4-engined bomber ID model

[Dakota]

I purchased recently this 4-engined bomber 1:72 scale aluminium ID model. Used to be black painted. The wings/engines are B-29 design and the tail looks Boeing but without tail turret. The nose section has a standard windshield with astrodome in front and a flat surface nose (plexi) cone. Is this a pre-design of the B-29? Why they made a ID model of it?

[MichaelB]

Looks like a Tupelov Tu-70, which could explain an interest in the ID version.
Michael

[Dakota]

Thanks Michael, checking the information on the internet it looks correct. Strange bird By the way the model is available for swap.

[grwebster]

The history behind the Tupolev bomber and the commercial airliner version is fascinating.
From Wiki- for more details go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4

>>>The U.S. refused to supply the Soviet Union with B-29 heavy bombers under Lend Lease, despite repeated Soviet requests.[1] However, on three occasions during 1944, individual B-29s made emergency landings in Soviet territory after bombing raids on Japanese Manchuria and Japan. In accordance with the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, the Soviets were neutral in the Pacific War and the bombers were therefore interned and kept by the Soviets, despite American demands for their return.[2] Stalin tasked Tupolev with cloning the Superfortress and Soviet industry was to produce 20 copies of the aircraft in just two years. The three B-29s were flown to Moscow and delivered into Tupolev OKB. One B-29 was fully dismantled, down to the smallest bolt.
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the Tu-70 was prototype airliner based on the Tu-4
Cruver also did an ID model of the Tu-70

[dasimperator]

The history behind the Tupolev bomber and the commercial airliner version is fascinating.
From Wiki- for more details go to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupolev_Tu-4

>>>The U.S. refused to supply the Soviet Union with B-29 heavy bombers under Lend Lease, despite repeated Soviet requests.[1] However, on three occasions during 1944, individual B-29s made emergency landings in Soviet territory after bombing raids on Japanese Manchuria and Japan. In accordance with the Soviet–Japanese Neutrality Pact, the Soviets were neutral in the Pacific War and the bombers were therefore interned and kept by the Soviets, despite American demands for their return.[2] Stalin tasked Tupolev with cloning the Superfortress and Soviet industry was to produce 20 copies of the aircraft in just two years. The three B-29s were flown to Moscow and delivered into Tupolev OKB. One B-29 was fully dismantled, down to the smallest bolt.
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the Tu-70 was prototype airliner based on the Tu-4
Cruver also did an ID model of the Tu-70

The History Channel did a show about those Russkie cloneskis. It seems they even copied a repair patch to the hull of one of the ships in order to comply with the 'exact clone' mandate.

[slufstuff]

There were several extraneous holes in the Russian copy. One row of rivets on the wing had a hole drilled off center, and was left unrivetted. The Soviets included the hole in their copy.

This is not the only example of copied misunderstood features. The Mig-23 inlet design was directly copied from the F-4 Phantom. It was so closely copied, that it included the triangular extensions at the top and bottom of the inlet. The only reason those were there on the F-4 was to prevent an aircraft carrier barrier net from fouling the cockpit canopy, potentially trapping the pilot in an emergency landing. The Soviets dutifully copied them, figuring that if McDonnell Douglas put them there, it had to be for a good reason.