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| | Sukhoi T-4 "Sotka" by Phil Brandt (A Model 1/72) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17) |
 | | In the end, Pavel Sukhoi, Tupolev's brilliant former student, got the nod to start development of what would become the T-4 "Sotka", or Project 100 (one hundred tons gross weight). |
 | | Although the resultant 1964 Sukhoi design resembles the North American XB-70 in main respects such as delta wing planform, a swanlike tubular forward fuselage with canards and a row of aft-mounted engines, the two designs seem to have been reached independently, and the T-4 is approximately 2/3 the size of the Valkyrie. |
 | | So, the only kit-supplied decals I used were the Sukhoi "Archer" logo, the large "1 0 1" red-trimmed-in-fl fuselage numbers (well trimmed because of the flat finish), and the incorrectly colored intake placards, because the placards were lettered in Cyrillic, and I wished to retain that 'flavor.' |
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