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Sukhoi Su-24MK “Blue 91”, VVS (Soviet AF)
Calibre Wings Soviet Stars
1/72 Scale Diecast Model SKU: CA722406
Calibre Wings Soviet Stars
1/72 Scale Diecast Model
AUD $259.00
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Calibre Wings Soviet Stars Series
Length | 31.3 cm | 12.3 in | Approx |
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Wingspan swept | 14.4 cm | 5.7 in | Approx |
Wingspan spread | 24.5 cm | 9.6 in | Approx |
Model features:
- Constructed with metal and plastic components
- Wings sweep
- Undercarriage displayable extended or retracted
- Canopy displayable open or closed
- Engine intake and exhaust covers
- Removable pilot figurines
- Display stand not included.
Calibre Wings CA722406 – 1/72 Scale Sukhoi Su-24MK, VVS
Calibre Wings CA722406 diecast model replicates in 1/72 scale the Sukhoi Su-24MR, (NATO reporting name: Fencer D) bort number “Blue 91” of the Soviet Air Forces (Voyenno-Vozdushnye Sily (Military Air Forces ) or VVS).
Su-24MK
The Su-24MK is an export version of the Su-24M with less capable avionics and weapons options.
Sukhoi Su-24
The Sukhoi Su-24 (NATO reporting name: Fencer) is a Russian two-seat, twin-engined variable-sweep wing, supersonic, low-level all-weather attack and reconnaissance aircraft.
The type first flew on January 17, 1970, and entered service on February 4, 1975. It first saw combat during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. Production ended in 1993, with about 1,400 airframes of all variants built. The Su-24 is still in service with Russia and several other air forces.
Airframe construction is mainly aluminium alloy, some titanium and magnesium alloys with a semi-monocoque fuselage with the two engines mounted side by side in the rear. The variable-sweep wings are shoulder-mounted with a conventional swept tail unit, single fin, all-moving tailplanes, and two fixed ventral fins. It has a retractable tricycle type undercarriage.
The pilot and navigator/weapon systems officer (NWSO) sit side-by-side in a pressurised cockpit. Advanced avionics carried include an integrated digital navigation/attack system with terrain-following radar, coupled to an autopilot.
Powered by two Lyulka AL-21 is an axial-flow turbojet engine, the Su-24 has a maximum speed of 2,316 km/h (1,439 mph), a 17,500 m (57,415 ft) service ceiling, a combat range of 560 km (350 mi) without drop tanks and 1,250 km (775 mi) with drop tanks.
Armament consists of a single 23 mm Gryazev-Shipunov GSh-6-23M cannon mounted in a fairing under the fuselage’s right side. With eight external hard-points, carrying up to 8,000 kg (17,635 lb) of payload, two under each wing, four under-fuselage. Ordnance included air-to-air, air-to-surface, anti-shipping and anti-radiation missiles, guided and unguided bombs, rockets, mission-specific pods, and drop tanks.
Sukhoi Su-24MK “Blue 91”, VVS (Soviet AF)
Calibre Wings Soviet Stars
1/72 Scale Diecast Model SKU: CA722406
Calibre Wings Soviet Stars
1/72 Scale Diecast Model
AUD $259.00
Sold out