Trumpeter Scale Models 1656 1/72 Tu-22M3 Backfire C Strategic Bomber

Model Kit

The Tu-22M3 “Backfire-C” was the latest version of the Tu-22Mfamily. She was equipped new engines, two NK-25 engines replacing the original NK-22s making it capable of Mach 1 at low level with a max speed of Mach 2.05. Also the maximum wing sweep was increased back to 65 degrees. The Tu-22M3 was also armed with a new weapon Kh-22. No Tu-22M Backfires were exported. Russia remains the biggest operator of the type, Ukraine is the only other operator. It inherited a large number of Tu-22M3 from the Soviet Union. But all of them were scrapped in 2005.

FEATURES:

• Scale: 1:72
• Length: 591 mm
• Wingspan: 475 mm
• Total Parts: 390+
• Total Sprues: 15 sprues, upper fuselage, lower fuselage, nose cone