Corgi Predators Diecast Model Defining Missions MIG-21 PFM Fishbed F Phantom Killers 927th 'Lam Son', VPAF, 1972 Vietnamese Peoples Air Force 1/72 Scale - PR99410 Wingspan: 3.75" Length: 8" Each fully painted and assembled airplane features: - Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.
- Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
- Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
- Opening canopies, revealing detailed cockpit interiors.
- Optional extended ot retracted landing gear.
- Presentation stand to display the aircraft "in flight".
- Authentic detachable ordnance.
- Accurately detailed underside with concealed screwheads.
About this model: Each model comes with a booklet detailing the story behind the pilot, mission or squadron, plus the box is packed with technical information about the plane. If you collect any 12 of the 18 releases in the Predators range, you can send off the tokens found in each pack for a free display wallet to keep the story booklets in. While only two American pilots became aces in the Vietnam War - Randy "Duke" Cunningham (USN) and Steve Ritchie (USAF) - sixteen Vietnamese pilots earned that honor. Nguyen Van Coc is also the Top Ace of Vietnam War with 9 kills: 7 planes and 2 UAV (Un-manned Airborne Vehicle) Firebees. Among those seven US planes, six are confirmed by US records (see table below), and we should add to this figure a confirmed USAF loss (the F-102A flown by Wallace Wiggins (KIA) on February 3 1968), originally considered a probable by the VPAF. Even omitting UAV "drones," his 7 confirmed kills qualified Coc as the Top Ace of the war, because no American pilot achieved more than 5. |
