Hobby Master HA6304 1:72 Su-34 (T-10B-2) Russian Air Force – Miniature Marvels: Airplane Models & Painted Dice* Airplane Model

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Hobby Master HA6304 1:72 Su-34 (T-10B-2) Second Prototype Blue 43, Russian Air Force, Akhtubinsk, December 1993.

The Sukhoi Su-34 Fullback is an all-weather supersonic medium-range fighter-bomber/strikeaircraft developed for the Russian Air Force and Navy with the intent to replace the Su-24MFencer and Tu-22MS long-range bomber. The Fullback is based on the Su-27 Flanker and isdeployment against ground and/or naval targets. As of April 2018 there have been 122 aircraftmanufactured including 7 prototypes. The export designation of the Su-34 is Su-32.

Su-34 (T-10B-2) serial 416064300501 was the second prototype was built at the Novosibirskplant NAPO Chkalov and completed its first flight on December 18, 1993 with Pilots I.V. Votinsevand EG Revunov at the controls. In 1994 it was assigned to the Flight Research Institute(Zhukovskly) and later transferred to a state flight testing center known as Valery Chkalov 929GLITs VVS located north of Akhtubinsk where it took part in State sponsored tests up until 2010.That same year the aircraft was repainted with the normal Su-27 color scheme.