Tu 22M2 'Backfire' 1/72 scale

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Tony, thanks, I'll give that a try next time.

By the way, the tail turret that Trey mentioned is very interesting on an aircraft like this. I can't imagine it would be practical..... I assume it would be remote controlled by the pilot?

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The soviets were very fond of these remote cannons, quite a few of their aircraft had them on the tail.They would have been radar controlled and operated by the WSO/ radar operator/navigator.I had to modify the kit ones quite a bit as originally they had no shroud / blanking plates and were only single . Maybe the russians fascination with remote turrets originated with the unlicenced copy of the b29 superfortress (tupolev tu4) that had them! Heres a link Russian B-29 Clone The TU-4 Story, by Wayland Mayo, Page 10 cheers tony