re-Release Box Art

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