1/72 Unicraft Ilyushin Il-40 Brawny
Vaccuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed NM
Still factory tape sealed. Rare. Nicely detailed, limited-run resin kit. NATO reporting name 'Brawny' was a Soviet jet-powered two seat armored ground attack aircraft. It flew well until the guns were fired and the exhaust gases caused the engine to loose power and sometimes quit all together. A radical redesign of the jet intakes solved this problem, but the program was canceled after only 5 were built. The program was stopped because the the Soviet switch in doctrine to tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield.
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