| Tango01 | 16 Mar 2015 9:35 p.m. PST |
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| Jcfrog | 17 Mar 2015 3:10 a.m. PST |
No
One of the worst thing that flew. Most dangerous, hated by its crews. A failure. |
 20thmaine  | 17 Mar 2015 6:16 a.m. PST |
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| Tgerritsen | 17 Mar 2015 8:37 a.m. PST |
it was replaced by the TU-22M, which was a much better aircraft imho. The Blinder must have been a real bear to do maintenance on those engines. |
| Mako11 | 17 Mar 2015 10:28 a.m. PST |
A very nice looking jet, but as correctly mentioned, it was hated by its crews. One of the few modern bombers available in 1/600th scale, for your gaming pleasure, from Tumbling Dice. |
| Lion in the Stars | 17 Mar 2015 11:26 a.m. PST |
That's probably the ugliest plane built by the Soviets… |
| Barin1 | 17 Mar 2015 12:01 p.m. PST |
it depends how you're taking the picture ;)
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| 20thmaine | 17 Mar 2015 12:22 p.m. PST |
That's Backfire. You want
I love a plane in motion…. |
| Jemima Fawr | 17 Mar 2015 1:43 p.m. PST |
Proof, if it wer needed, that Gerry Anderson was a Soviet mole… |
| Barin1 | 17 Mar 2015 1:48 p.m. PST |
Ah, Maine, you're right of course…
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| 20thmaine | 17 Mar 2015 5:24 p.m. PST |
Proof, if it wer needed, that Gerry Anderson was a Soviet mole… As we all know – Gerry Anderson designed kit for the French Military:
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| 20thmaine | 17 Mar 2015 5:34 p.m. PST |
Although he also did some work on the side for Fairey's
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| Aapsych20 | 17 Mar 2015 9:33 p.m. PST |
Let's not forget the equally classic Tu-98 and Tu-28/128 (Fiddler) series of aircraft. |
| chaos0xomega | 17 Mar 2015 9:55 p.m. PST |
He did some work for the US too. M50 Ontos anyone?
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| skippy0001 | 18 Mar 2015 4:58 a.m. PST |
Don't knock the Ontos!!! I'm thinking of buying the 1/35th version and kitbashing Davy Crockets to replace the 106's! And if you say Gerry Anderson was responsible for those designs then the crews would all be female with purple hair. |
| Mako11 | 18 Mar 2015 12:44 p.m. PST |
Love the Fiddler. Wish someone made it in 1/600th, in metal. |
| Jemima Fawr | 18 Mar 2015 3:05 p.m. PST |
Skippy, That's why the crews are invariably wearing helmets… |
| commanderroj | 25 Mar 2015 2:59 p.m. PST |
Love the Fiddler so much I got mine on Shapeways. Not sue I can stretch to some Backfires. How good is the Tumbling Dice Blinder? |
worries about not losing his rules stuff.
