Product Description
- Introducing a completely new 1/144 scale Tu-22M2 BackfireB missile bomber from Ukrainian injection kit manufacturer Litaki Model Kits.
- The kit includes 242 plastic parts, 158 etching parts, paint mask seals, 3D printed afterburners and three types of decals (1 Soviet Union, 2 Ukrainian Air Force).
- It has movable wings and comes with three armament options (2x Kh-22 long-range anti-ship missiles, 4x Kh-15 short-range land missiles or 18x FAB-500 unguided bombs).
- Upon completion, the overall length will be approximately 288mm, and the overall width (with the wings fully extended) will be approximately 238mm.
- Completely new mold injection kit
- Includes 3 decals: 1 for the Soviet Air Force and 2 for the Ukrainian Air Force
- Movable wings
- Comes with three armament options: 2 x Kh-22 long-range anti-ship missiles, 4 x Kh-15 short-range land missiles or 18 x FAB-500 unguided bombs.
- Paint mask sticker included
[Actual specifications]
- Total length: 41.48m
- Width: 34.28m
- Engines: 2x Kuznetsov NK-22 turbofan engines
- Crew: 4
- Maximum speed: Mach 1.65
- Self-defense armament: GSh-23 23mm cannon x 2
- The Tu-22M is a medium-range bomber designed and manufactured by the Soviet Tupolev Design Bureau during the Cold War.
- It was characterized by supersonic speed, variable-wing design, and long range, and was classified as a "missile bomber" in the Soviet Union.
- It is still in operation today by the Russian Federation.
- The "M" in Tu-22M stands for "advanced" in Russian, indicating that it is an advanced version of the Tu-22.
- NATO has assigned the Tu-22M the NATO code name "Backfire."
- The Tu-22M0, a prototype of which nine aircraft were manufactured, made its first flight in August 1969, and the pre-production Tu-22M1 [Backfire A] made its first flight in 1971. It showed good performance after various development tests, weapons tests and operational evaluations, and the decision was made to mass-produce it.
- The full-scale mass-produced model, the Tu-22M2 [Backfire B], appeared in 1972.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 31.2 x 21.7 x 5.2 cm / 344g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- LMK144001
- JAN code
- 4571628224254
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.