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| The backfire can fly at an estimated mach 1.92 (1,300 mph). |
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| It's estimated combat radius of 3,420 miles
is expanded by it's in-flight refueling probe. |
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| The steeply raked wedge engine intakes are
the most notable change from the B and C versions. |
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| A good view to note that only the outboard
wing sections sweep variably
- similar to the Sukhoi "Fitter" |
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| Ok, I couldn't resist editing in the vapor trails using Photoshop. |
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The kit comes complete with an A-S4 "Kitchen"
air to ground missle cruise missile. |
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| You can get a feeling for the true size of this
massive aircraft when you picture a mig-15 in the same
scale fitting in the palm of your hand. |
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Kit: AMT ERTL #8832 |
Scale: 1/72 |
| Decals: Box Stock |
| After Market Parts: None. |
| Cost / Value: I
paid $10.00 for this kit at Squadron Scalefest 1996. An excellent
value. |
Comments: This kit went
together extremely well. Fit was great. True to most of my newer ERTL
kits I was very impressed with the "quality to price" ratio.
Yes, if Hasegawa had built it the panel lines would probably be crisper
and it might include dropped flaps but they would probably demand
80 bucks for it. I bought my Backfire for $10.00 at the Scalefest
last year! We're talking Value here folks.
After some scratch-built seatbelts and a few "gadgets" in
the
cockpit it's a great looking addition to my collection.
The only area that lacked was the landing gear, I didn't have any
photos to compare to but they looked to simple to me. I didn't have
the shelf space to park this monster anyway so up the gear went -
it now hangs above my desk. |
