The MiG-19 Farmer C (based on a modification of the MiG-17 design) was a mediocre aircraft at it's best, but was the very first Soviet aircraft to be able to break the Sound Barrier in level flight (the MiG-15 and 17 were both subsonic, breaking the sound barrier only in a powered, and potentially dangerous, dive).
Unfortunately the MiG-19 was prone to major mechanical issues, and also engine fires (due to overheating of a central fuel tank located between the engines). It also suffered from sudden pitch-up when the air-brakes were deployed, engine stalls and flame-outs with sudden throttle changes, and high landing speeds... Additionally, its conventional tail-plane assembly lacked authority (control) at supersonic speed...
Many of the handling issues were resolved by adding an all-moving Stabilator and other wing modifications, but the MiG-19 continued to suffer from a high accident rate due to various mechanical short-comings. Never-the-less, the Vietnamese used the MiG-19 to great effect during the Vietnam Conflict, scoring kills against F-4's, F-104's and F-105's.
In the Soviet inventory the MiG-19 was quickly replaced by the much superior MiG-21, but the MiG-19 soldiered on in many other countries, and was maintained in production in various versions in China as the J-6 well into the 1990's. Most others were retired in the 70's, but a number still remain in service today in the Air Forces of various countries, including North Korea...
Product Features:
DAZ Studio props (dsf, duf/ png):
* MiG-19 Farmer C aircraft, at 61,127 polygons
- Over 50 Points of Articulation on the main figure!
- Moving Flaps, Ailerons, Rudder, Stabilator, Speed Brakes, Opening Landing Gear Doors, Raising and Lowering Gear, Spin-able Wheels, Steer-able Nose Gear, Opening Canopies, Deployable Slats, Folding Wings, Deployable Emergency Drag Chute, Fully Functional Cockpit Flight Controls, and Working Ejection Seat...
- Numerous Pose Control dials for ease of control from one main location, including dials for various basic flight maneuvers. The weapons sets also have Pose Control dials for ease of use in images and animation!
Poses:
* InFlight
- Level flight with the landing gear closed
* Landed
- Angled on the ground with the landing gear open
Accessories and Armaments:
DAZ Studio props (dsf, duf/ png):
* Inner-Wing Pylons:
- 550lb Bombs
- K-5 Alkali Missiles
- K-13 Atoll Missiles
* Mid-Wing Pylons:
- 550lb Bombs
- K-5 Alkali Missiles
- K-13 Atoll Missiles
* Outer-Wing Pylons:
- 130Gal Wing Tanks
* Props:
- Air Crew: low-poly, un-rigged pilot figures.
- Boarding Ladders
- FOD Covers
Textures:
* One set of texture maps with corresponding bump maps, at 3500x1800 pixels.
* All of the materials use Iray shaders.
All sales images rendered in DAZ Studio with an HDRI skydome environment.
Designed for use in DAZ Studio 4.9 and above with Iray. Not recommended for use in other software programs.
Original model by, and acquired from Chris Schell, and now owned by VanishingPoint.
Software: DAZ Studio 4 With IRAY
